by Suzann Thompson | Mar 3, 2006 | Crochet, Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Chunky knits abounded in the streets of Ravenna and Venice last week. Girls wore mufflers and hats knitted at about 2-1/2 sts per inch. Trim sweaters were done in multicolor yarns at no more than 3 sts per inch. Mostly it was a little too cold for sweaters alone, so I...
by Suzann Thompson | Jan 30, 2006 | Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Back in July, I sadly reported that my lamb tail jacket had been lost in the mail. Three or four months later, INKnitters sent me the proofing copy of the pattern. Was that the theme music to The Twilight Zone I heard? During the months I thought the sweater was...
by Suzann Thompson | Jan 26, 2006 | Crochet, Knitting, Polymer Clay, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
You can learn to make these polymer clay buttons in my workshop at the first-time-ever DFW Fiber Fest in Addison, Texas, April 28-30, 2006. Three days of classes and a market will make this an event you won’t want to miss. Classes will appeal to crocheters,...
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 | Oct 26, 2005 | Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post
Each student in my daughter’s fifth grade class wrote a report on a state. Her state was Alaska, and she wrote about the usual topics. My husband let her in on many of his professional secrets of map-drawing. Naturally, I always try to get her interested in the...
