An Enlarged Grid Project

My granddaughter's Girl scout troop earned their art badge creating an enlarged grid of Juliette Gordon Low--the founder of Girl Scouts.  They used charcoal pencil, charcoal--vine and compressed, black oil pastel, and black watercolor paint.

6th Yarn Basket

What can I say--these are great for using up old random skeins of yarn.

I double the yarn for thickness.

A Finished Dancer Drawing

A commissioned drawing finished and framed.

This is going to the same family as this one.  I do hope they'll look good together.
Color pencils and chalk pastels on Bristol paper, 13"x 19" frame

More

Can't help myself and my yarn isn't used up yet, so...another yarn basket--why not?

and I've started another.

A Hat?

These would make great Cat in the Hat type hats--I'll keep this in mind for some future costume--and they're comfortable and warm.

Another one finished and my yarn isn't used up yet.

More Yarn Baskets

I want to make more of these.

A Year End of Pictures For 2014

My sister's painted rocks

Halloween and our first rain in a very long time.

 A visit to Steep Ravine cabins

 My yarn baskets make great hats

Dance performances...

Nightmare Before Christmas...

My granddaughter as Dr. Finklestein...

beautiful clouds

My grandson's first Christmas...

A visit to Hearst Castle at Christmas.

A Yarn Basket

I crocheted a yarn basket using up some inexpensive acrylic yarn that I've been holding onto.  This worked up fast--so much faster than a pine needle basket, (but I haven't given up on making pine needle baskets).   I'm using this as my clean rag bag.

2nd Pair of Baby Slippers

This is the next size up from the first pair I made--this time with crocheted rabbits!

rabbits on the run!

Still Working on Skulls

and I'm not done yet!

Crocheted Devil Horns

I made these thinking my granddaughter wanted to be a devil, but she changed her mind---so I might wear them!  I found a pattern for the horn on Ravelry by Diana, then made a head band to attach them to.

Crocheted Skulls

I found this crocheted skull pattern on Ravelry by Arolie MarieMad
Making one leads to another...

I used a tiny crochet hook and some crochet thread.

Day of the dead hair clip...

purple hair clip for my granddaughter...

more!

Baby Slippers

His ankles need to thin out a bit and his feet need to grow a little longer, but they do fit, and they stay on!

I ran out of this yarn--so one opening has a lighter purple--I also sewed some black elastic around the back edge of the openings.

Crocheted Slippers

My granddaughter chose pink--these work up fast--and fit her nicely.

 The yarn isn't anything special--some acrylic I had as scrap yarn---this crochet project teeters on the edge of being one of those depressing things you could buy at a church bazaar, but oh well... (I have ambivalent feelings about crocheted items), yet here I am finding some peace and joy in making these.

Already getting a little worn in.