by Suzann Thompson | May 28, 2005 | Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
The name of one of the classes I will be teaching at the Taos Wool Festival is Alternative Tassels and Trims. Here are pics of two tassels I made with the alternative method I will teach in the workshop at Taos. Both of these have polymer clay tops, but our workshop...
by Suzann Thompson | May 27, 2005 | Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Tonight Charles and I made the last buttons of the year for our daughter Eva’s school. I think it’s more accurate to call them badges, but a lot of people refer to them as buttons. Either way, as diligent PTO members, we made hundreds of them this year for...
by Suzann Thompson | May 26, 2005 | Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
The KnitRedKAL/Personal Red Cardigan Challenge is working! Last weekend, what with driving to Houston for 5-1/2 hours, driving around Houston, and visiting with my wonderful father-in-law, I racked up over 60 rows on the sleeve. And I have diligently done my three...
by Suzann Thompson | May 25, 2005 | Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
I set up my Ultimate Sweater Machine under the carport again today. Two-year-old Ella cooperated, and now I have three new swatches for my latest (and I do mean latest! ) INKnitters article. Coats Moda Dea ‘Sassy Stripes’ yarn was a happy surprise. It is a...
by Suzann Thompson | May 22, 2005 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Ella is nearly two and a half years old. I started this cardigan before she was born. I want to finish it before next winter, so I joined KnitRedKAL to motivate myself to finish. All I have left to do is the sleeves and the button bands and other finishing....
by Suzann Thompson | May 12, 2005 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
After weeks of sitting around my living room in a basket, waiting for its collar to be bound off and its sleeves to be sewn in, the Salt and Pepper Jacket is done! We went out of town for the weekend to visit family, and I brought it along, thinking that surely I...
