My husband sends me this link to a textile spun and woven from spider silk. Of course there isn’t NEARLY enough information in it for me. Things I want to know: Does the silk extraction machine spin the silk as it extracts it or is it just bundled? What weaving techniques did they use to [...]
Stitching with a Shimmy
Shimmying through life with needles and thread…Archive for September, 2009
I just want it on the record that I hate ear infections. If I’d ever had one before, I didn’t remember it. And I think I’d remember the kind of discomfort I’ve had for the past week and a half with an ear infection and bronchitis at the same time! Yuck. Our troupe is putting [...]
And Havi Brooks of Fluent Self… all wrapped into a nice not-so-tidy bundle. Yes, I know it’s been two weeks since this event. But what a two weeks it’s been! And, quite frankly, it was/is a difficult experience to quantify. The workshop ran from Friday evening through Sunday noon, and was non-stop intense “destuckifying”. One [...]
And so little time to play with them! Just offhand, I can think of bargello, berlin, broderie anglaise, hardanger, mountmellick, stumpwork, cutwork, punto in aria, zardozi, bunka, japanese embroidery, wessex embroidery, counted cross stitch, band samplers of every ilk, canvaswork, goldwork, shisha, macramé, blackwork, or nué, crewelwork, schwalmwork, Dresdenwork, Assissiwork, and so on… My problem, [...]
Because “crafting” turns into Art. Léan at String Revolution reminds herself about what it means to create. I haven’t forgotten about posting about my workshop – really. I’m just still processing information. (And we’ve been in crunch week at work.)