Hi All, I just signed up for a daily weaving e-mail. I was about to unsubscribe until the last few days. Today there was mention of the silk dome at MIT. They programed the computer to weave like a silk worm does and then they put a bunch of silk worms on the dome and they finished the job! I found it quite interesting.
http://matter.media.mit.edu/environments/details/silk-pavillion#prettyPhoto The other thing mentioned was the "Book of Clothes" by Matthaus Schwarz (two dots over the "a" in Mathaus). Either "Klaidungsbuchlein" or "Trachtenbuch" is the real name of the book. He lived from 1496 to 1574 and this book documents his clothes (and his naked body at the beginning). Quite interesting and something I'd never heard of before! Jane in Vermont, USA where we are having a gorgeous day!! Warm though so I made some cookies yesterday before the heat arrived today... [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
