Sometimes when I talk to people about these blankets they ask me if I ever get tired of thinking them up, if it’s tricky to come up with a different blanket for each baby in this family and Finn, let me tell you this – it is never. You are so unique and special to me that your blanket ideas came as quickly as they ever do- even if your blanket didn’t. (Sorry about that, your birthday bunched up with another baby blanket that needed knitting, then you were early, and your blanket was late and then Canada Post/PostNord Denmark both have some answering to do.) When I thought about you and your parents and family, it was so easy to dream up a blanket as special as you all are.
You, sweet wee Finn, are the baby in this family I am the farthest from, have ever been the farthest from. I am here in Canada and you are in Denmark, and the stitch pattern I chose for the centre of your blanket is my attempt to reconcile that. Some people see a flower, others a bee, and I bet a few years from now you’ll have your own ideas – but I see (and knit) Polaris, the great North Star, a symbol of what the places we live in have in common. I was just going to type “did you know Finn…” and then I remembered you are new here and certainly do not know, so I’ll just tell you.
The North Star sits over the celestial North Pole (and Santa’s house, we’ll get to that later this year) and because of this, the way it sits at the top of the world, it appears mostly stationary in the sky – all other stars appear to rotate around it and it makes it easy to navigate by if you live in the Northern Hemisphere. Find that star, and straight down from it is true north.
This made me think of you because that’s the way it goes in families, for a time now while you are little, you are the star around which we all rotate, and then for the rest of their lives, you will be the most important point your parents navigate by. From the day you were born everything changed for your mum and dad, and from that moment forward they need only look at you to know the way. Further to that my sweet guy, though you are far away you are a child of the North like the rest of us and somehow that makes you feel closer.
Around that is the ring stitch – and this little Finn, is the only stitch that has appeared on every blanket that I have ever knit. It is a circle of tiny perfect rings that goes around the whole blanket, meant to be a symbol of your family and their love around you. If you need help any day of your whole life, look no farther than your amazing grandparents, great aunties and great uncles, your aunties and uncles and your cousins and everyone else in this family by birth, or because they belong and we chose them. They are a team that is always here for you. (Btw I’m great at unusual solutions to problems, and your great uncle Joe is absolutely who you want to call if you’re in jail. Don’t worry about the Denmark thing, he’ll figure it out.)
Around those little rings is a border you share with your cousin Maeve – the last baby in this family who felt far, far away to me. (By the time Sasha came along, I was a bit more used to them being all the way across Canada.) It’s suns and moons, a little nod to the idea that no matter how great the distance is between you and the rest of us, it’s still the same moon we look up at, still the same sun we play under. That you share a border with Maeve also turns out to be a bit of kismet, since it looks as though she may love you more than almost anybody, something I hope is a hint of a fabulous bond down the line.
Past that (your blanket is as big as any of them ever have been, despite my attempts to restrain myself) a border that means something to me, though I have as much trouble articulating it now as I did when I sketched it. There are large motifs with nupp centres and larger circles, giving way with each generation to something less complex, until the last round has just an encircling of little nupps. My idea here was to stretch and try to represent the unique moment your larger families are in… so many generations. Your maternal Great-grandmother counted her progeny for me one day before I knit this, noting that you would be the 28th person in her family because she and Old Joe got married and I tried to visualize all those people, and I know that your dads family brings so much more complexity to this – all these people who you come after because of dates and dreams and accidents and effort. You are the icing on an almost 60 year old cake, and you and your cousins are that newest cute little generation of nupps at the last. It’s a snapshot of who your family is right now and how remarkable that is.
After that (I told you it was big, we’re almost done.) A little chain of daisies – because like your dad Adam you are Danish, and that’s Denmark’s national flower. Also partly for the synergy between your mum and your aunt Savannah and all their Canadian summers trying to make daisy chains. One way or another the two of them will have you in a field with these flowers in your hair sooner or later, and when they do you and your dad can beam with nationalistic pride.
Finally darling Finn, the last border. Like so many of these blankets… it is a wave. First for the wave of love that welcomes you, for the waves of strength that encircle you, for the wave of luck that brought your parents together, but mostly for the wave of strength in your mum, my niece Kamilah, and the wave of water she brought you forth on, sweet and strong and rather obviously no longer the little girl that skips in my heart when I think of her. Your border is knit in garter stitch, and not to geek out in the knitting department too much, but the symbolism in that is safety, strength, comfort, resilience, endurance and shelter. You’ll find a lot of garter stitch in your blanket if you look for it Finn – and it’s there for a reason. I hope the magic of knitting acres of it brings all those charms to your life and more.
Although we haven’t met, my little darling… I hope that every time you are wrapped in your blanket or it is laid over you on a cool day, every time it is spread beneath you so you can watch the leaves flutter or see the birds swoop by – I hope you can feel so much love in all the stitches.
Welcome wee Finn. You are a most wanted, hoped for and dreamed of child. You are perfect.
Love always,
Great-Auntie Stephie
(PS. Please thank your talented grandmother Kelly for taking the beautiful pictures of you enjoying your blanket. You lucked out in the grammy department.)
Thank you for sharing the story of Finn’s blanket with us all. It is a wonderful story of so much love.
