by Suzann Thompson | Dec 20, 2021 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Santa is knitted in intarsia, and can be color-customized. Eyes and mouth were added later with duplicate stitch.
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 19, 2021 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Short rows shape the heel of this stocking ornament. It’s knitted from the top down. I started the short rows with the top gold outline on the heel, then made a lot of very short rows for the cream-colored heel. The gold outline at the bottom of the heel is also a...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 18, 2021 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
The cardinal is regular stockinette stitch intarsia and the pine needles are embroidered. Cardinals stay around all winter in North Central Texas. They look like bright ornaments in our leafless trees.
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 17, 2021 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Here’s another garter intarsia ornament, a plain Christmas ball with band around it, which was knitted from side-to-side. The ball is shaped by increasing or decreasing only at the edges. The colors in the band just jog over and back to make its curved shape. If you...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 16, 2021 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Garter stitch is easy to chart, because 1 stitch is as wide as the height of one ridge (2 rows). That means you can chart it on square graph paper, with one block equal to one stitch and one ridge (2 rows). The other nice thing about this is that you can shape the...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 15, 2021 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
My daughter Eva’s favorite kinds of animals are insects and fish, so I have crafted a number of fishy things over the years. This ornament uses variegated and solid cotton embroidery floss, in the mosaic color technique. In 2021, Eva is still fascinated by insects and...
