An Emperors New Tangling is SR438
An Emperors New Tangling is SR438
€4,900.00
Two single skeins of spider silk gently knotted into a knitted undergarment -
to protect the hearts of an empire.
wait.
I wait.
my prey
and the bait.
~
Knitted on a Brother KH 830 and sewn by and by Hand-held Needle.
We held down a spider, strapped its legs to a board, and reeled out its silk, for our silk spun hoard.
Our knit originates from the silk gland of a spider, carefully placed in the milk duct of a goat. The single filament is reeled out of the goat millimetres at a time to produce the most difficult to obtain fibre in the world. Having secured 2 skeins of the silk, each many thousands of metres long, we spent 4 days unraveling it to prepare for knitting. A further week was spent gently coaxing two filaments into the knotted web of these garments... And then another week convincing it to become the emperor's new clothing.
Weight for weight, silk is stronger than steel and tougher than Kevlar.
The model is 183cm / 6' tall and is wearing a Size 2
Size 2 is Small / 46
Size 3 is Medium / 48
Size 4 is Large / 50
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