by Suzann Thompson | Sep 22, 2007 | Crochet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
I’ve been crocheting pansies with hand-dyed ‘Single Sport’ from Plain & Fancy Sheep & Wool Co. It is from the company’s booth at last year’s Wool Festival at Taos, which was, well, about a year ago. I’m crocheting a...
by Suzann Thompson | Sep 17, 2007 | Crochet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Hip to Crochet, a book by Judith L. Swartz, has a zig-zag scarf in it, very similar to this one. Eva was greatly inspired by the book and the scarf, but unfortunately, the copy we saw at Twisted Yarns (Spring, TX) was the store copy. We worked out our own version of...
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,...
by Suzann Thompson | Jul 12, 2007 | Crochet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Look at this gorgeous dress made from crocheted flowers! It is from a Russian magazine, called Duplet. There are a lot more garments like this on this web site. I found out about it from the Irish Crochet Lovers group on Yahoo. I had to have one of these magazines for...
by Suzann Thompson | Jun 17, 2007 | Crochet, Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Getting back into the blogging habit is proving to be harder than I thought! But it’s not for lack of making projects. I’m still crocheting away on my secret project. Thank goodness these are the last bits of crochet before my part is done. My girls were...
by Suzann Thompson | May 24, 2007 | Art Quilt, Crochet, Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
If you’ve been knitting or crocheting very long, you have probably wondered about the different terminologies used to describe yarn, like bulky, sport, DK, and worsted. They all refer to the size of a yarn, which should give you a rough idea of what size of...
