About a year ago, when I first started designing knits for
publication, I thought about what to name my patterns. Up until this time
I had titled them simply as
cardigan with three-quarter sleeves..
and I knew this wouldn't do. Then it came to me and I
named the first for my mother,
Marlene. This felt right. The work is quite personal for me after all, and
a family affair with daughter
Juliet as top model! I continued this
convention with each new design that followed, tapping my maternal family tree – a project researched
initially by great aunt
Hilda, an MIT librarian in her day.
Here's my first set of designs, in chronological order by
namesake.
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| great great grandmother, Johanna |
great grandmother, Martha |
great great aunt, Louise |
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| great great aunt, Augusta - aka Gussie |
great great aunt, Florence - aka Flossie |
great great aunt, Emma |
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| great great aunt, Harriet - aka Hattie |
great great aunt, Dorothy |
great aunt, Hilda |
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| grandmother, Mildred |
grandmother, May |
and finally mum, Marlene |
I'm on to dad's family now and when I look at my pattern list on
Ravelry I feel surrounded by kindred spirits
– kind of like a group hug :).
