How Silkworms Make Silk

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Original post date: 2021-05-21

#lor_sh_retroposting #Marvel #Silk #SpiderGwen

GitHub - ClickHouse/silk: Fast stackful fibers with a NUMA-aware work-stealing scheduler

Fast stackful fibers with a NUMA-aware work-stealing scheduler - ClickHouse/silk

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🌊👗 When a 17th century cargo ship was discovered in #Oulu, #Finland in 2019, its leftover #wood scraps were almost thrown away.

Instead, a team of archaeologists, chemists, and #textile designers at #Aalto University dissolved the waterlogged pine into pulp, spun it into fiber, and knitted a seamless brown dress.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/shipwreck-dress-finland/

#history #archaeology #shipwreck #netherlands #silk #conservation #marine #ocean #diving #sewing #fashion #science #museum #texel

17th century shipwreck woven into dress (seriously)

Archeologists, chemists, and textile experts joined forces to make sure the wood did not go to waste.

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@vicgrinberg Not linen, but #silk: I have one silk shirt and I recently applied #sashiko to it, with an iron-on repair patch on the back. I think it came out well and it's held tight, so far.

#sewing #VisibleMending

#Knitting #WIPWednesday – ever so slightly delayed by #life:

The semicircular shawl is nearly out of yarn, but not yet out of rows. I will switch to a complementary but far brighter colour when it runs out. I played #YarnChicken and lost. (Being fair to myself, the pattern predicted 1200 m, I purchased 1380 m, and used a smaller needle, but still missed the gauge somehow.)

Still have not decided if I will block to points, or a soft ripple.

#fibrearts #lace #craft #maker #silk #mohair #Nim

Colorful (pure) silk squares: 🌈

#1: Eight squares on store counter. Each ~50cmX80cm; ₹590; $6

#2: Green square wraps a newborn; had wrapped #Udupi #Krishna before. 🙇‍♂️

(purple square not pictured)

#variety #quality #clothing #silk #colorful