Yarnjeannie's Crochet Cache

I hope that everyone is celebrating with loved ones today. I have been asked to design something and I've been working on it very hard.  To do it in tapestry crochet wasn't giving me the results I had in mind, and working it on a diagonal wasn't doing it either.  I'm going to have to give the project more thought. I put together some sea friends this weekend.  I have ideas for more.  Doing them on the fly without a pattern.

and listed in my Etsy shop:

Dolls!  I love making dolls.  Unfortunately, I have no granddaughters or I would be showering them with dolls!

I have someone contacting me through my blog asking for the pattern for a doll I crocheted (L'il Buster).  I have informed her where she can purchase the pattern (from Kathleen Early- easily found on the web) and kindly declined to provide her with a copy.  Her e-mails come through in Spanish and she says she has the pattern but it's blurry.  I asked her if she has a photocopy of the pattern and if so, that isn't permissible.  I also told her I will not provide her with another photocopy.  I keep getting comments from her and I've had to mark her latest as spam, in order to stop the conversation in its tracks.  I will not - ever - provide anyone with a copy of a pattern used to make any of the items I show on my blog.  I purchased the pattern and others can do the same.  I respect the copyrights of others. If you see something on my blog that you like - thank you for your kind comments.  But please don't ask me to provide you with the pattern.  I cannot and wi

Okay, no one needed scarves...LOL!  My giveaway went nowhere.  I will probably donate them somewhere. My latest project on my hook is a doll I just finished.  Next is a dog for my grandson.  Here are photos of the doll.  She is 18 inches tall.  I love crocheting dolls.  I will probably send one or two to the hospital.