by Suzann Thompson | Dec 9, 2013 | Earthen House, Life, Retro Blog Post
Last year about this time, the extremely efficient, thorough, and excellent builder, Callon Ratliff, agreed to finish the inside of our earthen house. Before Callon could start installing windows and framing inside walls, my efficient, thorough, and excellent family...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 9, 2013 | Crochet, Crochet Charm Lace, Crochet Garden, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
If you like jigsaw puzzles, you will love the next step in Crochet Charm Lace: arranging the motifs. In the previous post, we talked about how to estimate the number of motifs you will need by crocheting enough motifs for one quarter of the project and arranging them....
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 8, 2013 | Earthen House, Life, Retro Blog Post
The southern wall is the longest earthen wall in our house, so my friend Rachel and I were happy to lay its last brick in September 2012. My brother Van and our cousin Jerry came as quickly as they could, to begin work on the bond beam. They set up frame boards and...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 4, 2013 | Crochet, Crochet Garden, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Lark Crafts is giving away four crochet books, including Crochet Garden! Enter to win by leaving a comment on their blog post by 9 p.m. EST on Thursday, December 5. Here’s the link: http://www.larkcrafts.com/needlearts/a-crochet-giveaway/2
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 3, 2013 | Crochet, Crochet Charm Lace, Crochet Garden, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Make a Template Crochet Charm Lace can be any shape you want. All you need is a fabric template in that shape. For the Flower Cloth Scarf in Crochet Garden, I used a piece of fabric the exact size I wanted the scarf to be. It’s just a long rectangle. In the...
