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Darts and Pleats at Estes Park!

by Suzann Thompson | May 17, 2009 | Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops

In less than a month, the Estes Park Wool Market will be in full swing with two days of workshops and two days of shopping! It’s a beautiful venue, with the Rocky Mountains in the distance. The weather is perfect for wearing sweaters! I’m teaching a couple...

Book Signing in Estes Park, Colorado

by Suzann Thompson | May 17, 2009 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops

In less than a month, the Estes Park Wool Market will be in full swing with two days of workshops and two days of shopping. It’s a beautiful venue, with the Rocky Mountains in the distance. The weather is perfect for wearing sweaters. During the market, I will...

Primrose Layers, Step by Step

by Suzann Thompson | May 9, 2009 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion

“Primrose Layers” (pp. 90-91 of Crochet Bouquet) is our May 2009 Crochet Along flower. It’s a lovely Mothers Day flower, too, if you are crocheting it for someone you love like a mother in the USA. In England, Mothering Sunday is in March. When we...

Ella’s Mouse

by Suzann Thompson | May 9, 2009 | Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion

We read Frederick, by Leo Lionni, about a mouse poet. At the back of the book, Ella found instructions for making a mouse out of paper, like the ones in the book. Ella wanted to make a mouse, but hers would be out of felt, because she wanted to stuff it and make it...

May Crochet Along: Primrose Layers

by Suzann Thompson | May 9, 2009 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion

“Primrose Layers” (pp. 90-91 of Crochet Bouquet) is our May 2009 Crochet Along flower. It’s a lovely Mother’s Day flower, too, if you are crocheting for your mother who lives in the USA. In England, Mothering Sunday is in March. When we lived...

Irish Crochet Along: Shamrock

by Suzann Thompson | May 5, 2009 | Crochet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion

We’re having an Irish Crochet Along in the Irish Crochet Lovers group on Ravelry. Our motif for April was this shamrock, from The Priscilla Irish Crochet Book No. 1, by Lula M. Harvey. It is Figure 27. Our plan is to crochet one or two motifs a month for several...
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Comanche Mercantile on the square in Comanche, TX, Comanche Mercantile on the square in Comanche, TX, has a charming and interesting variety of textiles in the way-back room. That’s where I saw this lavender pillowcase, appliquéd with the crocheted letters H E R, and trimmed with crochet. It sent me on a deep dive to learn more about His & Hers pillowcases.

I’ve been trying for a long time to get back to blogging. Hand-embellished pillowcases were a reasonably quick and fun subject to write about.

I hope you will read about them here:
https://textilefusion.com/blog  or
https://textilefusion.com/his-hers-pillowcases-with-crochet/
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Who here had a bed doll with a fancy crocheted dre Who here had a bed doll with a fancy crocheted dress? 

I never did, but that doesn’t stop me from admiring the skill and workmanship that goes into making one. 

The purple dress is from Annie’s Calendar Bed Doll Society, May 1993. Over the years, Annie Potter came up with dozens of amazing bed doll patterns, each as fabulous as the next. Miss Annie sells her crochet patterns at https://annie-potter-presents.storenvy.com/ 

These were for sale at the Benbrook Antique Mall in Benbrook, TX. It’s definitely worth stopping by there. Make sure you have ample time, because it’s a big place.
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“…where collections, big and small, famous and per “…where collections, big and small, famous and personal, finally have a home.”

This means you can upload pictures and descriptions of your own knitted and crocheted works, and knitted and crocheted things you have collected or inherited, for all to study and enjoy, while you keep your k/c treasures at home.❤️

Read about it at
https://pieceworkmagazine.com/discover-a-digital-home-for-knitting-and-crochet-history/
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Respect to anyone, living or deceased, who has cro Respect to anyone, living or deceased, who has crocheted a whole Killarney Bedspread! The frame of the bedspread square alone has taken me days to crochet. Luckily, my goal was to make only one square, to experience how it was accomplished.
The pattern is from Irish Crochet Designs and Projects, edited by Mary Carolyn Waldrep, Dover Publications Needlework Series.
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In a blast from the past, an editor I knew from La In a blast from the past, an editor I knew from Lark Books emailed me last fall and asked if I would be interested in designing some crocheted flower bookmarks. Why yes, I would!
The deadline was short for a spring publication date, so I got busy.
The finished product was a kit with five colors of yarn, a crochet hook, a yarn needle and a book with written instructions for eleven flowers and fun finials and many step-by-step photos. 
Crochet Botanical Bookmarks the kit is available for purchase online and probably some craft stores.

#CrochetBotanicalBookmarks #CrochetFlowers #CrochetBookmarks🧶
Texas Bluebells! This is the first time I’ve seen Texas Bluebells! This is the first time I’ve seen so many flowers on each plant. Swipe to see the white Bluebells. 💜💜🤍💚
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