by Suzann Thompson | Apr 18, 2010 | Crochet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
I was excited to see monk’s cloth in Walmart! It’s like the cloth that cross-stitchers use, with a very regular, square weave that is easy to see and easy to stitch into. “I can crochet right into the edge!” I said. So I planned a square cloth...
by Suzann Thompson | Apr 15, 2010 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Curmudgea wrote a complimentary, heart-warming (my heart, for sure!) review of Crochet Bouquet. She brought up a subject that will have many of you nodding in agreement: If I had one quibble, it would be that I wish the book were spiral bound so that it would lie flat...
by Suzann Thompson | Mar 20, 2010 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
About a month ago, Amanda Carestio of Lark Books wrote to me with exciting news. Crochet Bouquet is now available as a digital book! “We know that the knitting and crochet community has a large presence online,” Amanda said, later adding,...
by Suzann Thompson | Feb 16, 2010 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Please join us in making a Fern leaf for February’s Crochet-Along! Readers have adopted the Fern leaf (on pages 110-111) as one of their favorite patterns in Crochet Bouquet. (The other favorite is the Plain Pansy.) The Fern is one of my favorites, too. Once you...
by Suzann Thompson | Jan 13, 2010 | Crochet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Our Irish Crochet Lovers group over at Ravelry is doing an Irish Crochet Doily Crochet-Along through March. We’re mostly working on different doilies, since we have some beginners and some experts and some in-between. I chose a plate doily from a 1911 book...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 21, 2009 | Crochet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
My Irish Crochet sample is growing, slowly but surely. I had to redo some sections of the background several times before I was pleased with it. See the pink line in the photo? It shows, more-or-less, the direction of the very simple background mesh I am crocheting...
