by Suzann Thompson | Dec 10, 2021 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
It was so satisfying to knit this drum. The top of the drum (light beige) gives it its shape, using increases and decreases. It was the only way to get the look I wanted for the rim. All the rim and body stitches are on top of each other (no color jogs), giving the...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 9, 2021 | Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Mosaic knitting is a kind of slipped stitch color knitting. Barbara G. Walker made it famous. She charted and published all kinds of patterns and motifs. Once you figure out how to chart mosaic patterns, you can make surprisingly representative patterns, like this...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 8, 2021 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
It’s all in how you sew it together. This horn is just a long strip of garter stitch, with a couple of stitches extra at the beginning for the mouthpiece, and several extra at the end for the bell of the horn. The bow is another long stretch of garter stitch. As I sit...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 7, 2021 | Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
This intarsia gingerbread needed the embroidered icing outline to give him better definition. I would design him differently if I were doing it again. He’d be smaller for sure, but I might even just knit a gingerbread man shape, instead of a square with a picture of a...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 6, 2021 | Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Worked on the bias, with a true curve in the top, this candy cane ornament required some heavy thinking and experimentation. Once again, thank goodness for high school geometry. If your kids ever ask “Why do we have to do geometry? What possible relevance can this...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 5, 2021 | Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Day four’s ornament is an intarsia angel with embroidered hair. My angel’s hair is blond, because I have a blonde daughter, but you can make the hair or skin any color you want. Boy angels wear robes too, so the color-change chart should work fine for a boy angel....
