by Suzann Thompson | Dec 17, 2021 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Here’s another garter intarsia ornament, a plain Christmas ball with band around it, which was knitted from side-to-side. The ball is shaped by increasing or decreasing only at the edges. The colors in the band just jog over and back to make its curved shape. If you...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 16, 2021 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Garter stitch is easy to chart, because 1 stitch is as wide as the height of one ridge (2 rows). That means you can chart it on square graph paper, with one block equal to one stitch and one ridge (2 rows). The other nice thing about this is that you can shape the...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 15, 2021 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
My daughter Eva’s favorite kinds of animals are insects and fish, so I have crafted a number of fishy things over the years. This ornament uses variegated and solid cotton embroidery floss, in the mosaic color technique. In 2021, Eva is still fascinated by insects and...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 14, 2021 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
To make this look like a bow, I had to shape the knitted ribbon. If I had knitted it straight and tied it, the knot would have looked clumsy and bulky. The strip of garter stitch was wavy and surprisingly long. I actually tied the knitting into a bow, and sewed it...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 13, 2021 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
This sweet little pinecone is just a series of knitted tabs, with a bow on top. The pieces rely on the felt as a foundation to hold them in place. Without it, this would just be a pile of knitted pieces.
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 12, 2021 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Garter stitch pinwheels are fun to knit. Short rows provide the shaping, and the squareness of the garter stitch/ridge makes the math easy. The plastic wrapper is what turns this pinwheel into Christmas candy. Yes, with pinwheels, we’re back to pi times diameter. But...