This is fantastic way to design such fabric in very unique style and looking adorable in cozy weather.
What a wonderful blanket tale. No wonder it ended up so big!
A beautiful story of love and family. Kelly is a wonderful knitter as well. Best wishes to all of you1
I must admit that this makes me ache for a big extended family like yours – I hope that I am successful in nurturing caring bonds, dependability in my now grown children and to surround future grandchildren with lots of love. You are such a great example in how doing the work, investing the time, openly saying / conveying your love and respect – thats what creates strong families. It doesn’t just happen. Thank you for inspiring me!
I am overwhelmed with the beauty and artistry of the blanket, the perfection of the baby, the web and ties he is born into. And on a purely selfish level? I’m just so happy to have the chance to delve into the blog again. I understand and appreciate (for the most part) the immediacy of current social media. But the blog, it draws me back to all the posts you’ve ever written, each of which I have faithfully read. Back to a past of a “time before”. A daisy chain of its own, in a way. Blooms entwined in story. I wonder how many blanket posts are here in these “pages”? How old are all those dear babies now? Welcome precious Finn as the newest in the chain.
*sniff*
‘scuse me. dusty in here.
Every blanket and its story always give me such joy for your family, your words, the care and symbolism within each one. It also has me sending out a little message to each wee one across the universe to say, “Well done in choosing this family, little one, you landed well.”
Beautiful blanket. Beautiful words for a beautiful and perfect newest member of your family. Thank you for sharing the blanket story.
I’ve followed the blog for years and by far my favorite posts are the blanket stories. I love reading how you’ve chosen each motif and the meaning behind it. I was excited to see the North Star pattern because it reminds me of a fleur-de-lis, which I’d love to incorporate into a family blanket. Could you share the name of this pattern? Thanks !
Congratulations to you and the whole family! I loved reading this blanket story. And Happy Birthday tomorrow, from your Exact Birthday Twin.
Thank you so much for sharing the story behind your beautiful blanket. So much love in knitted form, like a glorious symphony or epic love poem. Many blessings to Finn and all your family.
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Another beautiful blanket for another beautiful baby.
Thanks so much for sharing the story of your new creation.
Thank you for the story of your beautiful blanket. Hope all is well with you and yours
This , like your other amazingly beautiful baby blankets you have shared took my breath away. Thanks so much for all the beauty and love it represents.
The children who have received these gorgeous blankets from you are so very lucky to have gotten such heirlooms, and this one is no exception. There’s no question that they will look at their blankets as they grow and know just how loved they are.
Thank you Steph for another beautiful blanket inspiration. And congrats on the newest addition to your growing family.
How utterly beautiful, every stitch and every word.
Oh, so sweet! It’s so cozy to read about all the thoughts behind the blanket. Finn is so lucky to have such a thoughtful “aunt”! I hope he has many good moments with it.
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It’s so beautiful and I’m happy that PostNord delivered! We have the worst postal service here in Denmark.
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This is one of the most beautiful things I have ever read. My grandmother crocheted blankets for all of her grandchildren/great-grandchildren and it made me think of all the love that is still here even though she is not. Thank you for sharing.
Stephanie, thank you for such a beautiful story. Injury has impeded my own knitting, but your words, as much as the images of your stunning work, are a beautiful solace during a tough time. What a remarkable representation of “the ties that bind”. I grew up distant from my many cousins, and saw them only every few years. I so loved seeing little touches in my aunties’ homes that were unmistakably the work of my own Grammie. Even though I barely recognized some of them, even as a little tyke, I could tell that they knew me, and that I was theirs.
Stephanie, thank you for such a beautiful story. Injury has impeded my own knitting, but your words, as much as the images of your stunning work, are a beautiful solace during a tough time. What a remarkable representation of “the ties that bind”. I grew up distant from my many cousins, and saw them only every few years. I so loved seeing little touches in my aunties’ homes that were unmistakably the work of my own Grammie. Even though I barely recognized some of my relatives, even as a little tyke, I could tell that they knew me, and that I was theirs.
Absolutely beautiful! I never tire of reading your stories of these amazing blankets. What an amazing gift to your family members.
Love
In every sense of the word for the post, the blanket, and the family it represents
I was on vacation when this posted and waited until I returned to read it because I knew that I would get very misty. I was absolutely correct. It was beautiful and heart warming, just like all the other blanket stories. Thank you so much for sharing.
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Your blanket posts always beam love all around the internet. Today I’ll be forwarding that love to my own family’s (slightly less) wee Finn and maybe casting on a sweater for him. (He made a request, and what Mimi could say no?)
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Such a heartfelt message! The connection you’ve woven into Finn’s blanket is truly beautiful. It’s amazing how a simple stitch can symbolize so much. Thinking about navigation and stars reminds me of exploring virtual worlds; have you ever played io games? Some of them have pretty complex navigation systems too, requiring you to orient yourself within the game world. The idea of family as a guiding star is such a powerful metaphor.
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Oh my word I am crying reading this Stephanie! This was beautiful! I wish I had written down what you said to Finn for my children and my grandbabies, nieces, nephews and now great nieces and nephews. What a beautiful tribute to family! Thank you for everything you write!
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