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From Texas to Today

April 25, 2013 by Katie

We went down to College Station, TX two weeks ago to meet up with my sister’s family and see their younger daughter defend her dissertation and become a Ph.D. Her subject has to do with Lyme disease, and she is in the Dept. of Microbial & Molecular Pathogenesis – needless to say , we didn’t understand half of what her talk was about! But it was a great visit with family, my sister and brother-in-law, both nieces and one of their best friends from childhood.

And of course, no matter where you go, there it is:

It was a pretty nice little wool shop, actually – had some local alpaca products, although none of it came home with me – I need more knitting and spinning fiber like I need a hole in the head.

Since we came home, spring is definitely coming along – bunch grasses growing in the yard, lots of shooting stars this year too. Our friends from Lake Quinault came over for 4 nights and brought their bicycles. The day they meant to go out for a long ride was, of course, the day a storm moved through! Lots of wind, cold, rain and sleet down here in the valley and snow up higher. We made a fire and settled down with books, instead.

I have been weaving away on the Bronson lace style of placemats to finish up the warp I put on before we went to Texas. This time I am using cotton quilting type fabrics, cut in 1/2″ strips and used singly. The placemats are coming out a lot better, not as thick and with more pattern repeats. I should finish them up today or tomorrow, meanwhile here are some “progress photos”. I used my “new” Wolf cutter to cut the strips – it slid through 8 layers of fabric like a hot knife through butter. Lovely. No distortion, goes as straight as an arrow – I love it.