Spider silk is stronger than steel, for its diameter; that is, a thread of steel would be weaker than a thread of spider silk of the same size. Scientists have been working on how to entirely artificially duplicate spider silk in the lab for a while, but have not yet been able to …

How Spider Silk Is Harvested: this instructables is about how to harvest spider silk. During the summer months, spider webs cover every corner, and every open space of my yard. These webs are humongous, the largest ones being about 5 feet wide. The webs I encounter in my garden …

Cheesecloth Spider Web: Any DIY project that is inexpensive and anyone can do is perfect, especially for Halloween! This cheesecloth cobweb complete with colorful plastic spiders is one of them!

2. Red stretchable cloth (optional) 3. fishnet. 4. glue. 5. small magnet x4. 6. evo foam. 7. black marker. 8. hot glue gun. I am following the build instruction from dali-lomo blog. So we don't have to re-invent the wheel. This is done using cardboard and hot glue gun. Once you had completed the build, you should have something similar to the ...

The silk screens you will make will produce a high quality image that will save you time and money. Unlike most silk screening Instructables I have found, this method allows you to silk screen without messy photo emulsion paste. One day I will get a fancy silk screen station machine and use the paste, but today, I am broke...

Giant Spider Web: One thing that a lot of people are afraid of is spiders. So spider webs make great decorations for Halloween. This year, I am making giant spider webs to decorate the trees around my house. These are really easy to make and all you need to make them…

Gigantic Halloween Spider Web: This web was made for under $20 and it's entirely woven out of common clothesline style rope. It's about 20 feet high and maybe 12 feet along the base. It's easy to make; it only take a little time. I think it took me about four hours but the result…

How to Silk Screen: In this instructable you'll learn how to silk screen! Silk screening is a fun and fairly easy process to transfer an image to the surface of your choosing. Courtesy of Megan Overman Supplies: Clean screen, Squeegee, Emulsion, Ink, Ttransparency (fi…

The advantage of this over the modern plastic-based version of oil cloth is that it doesn't look and feel like plastic and keeps the flexibility of the fabric. Usually oil cloth is used for waterproof bags, clothing, luggage, tents and so on. Not many ingredients are required, and it's a very simple process, so I hope you'll give it a go!

Woven silk shirt. Not stretchy. This shirt is silk and woven, which is a good combination of a strong, fine, fiber and a non-stretchy weave, however in the microscope pictures, it is clear that the warp and weft threads are not the same width, which could lead to the threads shifting around and creating holes between them therefore, not a perfect filter.