Christening dress for 2010

This christening dress has taken over a year of working off and on to create and is a true labour of love.  The full skirt is a true full pleated circle when set out

The hat is an exceptional and pleasant way to create a bonnet that looks both vintage and very modern,....the self gathers of lace at the front and the ruffle on the top set if off beautifully.

Charity Crochet

Hat from an infamous children's story that I crocheted for a little lad in a nursing home that he can actually wear. He will be so excited that I can hardly wait.A micro-preemie gown that I have crocheted for a local hospital from a pattern on angelcrafts, she is a very talented designer and donates her patterns to a wonderful cause

A collection of fifty plus hats that are going over to the neo natal and neurological as well as chemo ward of our local hospital, the next fifty plus are being readied for local schools and the homeless shelters. Love makes us all have a happy heart. Patterns are designs from basic patterns and a lot of small originals. They range from preemie to adult male and female. I love doing these.

Crochet from Past Challenges

This little Irish doll was crocheted and given to a young lady who is dealing with cancer treatment and was a true labour of love. It was my first Annie's Attic Bed Doll. More pictures below.







After many years of not crocheting I chose to tackle this doily designed on line as a mystery and a challenge and it opened a new world of crochet for me. This one is in the home of my mother-in-law in Cape Breton.






This was the second doily that was started as a mystery and
completed and taken to my daughter's home in New Brunswick.









These are more photos of the doll as well as a small pineapple sachet, that I did keep for myself.

The beauty of champagne crocheted with the everlasting love of pineapple crochet and combined with the shell stitch has turned this work of art by Leisure Arts into a piece of art that I would do again and again.

I must admit that the pattern is very simple until you get to the pineapples and then you have to watch each row, but the ravelling and re=crocheting were well worth the effort, this is my favourite by far. It will be lined with an antique wwhite slip. Both of the gowns on this blog are true labours of love as the time involved is starting from one ball of thread to completion.

Started last year and just completed yesterday. This is crocheted in size 10 cotton and I have added my own special touches. The pattern is from a Leisure Arts leaflet and once started easily read and accomplished.