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“Passing” by Nella Larsen: An Analysis

  “Passing” by Nella Larsen: An Analysis by Willow V.  Hello! This is an assignment that I did for my Harlem Renaissance American Literature class. This essay is my own original work.            In Nella Larsen’s “Passing” a Black woman named Irene Redfield, who is usually seen as “an Italian, a Spaniard, a Mexican, or a gipsy. Never, when she was alone, had they even remotely seemed to suspect that she was a Negro” (Larsen), finds out that her childhood friend, Clare Kendry, has been passing as White after seeing her in Chicago for the first time in 12 years. There are 3 sections of the novella; Encounter, Re-Encounter, and Finale. The first section, Encounter, includes the event in Chicago mentioned above, along with Irene being invited to visit Clare at her hotel in Chicago where Clare Kendry and her extremely racist husband, John Bellew. Mr. Bellew has absolutely no idea that Clare isn’t actually White, and calls her “Nig” because “When we wer...

Crochet Mushroom Top

 Hello! Today I will be sharing a pattern for a crochet mushroom top. This took me about a week and a half to do without breaks (I took a lot) and it looks absolutely adorable! 

Now before we begin, this post does contain affiliate links that I made using Chirpyest, these specific links are used for the styling ideas portion of this post, but these links are not the particular products that I am wearing in these pictures. Still, they are similar ones from brands that many people buy from. Please go to my disclaimer page and my privacy policy page to learn more. 


Materials: Weight 4 yarn in red and white, tapestry needle, and a 5mm hook. 

Top:  In red 
1: Crochet a chain the length you want your top to be +1. Single crochet into the second chain from your hook and chain 1. 
2-50: Repeat row 1 until the top is long enough to wrap around your torso. You can either slip stitch the ends together or make a lace-up closure by making a very long chain and inserting the chain into every 3 stitches in the way that you lace up your shoes. 

Sleeves: In red
Put the top on and mark where you want your sleeves to start on the front and back using a stitch marker. Make sure that the sleeves will be an even length apart. 
1: Insert your yarn into where you marked the sleeves and chain a chain that is long enough to wrap around your shoulders comfortably, then slip stitch into the stitch marker that it matches with on the other side. Do this again on the other side to make the other sleeve. 

Dots: In white using any hook you'd like 
Tiny: in a magic circle, sc 8, slip stitch, close circle. Fasten off and use loose ends to attach circles to the top. 

Small: mc, sc 8, slip stitch, close circle, inc in every stitch, slip stitch. Fasten off and use loose ends to attach circles to the top.

Medium: mc, sc8, slip stitch, inc in every stitch, slip stitch, (1sc, inc) 8 times, slip stitch. Fasten off and use loose ends to attach circles to the top.

Large: mc, sc8, slip stitch, inc in every stitch, slpst, (1sc, inc) 8 times, slpst, (inc,1sc,1sc) 8 times, slpst, Fasten off and use loose ends to attach circles to top.

Bonus!!

Heart:
magic circle, ch 2, 3 treble crochet into ring, 3 dc into ring, ch 1 into the ring, 1 treble crochet into ring, ch 1, 3 dc, 3 tc, ch 2, slpst into the ring, Fasten off and use loose ends to attach circles to top. 

Styling Ideas 


2: With baggy jeans





My favorite outfit was the one with the jeans. Comment your favorite! 

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