by Suzann Thompson | Jun 12, 2005 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
I couldn’t take my eyes off a beautiful Japanese yarn called Diakeito, Diamusee Fine, at Lea-Ann McGregor’s Knitting Today shop in northern Indiana. The color I liked is two-ply. Each ply is shaded browns with a tiny bit of burnt orange and a smidgen of...
by Suzann Thompson | Jun 11, 2005 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post
We have friends visiting from England. It’s fun, but there’s not much time for knitting. Nevertheless, I’m making progress on my ReKAL vest. On the subject of recycling, my brother gave me a cotton blend cardigan with color patterns in it. It will...
by Suzann Thompson | May 27, 2005 | Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Tonight Charles and I made the last buttons of the year for our daughter Eva’s school. I think it’s more accurate to call them badges, but a lot of people refer to them as buttons. Either way, as diligent PTO members, we made hundreds of them this year for...
by Suzann Thompson | May 22, 2005 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Ella is nearly two and a half years old. I started this cardigan before she was born. I want to finish it before next winter, so I joined KnitRedKAL to motivate myself to finish. All I have left to do is the sleeves and the button bands and other finishing....
by Suzann Thompson | May 12, 2005 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
After weeks of sitting around my living room in a basket, waiting for its collar to be bound off and its sleeves to be sewn in, the Salt and Pepper Jacket is done! We went out of town for the weekend to visit family, and I brought it along, thinking that surely I...
by Suzann Thompson | May 6, 2005 | Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Last weekend we drove to Elgin, Texas, to visit my friend Suzanne Correira, owner of Fire Ant Ranch. She raises Black Welsh Mountain sheep, Gulf Coast Native sheep, and some Shetland sheep and Angora goats. She sells the wool, fiber packets ready for spinning,...
