Leslie
Nelle Urinyi
West
Milford, New Jersey, USA
http://woolmountainstudio.com/
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The Snow Queen
One of my favorite
childhood fairy tales was The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen, published
in 1845. The Queen of the snowflakes (or snow bees) travels throughout the
world with the snows. The Snow Queen is one of the central characters in the
classic child’s fairy tale of good versus evil.
In some ways it
appears that Andersen drew from the Norse Giantess (or goddess) Skadi, a
frost-giant and a bringer of cold, winter, and death; also considered by some
as the goddess of the hunt.
Based on the Snow
Queen of Andersen’s book, the hat is made with white yarns (snow), silver yarns
(ice) and repurposed faux pearls on silver wire (snow bees) and bullions for
snowflakes and other crochet stitches creating snow. Yarns used are wool, wool/silk blend,
cotton, cotton/silk blend, small amounts of acrylic yarn, eyelash, and metallic
novelty yarns.
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