Found this story with photos on the spider silk here:
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/09/spider-silk/
I remember seeing a documentary about thisn on tv a couple of years ago.
Agnes Boddington - wet Elloughton in East Yorkshire UK
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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 ba
The spider silk shawl
The Guardian had a double page spread of a photograph of the cape on Tuesday
24th January... The two metre shawl and the richly embroidered cape are now on
show at the Victoria and Albert Museum London until June 5th. It took the silk
from 23,000 spiders to weave 25 grammes o
Some pics here of the spider silk shawl:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9674000/9674949.stm
Agnes Boddington - elloughton UK
Seen on BBC Breakfast programme a buttery yellow cape made from the silk
of
spiders from Madagascar. Information from the programme:-
Patricia in Wales
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