Designing 3-D Boobs for Breast Cancer Fund-Raiser

by Belle

I hadn't intended to post this chez Blogabillies, but T-Bone insisted that our readers would appreciate a brief diversion into fiber arts and fund-raising for social causes. More likely, he's just another redneck with a fetish for boobs, even those created with yarn and crochet hook.

A friend invited me to enter some original designs in a fund-raising effort for the Breast Cancer Resource Center. I haven't picked up a crochet hook in months, but my fiber arts muse resurfaced yesterday and I plundered my yarn stash for suitable ideas. (If you crochet or knit, you know what I'm talking about. We always have a supply of yarn stashed away somewhere.)

I'm thinking about creating an art bra out of some luscious cashmere yarn I had intended to use for Christmas scarves. Never had a spare moment before the holidays.

In the meantime, I got started on creating some 3-D breasts that will be crocheted with various handpainted art yarns and shadowbox-framed for display and sale at the event.

Pictured here is my prototype in a mercerized cotton yarn, perched on top of my Mac mini hard drive and propped up by a crochet hook. This took four episodes of Grey's Anatomy to complete. (Watched in one day, thanks to DVR.) It turned out pretty good for a first attempt, so now it's time for a trip to my favorite local yarn store, Hill Country Weavers, to indulge in some splendiferous fibers.

Comments

[Connie M Reece]

Well, now I've heard of everything. Do you think Gladys Hardy would approve?
It's highly uplifting!

[Connie Reece]

LOL @ highly uplifting. I sure didn't want to crochet sagging boobs. I could look in the mirror for that!