by Suzann Thompson | May 16, 2011 | Crochet, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Green Yarn Lost and Found I crocheted for my new book just about everywhere—at basketball games, at the Tuesday quilting bee, and at Dairy Queen. Maybe I’m the only person who crochets at our local Dairy Queen, because when a green ball of yarn was accidentally...
by Suzann Thompson | May 15, 2011 | Crochet, Crochet Garden, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Since about October, I’ve been working on a new crochet book. On Tuesday, May 10, I mailed off the last package of samples, and emailed the last bit of text. What a relief! Now it’s the publisher’s turn. The folks at Lark Crafts will photograph the...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 23, 2010 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
What a difference the size of your thread makes! I used a size 3 US steel (2.10mm) hook and Aunt Lydia’s No. 10 crochet cotton to make the tiny Popcorn in the Middle. It’s very sweet! It’s about 1/4 the size of the same flower made in Caron’s...
by Suzann Thompson | Dec 12, 2010 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Please join me this month in making Popcorn in the Middle, a six-petal flower on pages 88-89 of Crochet Bouquet. Popcorn in the Middle is another design that you can customize by changing colors for every round of petals…or not! You can make it large by...
by Suzann Thompson | Nov 15, 2010 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Knitters and crocheters were talking about Jelly Yarn years ago. I finally tried it and wow! It’s fun! I used superfine Jelly Yarn and a size E (US) hook to make this Ray Flower from Crochet Bouquet. The prescribed way to block Jelly Yarn projects is to...
by Suzann Thompson | Nov 15, 2010 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Charles drove me the three blocks from our hotel in Alpine to Front Street Books, where “A Crochet and Knitting Afternoon with Suzann Thompson” would start at 2 o’clock. Why did we drive, when the weather was so nice? Because I had too much stuff to...
