Face of Joy-Sylvie’s Flower Fairy hat
April 30, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under crochet
The Face of Joy challenge is drawing to a close, although, if people still want to be part of it, they are most welcome to contribute!
Anyhow… today, I had a joyful time in my studio.
photo by Noreen Crone-Findlay (copyright)
One of my dear friends, artist, poet, author and creative genius, Sylvie Nicolas, came for a visit.
Sylvie and I have been friends for more than 20 years, and even though we live a thousand miles apart, will remain friends to the ends of our days….
Sylvie is on her way to take up the position of Artist in Residence at the Banff School of the Fine Arts.
We haven’t seen each other for a couple of years, so having her in my studio today was definitely a HUGE celebration!
Talk about FACES OF JOY!
We kept bursting into carols of laughter and joy and delight and giving each other huge hugs!
Of course, the cameras had to come out….
and ahem….
the crochet hook, also!
Sylvie is a magical woman, a Gypsy spirit of charisma, style and panache. She wears hats like nobody’s business!
Her pink and green shawl kept nudging me….. so, it was absolutely natural that my crochet hook should start to fly in response to the imagination and inspiration that was bubbling up in the studio!
photo by Noreen Crone-Findlay copyright
Oh, what fun! We just kept cracking up as one of my ‘Gnome-dome’ hats took shape on her head…. more pink! more green!
A flower here, an earflap there, a big cherry colored bead on top, there…. and gales of laughter!
And soon the hat was done…..
photo by Noreen Crone-Findlay copyright
and sadly, all too soon, our visit was over….
for now….
and so is the Face of Joy Challenge…. but I hope that people will still be able to discover joy and create images of that joy.
We need all the joy that we can be, find and share!
