by Suzann Thompson | May 22, 2005 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Ella is nearly two and a half years old. I started this cardigan before she was born. I want to finish it before next winter, so I joined KnitRedKAL to motivate myself to finish. All I have left to do is the sleeves and the button bands and other finishing....
by Suzann Thompson | May 12, 2005 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
After weeks of sitting around my living room in a basket, waiting for its collar to be bound off and its sleeves to be sewn in, the Salt and Pepper Jacket is done! We went out of town for the weekend to visit family, and I brought it along, thinking that surely I...
by Suzann Thompson | May 9, 2005 | Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
My new buttons samples are finally done! The workshop is Friday afternoon, June 3, at Camp Iwannaknit 2005. There’s still room in the class! We will make five styles of buttons: fake lapis buttons and color swirl buttons in polymer clay, felt buttons, and two...
by Suzann Thompson | May 6, 2005 | Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Last weekend we drove to Elgin, Texas, to visit my friend Suzanne Correira, owner of Fire Ant Ranch. She raises Black Welsh Mountain sheep, Gulf Coast Native sheep, and some Shetland sheep and Angora goats. She sells the wool, fiber packets ready for spinning,...
by Suzann Thompson | May 5, 2005 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
The Salt and Pepper Jacket is nearing its end! Hurray! I am ready to get it done so I can go on to other things. I restarted the collar several times Saturday night, trying to get it right. While I knitted, my daughter and I watched a 007 movie–Die Another Day....
