by Suzann Thompson | May 14, 2007 | Crochet, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
My daughter and I were drawn as if by a magnet to the bins of brightly colored Rexlace at a craftstore in Houston. We left with several spools of the plastic lacing, with plans for some knitted project. Knitting it was more difficult than I bargained for. However,...
by Suzann Thompson | Apr 10, 2007 | Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Diana just finished a Koigu shawl, and has a number of scraps as small as 2 inches. She’s thinking about knitting a landscape wall hanging, and using the snippets to embellish it. She commented that the short lengths of yarn from the sample card in my last post...
by Suzann Thompson | Apr 1, 2007 | Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Plymouth Yarns has always carried great basic yarns. I like their Indiecita Sport alpaca, and they now have alpaca boucle and baby alpaca yarns, too. Plymouth’s Galway Worsted 100% wool comes in a thorough color range, including some heathered yarns and nep...
by Suzann Thompson | Mar 27, 2007 | Crochet, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Have I made anything in the last few months? Besides a poncho, that is. Yes, but not that you can tell from my blog. Yes, I’ve been crocheting like crazy! But I can’t tell you what I’m crocheting. Yet. I have used some great yarns for my big, secret...
by Suzann Thompson | Feb 22, 2007 | Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
My friend Joan turned eighty last week. Her daughters threw a surprise birthday party for her, and people came from far and wide to Toronto to celebrate. It was a wonderful weekend of talking, talking, talking and quite a bit of eating, too. Toronto has an almost...
by Suzann Thompson | Jan 23, 2007 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
This hat is just beautiful. The gauge is 18 stitches per inch. The workmanship looks flawless, and includes pretty details, like the tassels and this tiny knitted ripple. I was much impressed at the subtle colors of this hat. Could they be naturally dyed? Nope. Take a...
