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...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 6, 2006 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Sea Cat’s mother knits. No one on land or sea knits more beautifully than she does. She sits down one day, with several balls of seaweed wool and interesting treasures from the sea, and knits and embroiders Sea Cat a ”closely fitting, elegantly tailored,...
by Suzann Thompson | Oct 22, 2006 | Crochet, Exhibits & Programs, Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
I never finished telling about our trip to the Taos Wool Festival, so back we go, in spirit, to Taos. My button class was on Thursday. We had a great, great time, but it was so exhausting that I didn’t have the energy to pack up afterwards. Thank goodness I was...
by Suzann Thompson | Oct 2, 2006 | Crochet, Knitting, Polymer Clay, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
What an exhausting week! But it’s that good kind of exhausting, where I’ve done exactly what I love to do all day long. Tuesday, we did the “Freeform Knit/Crochet an Underwater Scene” class. Stephanie combined elements from several pictures for...
by Suzann Thompson | Sep 21, 2006 | Art Quilt, Crochet, Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
After reading the post before this, one of my regular readers (Hi Mom!) said, “When you put all those buttons on the background, they obliterate the patterns.” Hmmm. The patterns look pretty good. Do I really want to obliterate them? Nooooo so it was time...
by Suzann Thompson | Sep 10, 2006 | Art Quilt, Crochet, Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Black was my original choice for the binding around the heart quilt. I took it along with me to The Flying Needle, Stephenville’s wonderful quilt shop (on the loop, near Ace Hardware). I tried several black fabrics with small white patterns. They...
