Seen on BBC Breakfast programme a buttery yellow cape made from the silk of spiders from Madagascar. Information from the programme:-
The spiders are captured in the morning, attached to a harness and the silk thread is gathered for about 20 minutes after which the unharmed spider is released back into the wild. Then the thread is spun. (No information about any process between gathering the thread and spinning it.) The garment is a basic cape without any shaping, simply a back and split front. But the close ups showed beautiful embroidery with the same thread. the theme of the embroidery is spiders. The cape is on show at the Victoria and Albert museum in London. Patricia in Wales - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
