by Suzann Thompson | Aug 7, 2007 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
In 1949, my grandmother gave my mother a book for her birthday. It was the first craft book I ever saw as a kid. The title is Gestaltende Hände, ein Werkbuch für Mädchen, by Hildegard Fochs. That means Forming, Shaping, Modeling, Designing or maybe Creative Hands, a...
by Suzann Thompson | Aug 3, 2007 | Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Chautauqua has the most Victorian-style gingerbread of anyplace I’ve ever been! Some of the houses look like they’ve been trimmed with lace. In fact, some of the pretty trims had me wishing for my crochet hook and some yarn. I was sure they would make good...
by Suzann Thompson | Jul 17, 2007 | Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
I’m away from home this week on an adventure unlike any I’ve ever had. It’s a conference for children’s writers at the Chautauqua Institution in New York, organized by the Highlights for Children Foundation. If you never had Highlights for...
by Suzann Thompson | Jul 15, 2007 | Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Wow! Thanks to Diana at KnitThisToo for tagging me as a Rockin’ Girl Blogger. It’s a great tag, because you get this fabulous button, and all you have to do is nominate your own Rockin’ Girl Bloggers. I tag Knitting Painter Woman because her blog is...
by Suzann Thompson | Jun 23, 2007 | Life, Pillar Project, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
It is two years since Ian Boyle built this stone pillar in our front yard. He embedded a pipe in the stone, at an angle that would catch the sunset at summer solstice. Later we found out it catches the sunrise on the winter solstice, too. The day was cloudy, and I was...
by Suzann Thompson | Jun 19, 2007 | Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
The rain kept us inside last week, so we settled in my daughters’ room with a book tape. We love listening to Hank the Cowdog audio books, which are read by author John R. Erickson. They are so funny! Anyway, I sat on the floor with my crocheting, and Eva had a...
