by Suzann Thompson | Sep 7, 2007 | Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
After the post about the National Button Society Convention, Woolwinder asked for pictures of moonglow and goofy buttons. Thanks to Peggy Ann Osborne’s book Button Button, I can tell you more about them than I could a few weeks ago. Moonglows are glass buttons...
by Suzann Thompson | Aug 31, 2007 | Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
These breezy mornings are good for knitting in the tree house, while Ella plays with kittens or organizes parties with her imaginary friends. Today I was hurriedly knitting another seamless argyle, so I could help Linda Urban celebrate the publication of her book, A...
by Suzann Thompson | Aug 29, 2007 | Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
The Dallas Handknitters Guild meets Tuesday evening, September 4, and the speaker is going to be me! I so enjoy speaking to that group of people. The topic for the evening is Very Variegated, which is about how to use multicolor yarn to its best advantage. In...
by Suzann Thompson | Aug 24, 2007 | Uncategorized
While at the Highlights Foundation Writers Conference last month, I met a lady named MJ who purposefully and successfully wears mismatched socks. She has some fabulous socks, too. And MJ unwittingly solved a problem for many knitters—the second sock syndrome, where...
by Suzann Thompson | Aug 20, 2007 | Crochet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Eva and I set off for Addison, Texas, last week to find out what the National Button Society Show was all about. Eva joined the other junior members at ten o’clock on Thursday morning to hear the rules of the Amazing Button Race. She sought me out at lunchtime,...
