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Show ( 6A Lakeside Review South, Wednesday, April 18, 1984 Supergrannys Hobby She Crochets Her Friends BOUNTIFUL Among the women who crochet, few have such devotion to their craft as Dorothy DiChellis, Bountiful. A sign on her door greets friends with Crochet by Super-Granny- ." Inside, crocheted dolls and clowns sit in couches and chairs around the living room. Mrs. DiChellis specializes in crocheting dolls. A ballerina with tu tu, a Little Orphan Annie and a doll with crocheted ringlets sit atop the couch. Even the pink skin and small hands (and fingers of some dolls) are crocheted. Rusty The Clown and his clown friends and relatives;, sit amidst the baby dolls and Eng-lish Peddlers". Rapunsel, with her long braids, watches from the book- from her tower made of a covered cylinder can. And, floating above the little people, is a hot air balloon, with basket, crocheted and stuffed. Probably the most impressive thing about all of Ms. DiChellis creations is that they have a polished, professional look down to the detail. But the intriguing thing is her love for those creations. She is proud of her dolls and she fered an explanation for her love of collecting them. One theory is the nesting syndrome when everyone is grown and gone," She works about 10 hours a day and she said it takes about three months of crocheting all day to get ready for a craft show. A lot of women enjoy crocheting, but the difference is having the time, then you have a chance to design and improve on patems. Several ideas have come to Mrs. DiChellis to pursue this year! A huge, empty fish tank sits against a wall in her apartment, waiting for sea creatures, shells and a mermaid, all in the makshe explains, ing stages of crochet. When finMrs. DiChellis has been cro- - ished, Mrs. DiChellis hopes to dieting for 30 years. While she take the aquarium to the Salt was raising her family working Palace craft fair. One of my as a secretary, she took orders aims this year was to have some- and sold some of her things! As thing unique for the Salt Pal- soon as her children were on ace," she said, their own she quit. Now she cro- Selling her own patterns is chets for craft fairs. .other aim. Having made up" more than SO patterns herself. Mrs. DiChellis is now writing the instructions down for printIN ing. Not only will she be selling her original patterns, but she is researching the histories of the dolls to include with each patAs tern. From the library she found that the English peddlers dolls, which she fashions with a hood, and bonnet and full skirt, were women who took their baskets door to door in Victorian times. The womans place was in the home, so the peddlers dressed in black bonnets and pedaled . household items while scattering v'T-the latest gossip of the counan-ca- se 7 jT- -S y tryside. V Although Mrs. DiChellis clowns are her biggest sellers she has sold over a hundred in the last couple of years-s- he is )r especially fond mass-produc- Photo by Robert Regan SHES AMONG friends when she steps into her home. Dorothy DiChellis enjoys crocheting for craft fairs and herself. Couple Are Married in April Rites porce- ed Wi wy WEST BOUNTIFUL Brent Allen Timothy and Lorina Lee Jessen were married Friday, April 6, in West Bountiful by Bishop Danny Broderick. Close friends and relatives attended the wedding ceremony at the West Bountiful Seventh LDS Ward building. Later that evening the couple were honored at a wedding reception in the same building. The bride wore a long white y gown with a matching hat and the groom wore a white tuxedo. Their parents and attendants in the line wore powder blue tuxedos and women wore blue floral dresses. Mrs. and Mrs. Timothy are 1983 graduates of Viewmont High School. They are both employed at Sperry Univac and they will reside in Bountiful following their honeymoon. of dressing lain dolls. She said that the small baby dolls would be too of porexpensive if hand-mad- e celain, so she purchases the dolls sold at craft stores. She dresses them with tiny crocheted dresses and booties and bonnets. Can she support herself with what she sells? No, she admitted, but its something I enjoy. V; Sjf' lac-e- MR. AND MRS. BRENT TIMOTHY to He-M- an Be at Mall Masters of the LAYTON Universe, Barbie and Poochie characters will be at the Layton Hills Mall Saturday, April 21. They will be on stage at center court. Masters of the Universe charn acters and Skeletor will make appearances at 1, 2:30 and 4 p.m. They will present skits and pass out cartoon posters to the children. Barbie characters will be passing out posters and signing autographs. The Poochie character will be taking memberships to the Poochie Pen Pal Club. They will be out beginning at noon. 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