by Suzann Thompson | Sep 27, 2007 | Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
My first subscription issue of Craft: arrived, and I was impressed! Its subtitle is “transforming traditional crafts,” which it does right there on the cover, with the completely silly and fun knitted Crime Scene Scarf. Wide-ranging projects include...
by Suzann Thompson | Sep 22, 2007 | Crochet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
I’ve been crocheting pansies with hand-dyed ‘Single Sport’ from Plain & Fancy Sheep & Wool Co. It is from the company’s booth at last year’s Wool Festival at Taos, which was, well, about a year ago. I’m crocheting a...
by Suzann Thompson | Sep 17, 2007 | Crochet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Hip to Crochet, a book by Judith L. Swartz, has a zig-zag scarf in it, very similar to this one. Eva was greatly inspired by the book and the scarf, but unfortunately, the copy we saw at Twisted Yarns (Spring, TX) was the store copy. We worked out our own version of...
by Suzann Thompson | Sep 12, 2007 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
On August 7th, I talked about the first craft book I ever knew, which belongs to my mother. I posted a picture of a striped sweater from the book. The author wrote that the sweater could be knitted without a pattern (ohne Schnitt), but then gave detailed instructions...
by Suzann Thompson | Sep 7, 2007 | Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
After the post about the National Button Society Convention, Woolwinder asked for pictures of moonglow and goofy buttons. Thanks to Peggy Ann Osborne’s book Button Button, I can tell you more about them than I could a few weeks ago. Moonglows are glass buttons...
by Suzann Thompson | Aug 31, 2007 | Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
These breezy mornings are good for knitting in the tree house, while Ella plays with kittens or organizes parties with her imaginary friends. Today I was hurriedly knitting another seamless argyle, so I could help Linda Urban celebrate the publication of her book, A...
