by Suzann Thompson | Sep 25, 2006 | Crochet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
This little collar is a great example of crocheting over a core thread or padding, which was a common technique in Irish Crochet. What you do, is wind thread around your finger or something similar. Then you make as many single-crochets as possible over the resulting...
by Suzann Thompson | Sep 24, 2006 | Pillar Project, Retro Blog Post, Workshops
The Taos Wool Festival is almost upon us! I’ve been packing for days. When I drive to teach instead of fly, I can think of lots more stuff to bring. Some might say I bring way, way too much. Hope there’s room in the van for clothes! Last week we had a...
by Suzann Thompson | Sep 21, 2006 | Art Quilt, Crochet, Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
After reading the post before this, one of my regular readers (Hi Mom!) said, “When you put all those buttons on the background, they obliterate the patterns.” Hmmm. The patterns look pretty good. Do I really want to obliterate them? Nooooo so it was time...
by Suzann Thompson | Sep 20, 2006 | Crochet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Having done a lot more crochet lately, I trawled around to find out what crochet groups Yahoo had to offer. Wow. I found some just right for me. One was the Irish Crochet Lovers group. I fell in love with Irish Crochet in the early 1980s, when I found some reprints of...
by Suzann Thompson | Sep 16, 2006 | Crochet, Polymer Clay, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
There’s a brag in this post, so beware! I was looking for crochet pattern books. My search brought me to amazon.fr, the French branch of amazon.com. The French word crochet means “hook” as well as referring to the craft of crochet. A search on the...
by Suzann Thompson | Sep 10, 2006 | Art Quilt, Crochet, Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Black was my original choice for the binding around the heart quilt. I took it along with me to The Flying Needle, Stephenville’s wonderful quilt shop (on the loop, near Ace Hardware). I tried several black fabrics with small white patterns. They...
