by Suzann Thompson | Apr 7, 2022 | Life, Quilting and Crafting, TextileFusion
In June 2005, my little family visited Suzanne Correira’s Fire Ant Ranch in Elgin, Texas. I bought fleece and planned to unpack my spinning wheel and spin it all up. I missed spinning! Okay, well. I did get out the spinning wheel and spun about half a bobbin of...
by Suzann Thompson | Feb 14, 2022 | Art Quilt, Crochet, Crochet Garden, Knitting, Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
In elementary school, each one of us students gave a silly little Valentine’s Day card to every other student in the class. The idea of fun and silliness is forever linked to Valentine’s Day in my mind. I’m surprised and saddened to be reminded that,...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 6, 2021 | Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Worked on the bias, with a true curve in the top, this candy cane ornament required some heavy thinking and experimentation. Once again, thank goodness for high school geometry. If your kids ever ask “Why do we have to do geometry? What possible relevance can this...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 5, 2021 | Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Day four’s ornament is an intarsia angel with embroidered hair. My angel’s hair is blond, because I have a blonde daughter, but you can make the hair or skin any color you want. Boy angels wear robes too, so the color-change chart should work fine for a boy angel....
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 4, 2021 | Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, TextileFusion
Knit Advent Day 4 and Garter Intarsia Garter intarsia is a little different. Changing colors on the right side is normal. But it’s when you’re working on the private side of the work (otherwise known as the wrong side), that changing colors is odd. Since in garter...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 3, 2021 | Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
I love this little wreath. It was a triumph of technique and high school geometry. I figured the circumference of the inner circle and the circumference of the outer circle. Circumference is very handy if you want to knit round things. Circumference equals pi times...
