by Suzann Thompson | Sep 25, 2005 | Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
The pink tassel finally has a finial. Hurray! It should have been knitted circularly, but it wasn’t, so it has a seam. The cover made me think of a sweater, so I thought of making the seam like a cardigan band. “Let’s play buttons!” I said to...
by Suzann Thompson | Sep 23, 2005 | Crochet, Earthen House, Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
With one thing and another, this pink tassel is taking way too long! Since the last post about it, I finished knitting the top, knitted on a loop, darned in ends, and rolled and sewed the knitting to change the fringe into a tassel. All that’s left is to knit a...
by Suzann Thompson | Sep 10, 2005 | Art Quilt, Exhibits & Programs, Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
The Knitting and Crochet Guild of Great Britain has this small wall hanging of mine in its collection–Thank you, Liz Gillett! The Guild has a fantastic collection and a grand vision for preserving and displaying old and new knitting and crochet for future...
by Suzann Thompson | Sep 8, 2005 | Crochet, Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
In preparation for one of my workshops at Taos and for the ThinkPinkKAL, I’ve been working on a pink tassel. First, I threaded 4mm pink beads onto some heavy sewing thread and crocheted them in a chain st. The fringe is begun by overspinning a few yarns together...
by Suzann Thompson | Sep 3, 2005 | Art Quilt, Earthen House, Knitting, Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
This is the walk-through gate on the west side of our new place. When I saw the finished gate, unexpected feelings and insights came to me. Before the gate, we had some clumps of trees with a couple of little glades here and there. Now, the gate separates two glades...
by Suzann Thompson | Sep 2, 2005 | Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
I Googled INKnitters reviews magazine the other day, and found lots of reader comments and reviews. Here’s one. They were fun to read. No surprise that most knitters loved the articles. That made me proud to be one of the long-standing article contributors to...
