by Suzann Thompson | Jan 25, 2008 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
The small town of Dublin, Texas, is primarily known as the home of the first Dr. Pepper bottling plant. Dublin Dr. Pepper is still made with pure cane sugar instead of nasty high fructose corn syrup. But now we’re in the news–local, national, even...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 7, 2007 | Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
I finished the last of the felt angel ornaments! Yay! I expected heavenly music or a beautiful fanfare when I snipped the last thread, but all was quiet as I hung Angel Number 7 on our ficus tree. Before the job could really, really be finished, the project bag had to...
by Suzann Thompson | Jul 25, 2006 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Last week we were in the neighborhood of Twisted Yarns, and lovely yarn shop in Spring, Texas. Naturally, we dropped by. I need a particular color of light violet, maybe mauve, for a class sample. Manos del Uruguay had the perfect shade, so I had to buy it. I couldn’t...
by Suzann Thompson | Jul 18, 2006 | Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Where did June go? For that matter what happened to May? Can it be possible that we’re more than halfway through July? Project Spectrum has gotten way ahead of me, which is odd, since I love color and think about it and study it and experiment with it almost...
by Suzann Thompson | Jun 16, 2006 | Crochet, Doily Adventure, Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
The Joneses, who live near us, recently opened an antique store in Dublin, Texas, across from the Dr. Pepper Museum. We were already acquainted, because Mrs. Jones’ granddaughters were on the same softball team as my daughter. My mother, my girls, and I had a...
by Suzann Thompson | May 29, 2006 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
The traveling knitter’s two most important questions are: “What shall I knit on the plane (or in the car)?” “What shall I work on while I’m there?” Once one settles on a project, one must be careful to bring enough yarn. Heaven...