by Suzann Thompson | Jan 10, 2006 | Crochet, Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
My daughters and I visited the fabulous Bluebonnet Yarn Shoppe (Cedar Park, Texas) before Christmas, and I gave in to temptation. “Silk Garden” by Noro caught my eye, in shades of purple, silvery gray, olive, and touches of ochre here and there. To enhance...
by Suzann Thompson | Nov 19, 2005 | Art Quilt, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
I posted earlier this month about how some workshop leaders have steered students away from using yellow because it is supposedly “difficult.” Woolwinder and Furrworld commented, saying that they had never heard that about yellow. I’m glad this folly...
by Suzann Thompson | Nov 14, 2005 | Life, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Thanks to Bob Dollar, Nero Wolfe, the Dallas Cowboys and the Texas Longhorns, the latch hook snowman rug/wall hanging is completely latched. I listened to tapes of Annie Proulx’s That Old Ace in the Hole (Bob Dollar is the main character), and a couple of Rex Stout...
by Suzann Thompson | Nov 11, 2005 | Knitting, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Yes, we were playing buttons again. I get a little desperate for change sometimes, after sorting through the button pile for ages. My eye fell upon my double-honeycomb swatch. “Look, Ella,” I said, “we can snuggle the buttons into the little nests on...
by Suzann Thompson | Oct 20, 2005 | Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
Yesterday was marked by three separate magazine encounters. The fall issue of INKnitters arrived, and there was my article about Fire Ant Ranch, with lots of pretty pictures. In a box, set off from the rest of the text, I wrote about the 2005 Taos Wool Festival. Oops!...
by Suzann Thompson | Oct 17, 2005 | Art Quilt, Exhibits & Programs, Knitting, Quilting and Crafting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion
I arrived at Joy’s Fabrics a little after nine o’clock, to find Joy and her husband, George, already setting up for my talk to the Busy Bees Sewing Group. We brought in my piles of samples, and organized them for the program. Before long, the ladies came...
