The 12 days of...

Yeeeeeeeeehaw!

I'll be ready for display as of the 16th.

Every single thing is satisfactory and I'm proud of accomplishing what I have done: Three beaded-stain glass works; one triptych and four separate wall pieces; and, six art boxes.  This whole experience is exhilarating against the backdrop of being homeless.

BC Housing and everyone else who has been actively trying to destroy the beautiful life I can make will be wearing egg on their faces come the 26th. You all failed.  Your denial of your mental health status is the root of your failure to yourselves.

Irish Crochet - Baby Princess Dress

Irish Crochet is one of the youngest of the domestic handcrafts, and developed in response to the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840's. The women who were making lace for the aristocrats upgraded their work to more complicated motifs, thereby assuring their income to save their homes and families. By 1890 the motifs had become even more complicated and wonderful.

Traditional Irish crochet uses size 30 thread, which is about the size of heavy machine thread, and is usually cotton or silk.

I used size 10 thread in this baby princess dress. It is very simple in design, predominately using the half-double crochet stitch, a bit of filet and the ruffles a combination of half-double and double crochet stitches. The buttons and picot-edge (dark purple) are the only truly traditional Irish crochet in the work.