by Suzann Thompson | May 9, 2009 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
“Primrose Layers” (pp. 90-91 of Crochet Bouquet) is our May 2009 Crochet Along flower. It’s a lovely Mother’s Day flower, too, if you are crocheting for your mother who lives in the USA. In England, Mothering Sunday is in March. When we lived...
by Suzann Thompson | May 5, 2009 | Crochet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
We’re having an Irish Crochet Along in the Irish Crochet Lovers group on Ravelry. Our motif for April was this shamrock, from The Priscilla Irish Crochet Book No. 1, by Lula M. Harvey. It is Figure 27. Our plan is to crochet one or two motifs a month for several...
by Suzann Thompson | Apr 19, 2009 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Lynn, a Crochet Bouquet reader from Hawaii, asked for help with the Fern pattern (pages 110-111). I am really enjoying your Crochet Bouquet book! But I need your assistance for the fern pattern. I cannot understand the instructions/how are the clusters created? Do I...
by Suzann Thompson | Apr 19, 2009 | Crochet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
This is an Irish Crochet-style collar which I made for my mother in the late 1980s. Her periwinkle blue suit shows it off very nicely. It’s the real thing! At least it’s as real as an Irish Crochet collar can be, when made by a USAmerican, a century after...
by Suzann Thompson | Apr 13, 2009 | Crochet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
We were at an antique mall at Hillsborough, Texas, when I saw the corner of a collar, peeking from a stack of doilies and other pretty pieces of needlework. My heart beat faster. It looked like Irish Crochet lace! What a find! Had anyone else noticed this treasure? I...
by Suzann Thompson | Apr 11, 2009 | Crochet, Crochet Bouquet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Here in north-central Texas, our daffodils bloomed in late February. They were beautiful while they lasted a bright splash of yellow in the brown winter landscape. Even though our daffodils bloom early, they are always associated with Easter in my mind. Maybe...
