"Not Recommendable" by Facebook

 

Artwork by J R R Tolkien

I am a tremendous fan of all the works of J R R Tolkien.  I love the movies, and I love the new Amazon Prime Rings of Power streaming show.

So I decided, with some encouragement from like-minded friends, to create a Facebook Page to celebrate all things Tolkien.  His own words, his own art, my words, my photography, and such topics that I feel to be relavant to Tolkien.  My page is known as 'Marigold Brandyfoot'

Today, Facebook publishes on my page the following statement:

Your Page is not recommendable

Content on your Page is preventing it from being suggested to people. Let's help you be recommendable again.

What???  Two days ago, I did a post regarding the banning of books, asking when the books of Tolkien might find themselved banned from middle and high school libraries.  This is the only thing I can think of that would have lead to the above chastisment from Facebook.  Interestingly, a sense of censorship here.

If you would like to journey with me in Middle Earth, and celebrate its beauty, and grieve at its hurts, you can follow my page here:

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088661962619

Here is a sample post from June 4:

“I am (obviously) much in love with plants and above all trees, and always have been; and I find human maltreatment of them as hard to bear as some find ill-treatment of animals.” JRR Tolkien

Please join me, in Middle Earth.  Thank you.  signed....Marigold Brandyfoot.

Memorial Day 2023

Memorial Day 2023

Soldiers who kept us free;

Spouses who loved our country.

Their memories fade

As do our own,

Reaching toward our final home.

'Never forget' never lasts;

And so we never learn

From the tears of our past.

Rest in peace;

You did your best;

May we have the courage to do the rest.

Emma Revisited

 Revisiting the last doll pattern I designed, Emma.  She is worked in worsted weight yarn (I used Red Heart Super Saver in Buff) and has very simple jointed arms and legs.  

Going for more of a Waldorf feel, she has a wig cap made from mohair yarn, which is a bit hard to work with, but makes the most wonderful hair!

You can leave it long, pull it into a single braid, make pigtails or ponytails with it.

In this case, she has double braids.  Her dress and pinafore are adapted from Sandy Nordwall Eggers Spring Dress for Marci available on Ravelry.  I lengthend the dress, and worked the initial lace pattern on the pinafore for additional repeats to make it longer.  Both dress and pinafore are crocheted from Paintbox DK cotton yarn.

Her hat and boots are from the Emma patterns available on this blog.  

Family

 

Family will not be with you forever. Enjoy the time you are given. Husband, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Sister, Brother, and Dad.

Back in business!!!

 After several months of being dead (my blog, not me...), I've resurrected my blog!  From the wasteland that Google left it in (by deleting the website that was hosting my patterns) it rises like a Phoenix to live again!

I've done my best to restore all the pattern links within each post and also the links along the left sidebar.  I may have missed one or two, but they should all work.

Touch the Dark

 

A Christmas Chrysalis

 

Nightgown and Victorian Undies for Emma and her friends

 

I am still having a lot of fun playing with this new doll design, Emma.  She is 11 inches tall, with very simple jointed arms and legs.  You can find the pattern for the doll on this blog, a couple posts back.  She is developing a nice wardrobe; today's addition is a nightgown and some Victorian underwear...my favorite to make!

Emma's Nightgown and Victorian Undies

As always, enjoy the crochet!

Accessories for Emma, Zoe, and Jennie

 

On a pattern role with this doll.  She now has some new shoe selections, a cloche cap, and a sweater than can be made as a vest, cardigan, or hoodie!

Accessories for Emma

Enjoy the Crochet!