by Suzann Thompson | Aug 10, 2008 | Art Quilt, Knitting, Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
We went out to check on some wild pig bones, which lie in a culvert down the dirt road from our house. We hoped they were bleached and clean enough for us to take home and add to Ella’s collection. Too bad–they still had fur and other stuff attached to...
by Suzann Thompson | Jul 21, 2008 | Crochet, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Eva loved Ana Paula Rimoli’s Amigurumi World. She brought it on our Colorado trip in June and spent hours crocheting cute little projects (the pear, which we named Solo, a coffee cup, an octopus). We had to make a special stop so she could buy stuffing for her...
by Suzann Thompson | Jul 13, 2008 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Ella recently decided to make shoes. She tried paper first, but found that paper shoes don’t hold up well. Then she tried making shoes from felt. After tape, staples are Ella’s favorite means of holding stuff together. She molded the felt around her feet...
by Suzann Thompson | Jun 21, 2008 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Marilyn was in my Slip Stitch Color Knitting class at Taos a couple of years ago. She knitted her class samples with the most beautiful variegated yarn. She dyed it herself! She was in my button class at Estes Park, too. She travels around with an RV and her doggies,...
by Suzann Thompson | Jun 17, 2008 | Crochet, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
We loved the Estes Park Wool Market! The weather was cool and nice. We had mountains all around. The smell of food made our mouths water. And then there was the yarn! Our first view of the Wool Market was these white tents, which turned out to be the animal tents. The...
by Suzann Thompson | Jun 7, 2008 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Even as a kid, I noticed and admired color. I must have been seven or eight years old, when I decided to study it. Ever since, that’s what I did. Color inspiration happens all the time, if you just watch for it. I was weaving yarn ends in a few days ago, piling...
