Extras – Silk Issue
Stupas & Spires Shawl: Tabi Ferguson
ERRATA: After finishing the chart, repeat rows 1-19 for the top border. Bind Off.
Finishing Silk Yarn: Jane Bynum
Lamb, Sara (2001) Spin silk for weaving. Spin-Off XXV(2):68
Lamb, Sara (2013) Spin to weave. Loveland: Interweave Press
Sherman, Jean (1994) Spinning silk threads for embroidery. Spin-Off XVIII(2):78
Lu, Q., et al. (2012) Silk self-assembly mechanisms and control – from thermodynamics to kinetics. Biomacromolecules 13(3): 826
Inouye, S., et al., (2000) Silk fibroin of Bombyx mori is secreted, assembling a high molecular mass elementary unit consisting of H-chain, L-chain, and P25, with a 6:6:1 molar ratio. Journal of Biological Chemistry 275(51):40517
Thomas, A., et al. (2012) Interspecies comparison of morphology, ultrastructure, and proteome of mammalian keratin fibers of similar diameter. J Agric Food Chem. 14;60(10):2434
General References on the science:
Silk tips typo
ERRATA: Silk does not have scales. It’s super slick!
Finishing Silk Yarn: Jane Bynum
Lamb, Sara (2001) Spin silk for weaving. Spin-Off XXV(2):68
Lamb, Sara (2013) Spin to weave. Loveland: Interweave Press
Sherman, Jean (1994) Spinning silk threads for embroidery. Spin-Off XVIII(2):78
Lu, Q., et al. (2012) Silk self-assembly mechanisms and control – from thermodynamics to kinetics. Biomacromolecules 13(3): 826
Inouye, S., et al., (2000) Silk fibroin of Bombyx mori is secreted, assembling a high molecular mass elementary unit consisting of H-chain, L-chain, and P25, with a 6:6:1 molar ratio. Journal of Biological Chemistry 275(51):40517
Thomas, A., et al. (2012) Interspecies comparison of morphology, ultrastructure, and proteome of mammalian keratin fibers of similar diameter. J Agric Food Chem. 14;60(10):2434
General References on the science:
A Road Built on Silk - Christina Pappas
References:
Beckwith, Christopher I. Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2009
Good, Irene, J.M. Kenoyer, and R.H. Meadow. “New Evidence for Early Silk in the Indus Civilization.” Archaeometry, 51(3):457-466, 2009
Liu, Xinru. The Silk Road in World History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.
Whitfield, Susan. Life Along the Silk Road. Berkley: University of California Press, 1999
Whitfield, Susan. The Silk Road: Trade, Travel, War and Faith. Chicago: Serindia Publications, 2004
Would you like to learn more about the Silk Road? Then check out these websites!
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has been making many of their exhibition catalogs available online. Search for ‘silk’ or ‘Silk Road’ and you will find catalogs from some of their most famous exhibits with images of many of the wonders of the Silk Road.
The Asia Society Museum website provides images, maps, and articles about the spread of Buddhism along the Silk Road.
The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online is working to publish information on the Silk Road on the internet for research and education. This is an international collaboration of archives, images, and other information.
Sponsored by the University of Washington, this website is a rich collection of images, text and annotated resources on the cultures of the historic Silk Road.
