A new post

I haven't posted in awhile, so I have a bit of catching up to do... Laurie and I are leaving for Seattle tonight to visit her brother and sister-in-law. It's kind of funny because my sister who lives in Seattle is in Chandler right now. I'm excited about the trip! Hopefully, the weather will be nice and cool and it won't rain (ok - hopefully it won't rain too much). I think we might go to see Mt. Rainier, Laurie's never been. Also, we are going to a little sheep farm outside of Seattle and on the way to Mt. Rainier. It will be lots of fun and very cool fiber-wise.

I've started spinning the tussah silk that I got with my last expressions in spinning gathering. It represents the pearls in her hair. I'm hoping to make a beautiful lacy headband with it or see how much yardage I get and maybe make a silk handkerchief, we'll see. It's lots of fun to spin :).

I also finally started Matt and Monica's wedding gift, a hand knitted throw in green. It's a vintage pattern so it's a little hard to read, there are different abbreviations for stitches that are old school. I'm hoping the 3 inches of moss stitch goes quickly because it's rather boring. But it is a good mindless project as a break from the socks I'm working on. And once I start the "real" pattern it will be a fun and beautiful project. I hope they like it!

In other news, I saw the geneticist yesterday. I had hoped for a definitive yes or no on the MEN 1 thing, but nope. The testing is not completely accurate in all cases. Although the test came back normal, there is still a 25% chance that I have it. The geneticist thinks they should treat me like I have it, because I have all the clinical symptoms and with the family history there is a pretty big likelihood that I have it. She recommended I come back in 5 years to be retested, because the field of genetics is growing so much that in a short period of time, they might find all the genes involved. Oh well, it would have been so nice to have that yes but on we go :).

When I get back from Seattle, I promise some new pictures... I finished the merino/alpaca blend that I was working on and Laurie liked it so much that we bought more of those fibers and I'm going to spin enough to make her a pair of leg warmers. I also have a new spindle in the mail (oh how I want it to come today). We're going to the Southwest fiber festival in october and I'm signed up for a joy of spindle spinning class that I'm also looking forward to. Well, I better go check that I'm all packed for the trip - I wouldn't want to forget my fibery projects, if I did I'd be very sad...