I understand both the cope and the shawl each used...

2012-01-31T16:08:25.418Z

I understand both the cope and the shawl each used the silk from over a million spiders - but in fact it isn't the numbers that make it commercially a non-runner, but the fact that spiders are cannibals, and so the silk output is significantly less reliable than that from (vegetarian) silkworms.
Not only is Miss Fairfax divine, but I highly recommend Holroyd's book, as well!

So your evening was not a total wash out. I can i...

2012-01-31T13:36:23.681Z

So your evening was not a total wash out. I can imagine how marvellous the spider-silk garments are. Having seen what is needed to make metre of silk fabric I can see why it won't become a commercial undertaking. The Rodin, I imagine to be sublime.

Your title unnerved me somewhat, I must say.

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I understand both the cope and the shawl each used...

So your evening was not a total wash out. I can i...