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A Crocheted Sock

by Suzann Thompson | Mar 24, 2009 | Crochet, Life, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops

This is my first crocheted sock ever! The pattern is from Karen Ratto-Whooley, who is teaching an online Toe-Up Crocheted Sock workshop on Crochetville. The yarn is Opal. Our two-week class started on March 13, with a lesson that took us from the toe to the ankle....

Stitches Shopping

by Suzann Thompson | Nov 23, 2008 | Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops

These beautiful clouds above Baltimore set the mood for the heavenly yarns and designs at the Stitches East Market. I stopped by several times to visit a shaded pink angora by Prism, color-way “Carnation.” Likewise, a gorgeous thick-and-thin rose and moss...

Dotty Knitters at Stitches East

by Suzann Thompson | Nov 16, 2008 | Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops

Thank You to the Ladies who took my Dotty Knitting class at Stitches East! Here are some of them, posing with their samples. It was a happy class, where everyone quickly understood how to read the special charts, and many went on to practice charting on their own....

Seamless Argyle Sock Survivors

by Suzann Thompson | Nov 12, 2008 | Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops

Here is this year’s “Argyle Sock in the Round” class from Stitches East. We not only survived the grueling workshop, we triumphed! Lots of participants finished knitting their sample sock. Others came very close. In response to requests from people...

Taos Wool Festival 2008

by Suzann Thompson | Oct 8, 2008 | Knitting, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops

Through an unforeseen scheduling conflict, I went to the Taos Wool Festival last week without my family. Luckily for me, a friend came along instead. We had a great time! I taught two classes, which were pleasant as usual. Five people joined me for “Color...

Estes Park Wool Market 2008-3: The Buttons

by Suzann Thompson | Jun 30, 2008 | Polymer Clay, Retro Blog Post, TextileFusion, Workshops

My polymer clay button classes are always wonderful, but in Estes Park my button class was wonderful and large! They had great fun making buttons and it shows in these pictures.
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Who here had a bed doll with a fancy crocheted dre Who here had a bed doll with a fancy crocheted dress? 

I never did, but that doesn’t stop me from admiring the skill and workmanship that goes into making one. 

The purple dress is from Annie’s Calendar Bed Doll Society, May 1993. Over the years, Annie Potter came up with dozens of amazing bed doll patterns, each as fabulous as the next. Miss Annie sells her crochet patterns at https://annie-potter-presents.storenvy.com/ 

These were for sale at the Benbrook Antique Mall in Benbrook, TX. It’s definitely worth stopping by there. Make sure you have ample time, because it’s a big place.
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“…where collections, big and small, famous and per “…where collections, big and small, famous and personal, finally have a home.”

This means you can upload pictures and descriptions of your own knitted and crocheted works, and knitted and crocheted things you have collected or inherited, for all to study and enjoy, while you keep your k/c treasures at home.❤️

Read about it at
https://pieceworkmagazine.com/discover-a-digital-home-for-knitting-and-crochet-history/
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Respect to anyone, living or deceased, who has cro Respect to anyone, living or deceased, who has crocheted a whole Killarney Bedspread! The frame of the bedspread square alone has taken me days to crochet. Luckily, my goal was to make only one square, to experience how it was accomplished.
The pattern is from Irish Crochet Designs and Projects, edited by Mary Carolyn Waldrep, Dover Publications Needlework Series.
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In a blast from the past, an editor I knew from La In a blast from the past, an editor I knew from Lark Books emailed me last fall and asked if I would be interested in designing some crocheted flower bookmarks. Why yes, I would!
The deadline was short for a spring publication date, so I got busy.
The finished product was a kit with five colors of yarn, a crochet hook, a yarn needle and a book with written instructions for eleven flowers and fun finials and many step-by-step photos. 
Crochet Botanical Bookmarks the kit is available for purchase online and probably some craft stores.

#CrochetBotanicalBookmarks #CrochetFlowers #CrochetBookmarks🧶
Texas Bluebells! This is the first time I’ve seen Texas Bluebells! This is the first time I’ve seen so many flowers on each plant. Swipe to see the white Bluebells. 💜💜🤍💚
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near Proctor Lake, June 2026
On a road trip with friends, we stopped in Three R On a road trip with friends, we stopped in Three Rivers, Texas, at The Goodie Box Gifts and Antiques Co-op. Not surprisingly, there was crochet:
—a bunch of doilies hanging from a hook, 
—90 granny squares waiting for someone to come along and sew them together to make a cozy blanket,
—and…oh no!…a crocheted table mat displayed wrong side up! The secretive Clandestine Crochet Flipper got to work. She (yes, we think the CCF is a she) carefully moved several figurines, flipped the crocheted table mat right side up, and replaced the figurines as they had been. Then crocheted popcorn stitches showed to their full, plump advantage, instead of being hidden by their own backsides. Thank goodness the Clandestine Crochet Flipper was on the job that day. (1 = before flipping; 2 = after flipping)
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