by Suzann Thompson | Oct 27, 2008 | Art Quilt, Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Here are a few more things about our trip to the Taos Wool Festival. This is the rug yarn I bought from Liesel Orend of Earth Arts. Liesel’s yarns are dyed with indigo, cedar, sage, cochenille, madder, and other natural dyestuffs. Ellen of Ellen’s Wooly...
by Suzann Thompson | Oct 17, 2008 | Crochet, Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
My family lived on Slaughter Lane, which was in the country on the southern outskirts of Austin, from 1969 through about 1975. My brothers and I enjoyed wandering in the woods behind our house and walking up the hill to visit our friend Andy, who lived on a dairy. The...
by Suzann Thompson | Oct 8, 2008 | Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
Through an unforeseen scheduling conflict, I went to the Taos Wool Festival last week without my family. Luckily for me, a friend came along instead. We had a great time! I taught two classes, which were pleasant as usual. Five people joined me for “Color...
by Suzann Thompson | Sep 27, 2008 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Doily Adventure, Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
1984 This pretty pottery basket is signed “P. Murray” and dated 1984. I bought it because it had the look of thread crochet. I think Ms. Murray pressed a piece of crochet into the clay before she shaped it into a basket. Sunnydaze, one of the Ravelry...
by Suzann Thompson | Sep 14, 2008 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
The Austin Knitter’s and Crocheter’s Guild started in 1983, with a few people meeting at local libraries. I was one of them! Those knitters and crocheters are still meeting after all these years on the first Saturday of every month, 2:00-4:00 p.m., at the...
by Suzann Thompson | Sep 1, 2008 | Art Quilt, Crochet, Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Like my fellow knitters and crocheters on Ravelry, I have a Flickr account to host the photos that I post to Ravelry. The following story probably wouldn’t have happened without Ravelry and Flickr. Thank you to them! The Cafe Rouge is a nice place to eat on...
