by Suzann Thompson | Apr 26, 2012 | Crochet, Crochet Garden, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Alternating treble crochet and single crochet gives the Russian Picot Daisy’s center its bumpy surface. Crocheting a trc immediately after a sc can be a little awkward, but you’ll soon get used to it. Try to bend each trc toward the front of the work as you begin the...
by Suzann Thompson | Apr 24, 2012 | Crochet, Crochet Garden, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
The Russian Spoke Stitch and the Russian Spoke Picot were invented by a lady named Olivia Longacre Wertman to mimic the look of Russian darning. Here’s an example of Russian darning on a net tablecloth that my grandmother, Gertrud Wirth, embroidered a long time...
by Suzann Thompson | Apr 16, 2012 | Crochet, Crochet Garden, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Many pairs of eyeballs looked at Crochet Garden before it went to press. All off them missed the fact that the lovely Pasque Flower was on the cover (the yellow flower, second from right), and on the copyright page (purple and yellow) but not in the book! It’s...
by Suzann Thompson | Apr 13, 2012 | Knitting, Polymer Clay, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Polymer clay buttons are so much fun to make! They’re colorful and pretty. They’re machine-washable and dryable. Button-lover that I am, I have enjoyed making these little beauties since the 1980s, which adds up to lots of buttons. How can a person display buttons? A...
by Suzann Thompson | Apr 7, 2012 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
You’re spoiled for choice by the Topsy Turvy #2 flower on pages 95-96 of Crochet Bouquet. You can crochet it small, medium, or large; with or without picots; one way up or the other way up, all in two short pages of instructions. The shading in Chinese...
by Suzann Thompson | Apr 2, 2012 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Crochet Garden, Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
I had to smile when I read this comment from an Amazon.com reviewer, about Crochet Bouquet. And why are so many decorated with buttons? No, no, no, no, no. Truth be told, we are fortunate that there were so relatively few buttons in Crochet Bouquet. I held back on the...
