What is this? An alien fungus set to take over the world? No. It is just the beginning of my Rexlace bag, nestled against a bladderpod, growing in my future studio (those boards are part of the foundation framing). I wanted to try knitting Rexlace after seeing its rainbow variety of colors at Michaels. When the NotYarnKAL came to my attention, I knew it was meant to be. Here I am, enjoying the beautiful weather last weekend, taking notes on the Rexlace bag design, with the fungus on my knee.
This project attracts a lot of attention during my frequent episodes of knitting in public. Just yesterday at the Coffee Studio, a young lady said to me, “I’ve never seen anyone knitting that stuff.” We talked, and the more we talked, the more apparent it was to me that here was someone knowledgeable about yarn and dyeing. The chances against casually meeting a fellow textile artist in Stephenville, Texas, must be astronomical!
She had just been to Santa Fe, another yarn and fiber art paradise in New Mexico. “I just got back from Taos!” I said. Raising an 18-month-old son on a tight budget, she is seeking her fiber thrills by growing a weaver’s dye garden, and by shopping at one of the old wool/mohair warehouses in her hometown to get (she hopes) a 100-lb. bale of raw wool. I hope she will contact me if she would like to talk about publishing her work.
Here’s some more fall color from our yard.
