Really cool pictures

OK, there was no knitting and no blogging, but I was certainly having fun. I got to use the scanning electron microscope on my fiber samples and take lots of pictures. I know it's not the same as knitting, but they're fiber, OK? Bear with me.

This is my absolute favorite, it's angora bunny:



Not only do these fibers have a symmetric and even scaling pattern, they are also thinner than silk. Just so you can compare, here's two other fiber samples:

              

One of them is wool, the other one is dog, can you tell them apart?

I put these and other pictures along with a lot of information in a wiki. Go take a peek if you have time and tell me what you think: http://textilefibers.pbwiki.com/

Meanwhile, I promise to work some more on the pink thing.