More Samples

Thanks to Custom Handweavers, I now have more samples for the electron microscope: Llama, alpaca, mohair, angora and cotton. The big white vial in the middle contains soy silk, which I may or may not use.

I have already mounted last weeks samples on carbon film:


And I will now proceed to sputter-coat them with a gold/palladium alloy. They will look more or less like this:



That's my own hair and some insect eggs. You need to coat the samples to make them conductive, otherwise you cannot see them in the electron microscope.

I have, of course, ripped the front of the lace tee and I am now in the process of knitting it again. What a pain! Eventually I'll get to ripping the back too.