by Suzann Thompson | May 20, 2007 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
Way back… No. Way, way, waaaaay back, I went to the first ever TKGA (The Knitting Guild of America) convention in Dallas, Texas. It must have been in 1985. I took classes from knitting legends, Alice Starmore (Fair Isle Techniques), Barbara Walker (Mosaic Knitting),...
by Suzann Thompson | Jan 23, 2007 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
This hat is just beautiful. The gauge is 18 stitches per inch. The workmanship looks flawless, and includes pretty details, like the tassels and this tiny knitted ripple. I was much impressed at the subtle colors of this hat. Could they be naturally dyed? Nope. Take a...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 20, 2006 | Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
In the comments about Textile Collecting 3, a reader said that she thought these hats would be made of alpaca. I think they always were in the past, but most of the hats I have are not natural fibers. The one shown here is the only one that has any natural fiber to...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 14, 2006 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Do you love these buttons?! They look so great, and they probably help keep the ear flap down. This is a lovely hat, worked in a fine gauge of 17 stitches to the inch. The straps are woven, with beads along the edges of the tape. I love the stranded garter pattern...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 12, 2006 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
This cute hat fits close around the head, and then it has a long, narrow tube at the top, ending with a tassel, similar to a hat knitster posted recently (and here). The knitter apparently substituted colors, whenever the original color wasn’t enough. You can...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 10, 2006 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Men are responsible for these fine-gauge, highly detailed knitted hats of the Andes. They knit them for their little children. You can learn a lot about them from Cynthia Gravelle Lecount’s book, Andean Folk Knitting: Traditions and Techniques from Peru and...
