by Suzann Thompson | May 9, 2009 | Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
We read Frederick, by Leo Lionni, about a mouse poet. At the back of the book, Ella found instructions for making a mouse out of paper, like the ones in the book. Ella wanted to make a mouse, but hers would be out of felt, because she wanted to stuff it and make it...
by Suzann Thompson | May 9, 2009 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
“Primrose Layers” (pp. 90-91 of Crochet Bouquet) is our May 2009 Crochet Along flower. It’s a lovely Mother’s Day flower, too, if you are crocheting for your mother who lives in the USA. In England, Mothering Sunday is in March. When we lived...
by Suzann Thompson | May 5, 2009 | Crochet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
We’re having an Irish Crochet Along in the Irish Crochet Lovers group on Ravelry. Our motif for April was this shamrock, from The Priscilla Irish Crochet Book No. 1, by Lula M. Harvey. It is Figure 27. Our plan is to crochet one or two motifs a month for several...
by Suzann Thompson | Apr 19, 2009 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Lynn, a Crochet Bouquet reader from Hawaii, asked for help with the Fern pattern (pages 110-111). I am really enjoying your Crochet Bouquet book! But I need your assistance for the fern pattern. I cannot understand the instructions/how are the clusters created? Do I...
by Suzann Thompson | Apr 19, 2009 | Crochet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
This is an Irish Crochet-style collar which I made for my mother in the late 1980s. Her periwinkle blue suit shows it off very nicely. It’s the real thing! At least it’s as real as an Irish Crochet collar can be, when made by a USAmerican, a century after...
