Indagrow
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the head stays, and those are silk.. Highly recommendedWith or without the horse's head and day glo panties?
the head stays, and those are silk.. Highly recommendedWith or without the horse's head and day glo panties?
You'd never make it out alive.I want her in a dark alley.
You do have GREAT taste in textiles! What is the thing that looks like a hammerhead shark in your pants? That's a bit alarming!the head stays, and those are silk.. Highly recommended
Isn't that the truth! Sort of a good news your crop did GREAT! Bad news now you trim.... forever! Congrats!yaaaawn. loong ass day at work and first day of trimming. glad i got some new trimmers at least my hands dont hurt. cant say the same for the back tho. 1 plant down, 3 to go. time to lay it down. more work and more trimming tomorrow.
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james for you it's silk boxers and thank you! You are always the sweetestmy god annie you never cease to amaze me.....so we get jumped in an alley......you make em cry and limp away and you can make me a silk T-shirt...
Wow, you have skills! How long does it take to spin 100 yards? Less then an 12 week Sativa?You do have GREAT taste in textiles! What is the thing that looks like a hammerhead shark in your pants? That's a bit alarming!
Anyway here's what I'm working on in textiles. I have been doing some experiments on natural coloration in silk. Here you can see the three colors I'm working with. The top pan is the control white. The bottom pans from the left are golden, a light gold/pink and green (YES GREEN!). Sorry no pictures of pink! But I do have a very pale pink that is lovely!
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This is a woodworking project (I WISH I was a good woodworker but I'm not). This is what is called a Zakuri. Almost all reeled silk is used in the industry and it is very hard to come by good quality. Ok it's impossible. So that is what started me raising my own silkworms and reeling my own silk.
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After the silk is reeled off I warp it onto this loom. This is my most complex loom. It is a 60" 24 Harness Compu-dobby. The reason for the 2 warp beams are for handling differential take up when weaving velvet or any other supplemental warp fabric. You haven't lived until you've had silk velvet Wonderful stuff. But I don't use the reeled stuff for THAT LOL! The reeled goes into extremely expensive specialized garments for the entertainment industry LOL!
That's why those warp beams hold 100 yards! I usually do one large run of that fabric. I really need to get in gear! Oh and if you look closely you might see where I pneumatized her double box fly shuttles Not the lift just the throw!
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Isn't that the truth! Sort of a good news your crop did GREAT! Bad news now you trim.... forever! Congrats!
Thank you. It takes very little time to spin 100 yards. As for weaving 100 yards that is a horse of another color. About 6 weeks when I don't have to unweave and I take my time. But there have been times when I've played Penelope LOL.Wow, you have skills! How long does it take to spin 100 yards? Less then an 12 week Sativa?
beautiful till you ruined itwith snow. LOL thor comes home today! fall is my fav season tooI am so loving this start to fall this season! Mornings are beautiful, soul warming almost and the sunsets on Lake Michigan are extravagant. The sky has been "on fire" the last few nights. Won't be long though and the snow will be a fallin.
YES! I feel so durn guilty loading them into the oven and they smell so bad. Oh dear...ew silk
Yea sorry I like the snow too though lol just enjoying the fall this year as well. You gotta shoot me some pics of the pup! Oh yea I named one of my bongs after Thor's hammer lolbeautiful till you ruined itwith snow. LOL thor comes home today! fall is my fav season too
why did you tell me that omgyes! I feel so durn guilty loading them into the oven and they smell so bad. Oh dear...
Because I hate doing it and there's no substitute for silk and it's a horrific dilemma! It's why I'll go 3 years without a silk run! Plus the worms are so cool you can hear them chewing at the end and they call when they are hungry for more mulberry leaves. They sound beautiful like rainfall. I let way more than I should hatch for eggs too! I'm told if we heat them gradually during the start of pupation they are in a deep sleep and don't feel it. But yeah it's a moral dilemma I don't like.why did you tell me that omg