Suzanne Thompson

Art Forms

Textiles

Biography

Like many of you, my first craft was knitting which I learned as a child.  I was fascinated by my mum’s knitting, the clack of the needles, the colours of the yarn and how the end product was so magically achieved.  Mum taught me the basics – that said, just garter stitch – she would do the casting on, binding off and corrections.  I used to pore over patterns for making dolls’ clothes, pretending I could understand what all the symbols and abbreviations meant, wishing I could do it just like mum.  As I got older, I learned to follow basic patterns and successfully produced a couple of jumpers.  But then, as exams loomed, the university years and then moving to London, I dropped the knitting.  It was years later before I took it up again, knitting soft toys for my children.  I rediscovered my love of knitting but also could not resist taking up new crafts.  I have now become a self-taught and self-confessed ‘craftaholic’.

Before having my children, I worked in the travel industry and then in Human Resources.  After children, I retrained and became a teacher – essentially to have the school holidays!  However, it became a vocation.  I have taught from age 5 to 75 years and in a variety of subjects.  My love of teaching extended to after school classes where I first set up ‘Hooks, needles & threads’ teaching primary school children how to knit.  I left the UK for Australia then on to Singapore 6 years ago.  During my time there I was asked to show people how to do various crafts.  I enjoy sharing my skills and introducing people particularly to the lesser known heritage crafts of bobbin lace and Dorset buttons.  Whilst living in Singapore for four years, I taught these crafts as well as learning the Japanese crafts of Temari balls and Sashiko..  Crafting is a major part of my life and I am passionate about anything involving fabrics, yarns and threads.  Such crafts should not just be confined to one country but shared around the world.  I continue to teach these crafts but also take on custom projects. 

Contact

Suzanne Thompson

Tel: 07931 122652

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rhubarbnrose@gmail.com
https://www.rhubarbandrose.wordpress.com

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