by Suzann Thompson | May 9, 2006 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
Since the last post, I embroidered long grass stems, knitted background foliage, stitched a background flowers and greenery, and sewed buttons in place. Three-year-old Ella is upset that I “stole” buttons from our button jar, particularly the pink ones,...
by Suzann Thompson | May 8, 2006 | Art Quilt, Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
One way to knit a natural-looking scene is to work with several similar shades of each color, but only one or two rows of one color at one time, which is what we will do in the Garden of Design workshop at this year’s Iwannaknit ReTreat. This method makes for...
by Suzann Thompson | May 5, 2006 | Crochet, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Before you report me to the grammar police, consider that ‘sprang’ is a textile technique. Oh, yes. It is a method of crossing threads to make netting. Sprang is ideal for making hammocks. Hammocks are a spring sprang thang! But this isn’t about hammocks, it’s about...
by Suzann Thompson | Apr 17, 2006 | Knitting, Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Yellow is on my mind these days, because Project Spectrum’s April colors are yellow and orange, and also because I’ve been working on an article about yellow for INKnitters off and on for months. In the Project Spectrum spirit, I want to show you some...
by Suzann Thompson | Apr 10, 2006 | Life, Polymer Clay, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
I have a button-making class coming up on April 22 (Joy’s Fabrics, across from HEB in Stephenville, TX, 10:00 to 12 noon). To get in the spirit, we broke out the polymer clay today. I made a ton of buttons. Eva and Ella joined me at the table, creating objects...
by Suzann Thompson | Apr 7, 2006 | Crochet, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
>· Every now and then my past comes back and surprises me! I designed many patterns for knitting and crochet magazines in the first part of the 1990s. So today, I’m looking through Herrchner’s Yarn Shoppe catalog, enjoying the yarn bounty that we could...
