by Suzann Thompson | Jan 7, 2007 | Crochet, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
After yesterday’s chilly wind, it was a relief to go into the Erath County Livestock Show and Junior County Fair arena. But the path between us and the County Fair check-in area was perilous indeed. With one eye on the ground and one eye on the look-out for...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 27, 2006 | Crochet, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Eleven-year-old Eva admired my pink and black poncho made of yarns from my collection. ”Mom, I want to make a blue and white poncho. Can I use your yarn?” she asked. We pulled a bunch of bluish and whitish yarns from the collection, and she got to work. She graciously...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 14, 2006 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Do you love these buttons?! They look so great, and they probably help keep the ear flap down. This is a lovely hat, worked in a fine gauge of 17 stitches to the inch. The straps are woven, with beads along the edges of the tape. I love the stranded garter pattern...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 12, 2006 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
This cute hat fits close around the head, and then it has a long, narrow tube at the top, ending with a tassel, similar to a hat knitster posted recently (and here). The knitter apparently substituted colors, whenever the original color wasn’t enough. You can...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 10, 2006 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Men are responsible for these fine-gauge, highly detailed knitted hats of the Andes. They knit them for their little children. You can learn a lot about them from Cynthia Gravelle Lecount’s book, Andean Folk Knitting: Traditions and Techniques from Peru and...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 6, 2006 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Sea Cat’s mother knits. No one on land or sea knits more beautifully than she does. She sits down one day, with several balls of seaweed wool and interesting treasures from the sea, and knits and embroiders Sea Cat a ”closely fitting, elegantly tailored,...
