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...
by Suzann Thompson | May 9, 2005 | Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
My new buttons samples are finally done! The workshop is Friday afternoon, June 3, at Camp Iwannaknit 2005. There’s still room in the class! We will make five styles of buttons: fake lapis buttons and color swirl buttons in polymer clay, felt buttons, and two...
by Suzann Thompson | May 6, 2005 | Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Last weekend we drove to Elgin, Texas, to visit my friend Suzanne Correira, owner of Fire Ant Ranch. She raises Black Welsh Mountain sheep, Gulf Coast Native sheep, and some Shetland sheep and Angora goats. She sells the wool, fiber packets ready for spinning,...
