past Halloween decor - hand-woven spider web

My hubby was cleaning out his workbench area and found a bag with on old sheet with strings tied to bulldog clips hanging out of it.  It took me a minute to remember exactly what it was.  When I remembered, I figured it would be a cool thing to show everyone.  A few years ago, at work I participated in a door decorating contest.  Since I was working in a secure vault at the time, I couldn't actually decorate our door.  Not a good idea to cover up the "Controlled Area - No unauthorized personnel permitted" signs.  So I decorated a large bulletin board that is just outside the vault door.  Here is how it turned out:

 

I used the inner strands from parachute cord for the webbing.  First I covered the bulletin board with plain black fabric to provide good contrast.  Next I attached bulldog clips to the outer frame to serve as anchor points.  Then I began stringing the cord just as a spider weaves a web. I used what I think is called a half-hitch knot each time the spiral thread crossed over a spoke thread to keep the strands from sliding all toward the center. It took me about a week and some change of working on it for about 4 hours a day to complete it.  I added some prop spiders I got from Walmart, and spun some of the fake spider web stuff you get into little oblong bundles to mimic a meal the spider has caught and a couple in spherical shape to mimic egg sacs.  I used the font Showcard Gothic to create the Happy Halloween text pieces.  I printed out the letters in very large font, cut them out, used them as templates to trace the letters onto felt.  Glued the felt onto super stiff interfacing to provide some structure, and then cut them out.  A little double stick tape was enough to get them to stick up on the board, given they are pretty light.

After Halloween I didn't the heart to completely dismantle it, so I took it down and laid it out on an old sheet, then rolled up the sheet and put the whole thing in a bag.  This coming  up Halloween we are going to unroll it and see it how it has faired, and figure out a way of tethering it up in the front yard, or on the front of the house.  If it works out, I'll be sure to get some pictures to post.