by Suzann Thompson | Dec 4, 2021 | Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, TextileFusion, Uncategorized
Knit Advent Day 4 and Garter Intarsia Garter intarsia is a little different. Changing colors on the right side is normal. But it’s when you’re working on the private side of the work (otherwise known as the wrong side), that changing colors is odd. Since in garter...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 3, 2021 | Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
I love this little wreath. It was a triumph of technique and high school geometry. I figured the circumference of the inner circle and the circumference of the outer circle. Circumference is very handy if you want to knit round things. Circumference equals pi times...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 2, 2021 | Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
The Advent wall hanging and its knitted ornaments first appeared on my blog, December 1-24, 2005. I’m posting them on Twitter @textilefusion and Instagram @suzannthompson, too. Hope you’ll follow me to see all 24 ornaments. You can also find them by...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 1, 2021 | Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
This is the first of 24 ornaments and an Advent wall hanging originally published on my blog, December 1-24, 2005. I’m considering redesigning some of the ornaments and releasing them, every other month, as a year-long Advent knitting project. If that sounds...
by Suzann Thompson | May 31, 2021 | Crochet, Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Once there was a wonderful magazine called INKnitters, published by Diane Piwko. I contributed long, in-depth articles about all kinds of things related to knitting. Color was a focus. I was particularly interested in yellow, as you’ll read below. The article...
by Suzann Thompson | May 30, 2021 | Knitting, Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Yellow Around the House Awww, Izzy. She was a pretty and sweet cat! Like many animals we’ve known, she knew how to present herself to her best advantage. The Holstein-patterned fuzzy fabric matched her perfectly and made us wonder “Is it a cat? Is it a...
