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Yellow Hibiscus Lei
This is a decorative mini-lei made up of crocheted flowers. The flowers are designed to evoke the maʻo hau hele, the yellow native hibiscus which is the state flower of Hawaii.
I designed & made this item in spring 2022. It is made from size 10…
Wooden Romanian spindles
These two antique wooden Romanian spindles were purchased in an antique shop in Brasov, Romania in 2007.
Women's Cardigan with Embroidered Flowers and Gathered Waist
I made this cardigan in the late 1960s or early 1970s and cannot find the pattern source. The yarn is likely Red Heart or something similar from the period in a worsted weight. Small pink and green flowers are embroidered along the top of the…
Woman Within 2, Knitted wire sculpture
This sculpture was knit with 24 gauge plastic coated steel wire and 26 gauge copper wire. It is part of a group of knitted and crocheted sculptures I made to represent inner and outer seives. It was published in Knitting Art, by Karen Searle, …
Woman Within 1, knit wire sculpture
This small sculpture was knit with 26 and 28 gauge copper wire. It is one of several knitted sculptures I created to express inner and outer aspects of ourselves.
Winterling, a knitted, embellished wall hanging
Winterling is a knitted, quilted wall hanging, embellished with crochet, embroidery, beads, and buttons. It was made by textile artist Suzann Thompson in 2017 for her Celebrate Doilies exhibit. The name Winterling refers to a now-closed chinaware…
Wheel of Introspection, a crocheted mandala part of Mandalas of Transformation Collection
This piece is a crocheted mandala designed and made by textile artist Michelle Beerbower. It was made in 2026 as an additional piece in her collection “Mandalas of Healing”. The artist used US hook size I-9 with acrylic yarn. This piece was made as a…
Web of Truths - Created as part of Mandalas of Transformation Collection
This piece is a crocheted mandala designed and made by textile artist Michelle Beerbower. It was made in 2026 as an additional piece in her collection “Mandalas of Healing”. The artist used US hook size I-9 with cotton yarn. This piece was made as a…
Warped Perfection Part of Mandalas of Transformation
This piece is a crocheted mandala designed and made by textile artist Michelle Beerbower. It was made in 2026 as an additional piece in her collection “Mandalas of Healing”. This piece was made as a tribute to her journey and continued story of…
Vintage Measuring Tape
“Front: molded metal, shaped like a high-top shoe; embossed with this clever play on words: ‘Three Feet in One Shoe.’ Back: flat. Tape: twilled cotton; 36 inches.” From Worthpoint.com
Two 1940s Cable Vests
Two matching handknit vests made from an original 1940s pattern. The yarn used was Purl Soho Linen Quill held double. Yarn content is a blend of wool, alpaca, and linen, and the colorway is Juniper Green. Pattern was retrieved from a hardcopy vintage…
Trick or Treat Doily by Bella Crochet
Designer Ann White of Bella Crochet (bellacrochet.blogspot.com) designed the Trick or Treat Doily to accompany another Halloween-themed doily in her design collection. Suzann Thompson crocheted the doily in 2019 with No. 10 crochet cotton from her…
Ten Colors Crocheted Afghan
This afghan was made by my paternal grandmother. She was a talented seamstress. She made much of her own wardrobe throughout her life as well as clothes for her grandchildren. She crocheted less often than she sewed. She is the person who taught me…
Tatted Christmas Stars
My grandmother, Esther Curry, tatted these stars for me, at my request, when I was a girl of about 10 or 11 years old (early 1970s); they may well mark my very first personal acquisition in what has become a lifelong fascination & enjoyment of…
Tassels with Crocheted Tops
Bond America’s Tassel Magic tool, released during the 1990s, got me interested in making tassels. I mixed different kinds of yarns from my collection to make the twisted cording or bullion for the tassel skirts. For a time, an egg-beater was my…
Tassel Top, Knitted
My tassel-making adventure started when Bond America, under the leadership of my friend Cari Clement, offered a new product called Tassel Magic—The Ultimate Tassel and Fringe-Making Tool.
It was a fun tool, and I learned quite a bit from using…
It was a fun tool, and I learned quite a bit from using…
Swatches for TKGA Master Hand Knitting Certification, Level 3: Techniques
These hand knitted swatches were required. I had to research, learn and perfect the techniques. The techniques shown here are double brioche, herringbone stitch, double knitting, entrelac, and a doily. These were completed using Cascade 220 yarn.
Swatches for TKGA Master Hand Knitting Certification, Level 3: Designing and Pattern Writing
The instructions for these hand knitted swatches indicated a technique and size parameters. I had to research the technique, practice the skill and design, knit and write a pattern for each swatch. The techniques shown here are smocking, elongated…
Swatches for TKGA Master Hand Knitting Certification, Level 3: Cast-ons and Bind-offs
Each hand knitted swatch has a different cast-on: tubular, German twisted, picot, Channel Island, I-cord, Chinese waitress and a different bind-off: tubular, double crochet, picot, Icelandic, I-cord, double chain. Each stitch pattern within the…
Swatches for TKGA Master Hand Knitting Certification, Level 2: Seaming
These are the seaming swatches for TKGA Master Hand Knitting Level 2. The knit swatches included a stockinette seam, reverse stockinette seam, seed stitch seam, single rib (K1,P1) seam, double rib (K2,P2) seam, vertical (selvedge) to horizontal…
Swatches for TKGA Master Hand Knitting Certification, Level 2: Picking up stitches and Inset Pocket
The instructions for the neckline swatch say how to knit the base swatch, choosing the best decreases. Then it was up to me to learn how to pick up stitches from a bound off, curved and selvedge edge at the correct ratio.
The inset pocket swatch had…
The inset pocket swatch had…
Swatches for TKGA Master Hand Knitting Certification, Level 2: Lace and Cable Design and Pattern Writing
The instructions for these handknit swatches say that two lace patterns and one cable pattern had to be selected and knit within a seed stitch border. The design had to be balanced both vertically and horizontally and a pattern was written for each…
Swatches for TKGA Master Hand Knitting Certification, Level 2: Buttonholes
The instructions say to make each swatch with three different types of buttonholes (eyelet, vertical and horizontal). The spacing and placement of each buttonhole had to be determined for each swatch. The swatches include a single rib (K1, P1),…
Swatches for the TKGA Master Hand Knitting Certification, Level 2: Cable Flare
The instructions provided a lesson on how to compensate for cable flare. First, knit and block a seed stitch swatch. Then, choose a cable pattern to knit and block. I had to learn how to compensate for the gauge difference between the two swatches…
Square Doily Knitted from a Pattern Published in 1848
My husband Charles was scheduled for long-overdue knee replacement surgery. I needed a small, relatively simple project to work on while we were at the hospital during both his knee replacement surgeries and recovery. A knitted doily seemed the…