by Suzann Thompson | Mar 18, 2016 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Every time I looked at PopKnitting by Britt-Marie Christoffersson for the last several years, I’d say, “Okay, I want to try that pattern and that one and that one…oh, and those two.” The book is full of interesting and different stitch patterns,...
by Suzann Thompson | Aug 17, 2015 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
You never know how things come around and go around, until you can look back. Recycling is totally about things coming around and going around, and here’s what I can tell you about that. My family has been into recycling since I was a kid. We started by...
by Suzann Thompson | Aug 6, 2015 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
On the first day of the Campbell-Neumann sale, we would already be in line with dozens of like-minded shoppers, waiting for the doors to open. Mr. Campbell and Mr. Neumann liquidated estates about four times a year, and any sale included items from three or more...
by Suzann Thompson | May 14, 2015 | Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
We played with polymer clay a lot in the late 1990s. It was a great way to pass the time during the frequent rainy, gloomy days in Sheffield. And modeling something so pretty and colorful, and then being able to bake it and make it permanent was very compelling....
by Suzann Thompson | Mar 16, 2015 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
It was at the Interweave Knitting Lab, October 2012, in Manchester, New Hampshire. I was teaching a class about how to knit mosaic patterns and design your own. The workshop participants were enthusiastic and they were close to completing our first mosaic sample: a...
by Suzann Thompson | Mar 1, 2015 | Crochet, Life, Retro Blog Post
My college sophomore daughter, Eva, was home for the holidays. We don’t have a TV, we live in the country, her friends were scattered across the state, and there’s only so much Twitter and such a person can do before petrification sets in. “Mom, I...
