8.5.2025
I have never met Anna whose name this pattern carries. But I can imagine what she looks like from the beauty of this pattern. She must be tiny, delicate, ethereal, iridescent: a shimmering pearl under the sun, innocent and precious. Her skin might still be wrinkly and soft after birth. I chose my yarn and colors according to how I imagined her. I hope I do Anna justice, eventhough I am sure she’s so much more beautiful and unique than anything anyone can crochet.
15.5.2025
Dear Anna, let me give you a little insight into how adults make their own lives more complicated for absolutely no reason at all!
K.A.M.E was very clear on this being an intermediate/advanced pattern. So instead of using ‘easy’ yarn to concentrate on the pattern, I had to go and use Boucle yarn to make my life extra difficult. It looks good,I said. It is soft, I said. It will keep babies warm, I said. So instead of celebrating each part’s end, I celebrate each finished row at a time. On the upside, I get to have many celebrations, since I frog every row more than once!
So the bottom line and future wisdom, dear Anna, keep your life simple and enjoy what you get,especially if it’s as beautiful and as clear as this heirloom pattern.
20.5.2025
I have finished parts 1 and 2 of Anna’s tale. I am switching to part 3 of Faith by Helen. I have 2 extra stitches per side,but I will manage.
Also, I am running out of the boucle grad yarn, so I used the remainder for a row of slip stitches on top of row 38 to:
a. to make my life harder (see above advice to Anna)
b. the colors of this yarn are so transparent, no amount of explanation or photography does them justice. it’s like cotton candy.The last color was a very light turquoise. the kind you would see on the shore of a clear and shallow lake on a sunny day, or like the beach of a tropical island.I feel totally immersed in it.I just don’t want to move my eyes away from it. So I really had to use it to the very last bit .
23.5.2025
It’s very early morning. Everything is quiet and peaceful, like the colors of this blanket. I stayed up last night to finish, but had to stop after I ran out of yarn.
In the end, I loved how after 8 years of crocheting, there’s always a trick or two I learn each time. I loved how puff stitches added dimension to the project without being rough on baby skin. I loved how there’s still magic in each new pattern. I can’t stop looking at it.
Thank you K.A.M.E, and Helen for the happiness you brought to me with your patterns.