by Suzann Thompson | May 20, 2007 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
Way back… No. Way, way, waaaaay back, I went to the first ever TKGA (The Knitting Guild of America) convention in Dallas, Texas. It must have been in 1985. I took classes from knitting legends, Alice Starmore (Fair Isle Techniques), Barbara Walker (Mosaic Knitting),...
by Suzann Thompson | May 14, 2007 | Crochet, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
My daughter and I were drawn as if by a magnet to the bins of brightly colored Rexlace at a craftstore in Houston. We left with several spools of the plastic lacing, with plans for some knitted project. Knitting it was more difficult than I bargained for. However,...
by Suzann Thompson | May 8, 2007 | Crochet, Pillar Project, Quilting and Crafting
The yarn in the picture is called ‘Cherry Bonbon,’ which is perfect because it looks so yummy! It is hand-dyed Cordé, by Judi & Co. This company has beautiful hand-dyed yarns in amazing textures. They carry sparkly ribbons, fringed ribbons, a...
by Suzann Thompson | Apr 10, 2007 | Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Diana just finished a Koigu shawl, and has a number of scraps as small as 2 inches. She’s thinking about knitting a landscape wall hanging, and using the snippets to embellish it. She commented that the short lengths of yarn from the sample card in my last post...
by Suzann Thompson | Apr 1, 2007 | Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Plymouth Yarns has always carried great basic yarns. I like their Indiecita Sport alpaca, and they now have alpaca boucle and baby alpaca yarns, too. Plymouth’s Galway Worsted 100% wool comes in a thorough color range, including some heathered yarns and nep...
