by Suzann Thompson | Jun 23, 2007 | Life, Pillar Project, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
It is two years since Ian Boyle built this stone pillar in our front yard. He embedded a pipe in the stone, at an angle that would catch the sunset at summer solstice. Later we found out it catches the sunrise on the winter solstice, too. The day was cloudy, and I was...
by Suzann Thompson | Jun 19, 2007 | Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
The rain kept us inside last week, so we settled in my daughters’ room with a book tape. We love listening to Hank the Cowdog audio books, which are read by author John R. Erickson. They are so funny! Anyway, I sat on the floor with my crocheting, and Eva had a...
by Suzann Thompson | Jun 17, 2007 | Crochet, Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Getting back into the blogging habit is proving to be harder than I thought! But it’s not for lack of making projects. I’m still crocheting away on my secret project. Thank goodness these are the last bits of crochet before my part is done. My girls were...
by Suzann Thompson | Jun 2, 2007 | Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
You’ve heard of mosaic knitting. Barbara Walker coined the term to describe a kind of slip stitch color knitting, and she developed a method for charting her designs. She charted many geometric designs that really do look like borders on mosaic floors, with...
by Suzann Thompson | May 24, 2007 | Art Quilt, Crochet, Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
If you’ve been knitting or crocheting very long, you have probably wondered about the different terminologies used to describe yarn, like bulky, sport, DK, and worsted. They all refer to the size of a yarn, which should give you a rough idea of what size of...
by Suzann Thompson | May 20, 2007 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops
Way back… No. Way, way, waaaaay back, I went to the first ever TKGA (The Knitting Guild of America) convention in Dallas, Texas. It must have been in 1985. I took classes from knitting legends, Alice Starmore (Fair Isle Techniques), Barbara Walker (Mosaic Knitting),...
