Finished!
Well, other than her stander. I'm so very pleased with her. We will be taking some pro quality photos of her with her stander in the next few days.
Blanket basket
Or so I intend to use what has turned out to be an immense crocheted basket made from at least 200 grocery sacks. Using double and single crochet and scorning a pattern, this is what the new basket looks like. Next to it, the last smaller but just as functional basket for comparison. The large one is roughly 18 inches high, and has a diameter of 22 inches.
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Let me tell you about her staff, which I think would be a fine magic wand also. We went walking to look for a stick in my neighborhood, only to find that it was very tidy and there was nothing but twigs. Just as I was about to give up and suggest we drive somewhere more wilderness-like, I noticed a 4 foot stick leaning out through the fence of a big empty field. It seemed like it was beckoning. I grabbed it. It turned out to be eucaluptus - red gum - as I found from the fragrance when I peeled off the bark and started sanding.
The crystal was also serendipitous. My dh was walking in our neighborhood and stopped by a yard sale where someone was evidently clearing out their jewelry box. He came back with tons of vintage pieces and neclaces with tiny beads ready to be unstrung and sewn on to things (wait till you see the bead head Bride comeing next) - and that lovely perfectly scaled quartz crystal wand.