by Suzann Thompson | Jan 12, 2006 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
The last two afternoons, I’ve been outside with three-year-old Ella. She plays in the tree or with the cats, and talks and talks to herself. I love to hear that sweet talk. I worked on the yellow vest. It is about six inches long. That doesn’t sound like...
by Suzann Thompson | Jan 10, 2006 | Crochet, Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
My daughters and I visited the fabulous Bluebonnet Yarn Shoppe (Cedar Park, Texas) before Christmas, and I gave in to temptation. “Silk Garden” by Noro caught my eye, in shades of purple, silvery gray, olive, and touches of ochre here and there. To enhance...
by Suzann Thompson | Jan 5, 2006 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post
The posts about the knitted Advent calendar, originally published in December 2005, will be featured in December 2021. Thank you all for the comments on my Advent calendar. It was fun to make, and I feel happy about it every year. I have done a number of felt ornament...
by Suzann Thompson | Nov 19, 2005 | Art Quilt, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
I posted earlier this month about how some workshop leaders have steered students away from using yellow because it is supposedly “difficult.” Woolwinder and Furrworld commented, saying that they had never heard that about yellow. I’m glad this folly...
by Suzann Thompson | Nov 14, 2005 | Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Thanks to Bob Dollar, Nero Wolfe, the Dallas Cowboys and the Texas Longhorns, the latch hook snowman rug/wall hanging is completely latched. I listened to tapes of Annie Proulx’s That Old Ace in the Hole (Bob Dollar is the main character), and a couple of Rex Stout...
by Suzann Thompson | Nov 11, 2005 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Yes, we were playing buttons again. I get a little desperate for change sometimes, after sorting through the button pile for ages. My eye fell upon my double-honeycomb swatch. “Look, Ella,” I said, “we can snuggle the buttons into the little nests on...
