by Suzann Thompson | May 28, 2005 | Crochet, Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
This is the first of several posts for people who are interested in my workshops at the Taos Wool Festival. I tried to publish them privately, but they are so private, even I can’t look at them. In Great Design Skills for Knitting or Crochet, we’ll design...
by Suzann Thompson | May 4, 2005 | Crochet, Knitting, Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
The Wool Festival at Taos takes place the first full weekend in October, and you can attend fabulous fiber and textile workshops before and after the Festival weekend. The workshop descriptions are up on the web site, and you can register now. UPDATE 2022: The...
by Suzann Thompson | Apr 6, 2005 | Crochet, Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
I first ran across Habu Textiles at the Quilt Festival in Houston last year. Habu imports Japanese yarns, which are unlike any yarns I have found in the US or England. Habu will be at booth #1753 in the International Quilt Festival in Rosemont this month. If...
by Suzann Thompson | Mar 22, 2005 | Crochet, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
This is my daughter, Eva, swirling around in the poncho that she crocheted all by herself! She’s nine years old. She learned to finger crochet several years ago, and made miles of chain stitch. In 2003, I finally convinced her to crochet with a hook. Her...
by Suzann Thompson | Mar 6, 2005 | Art Quilt, Crochet, Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
When I was a kid, my dad, Alan Thompson, would shake his head and say, “There’s a right way, a wrong way, and a Suzie way.” I sure didn’t want to do anything the wrong way, and usually we already knew how to something the so-called right way. I...
by Suzann Thompson | Mar 3, 2005 | Crochet, Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
“Hurray! I can finally post to WordPress.” That was what I wrote in my first ever TextileFusion blog post in March 2005, and I feel the same way in March 2021, after a year of my website and blog being lost in the ether. Thank you, Jungo Solutions, for...
