new THREAD, indeed

[myrthman]

I'm sure elves somewhere have already been doing this for eons. It's just really cool that we've finally stumbled upon the technique ourselves:

news.discovery.com/earth/plants/spider-silk-embroidery-121901.htm

[metalikhan]

Uber-cool, myrthman!

I'd learned about using spider silk for fabric when I was researching for "Ley of the Minstrel: Spider Dance", but this was the first example I'd seen of what that cloth actually looked like. Beautiful! Thanks for sharing the link! ;D