Colour Stories and Crochet Memories

I was quite surprised when I realised that I started testing patterns for Pam Knighton-Haener of A Yarn of Serendipity almost six years ago. Our collaboration began sometime around August or September 2020 — it certainly doesn’t feel that long ago!

If I remember correctly, I responded to a tester call she posted on Ravelry back then, and shortly afterwards she invited me to join her testing group.

Since then, I’ve had the chance to test around 30 of her wonderful Afghan square designs. I think I’ve written about most of them here on the blog… although I really should gather them all together in one place someday. To be honest, though, I’m still trying to figure out the best way to present all of my projects in a clear and organised way.

A few days ago, Pam contacted me and asked whether she could use some of my photos for her newly updated Etsy shop — especially because she loved my colour combinations.

Of course, I said yes straight away! As someone who loves playing with colour, that compliment probably meant even more to me than I can properly put into words.

Looking through and sorting the photos for Pam, I decided to standardise the backgrounds a little. I’d been meaning to create some colour boards featuring these squares for quite some time.

As a nice side effect, this also makes it much easier to combine them into collages. That also gives me the chance to show you at least a small selection of the squares I’ve tested for Pam over the years.

Here’s a little overview — arranged from left to right, top to bottom.

Row 1
Sweet Delusions Square + Mystified Square + Pinwheel Square + Wheel of What Square

Row 2
Tied Up With Bow Square + Dahlia of Yore Square + Margaret Square + Efflorescent Square

Row 3
Jewel Square + Head over Heels Square + Around the World Square + Sage Advice Square

Row 4
Joanne Square + Tickle Me Pink Square + Fancy Nancy Square + Em Cabal Square

If you’d like a bit more information about the individual patterns: the links will take you to the corresponding blog posts. I’ve updated them so that you can now find the pattern link at the end of each post.

And speaking of my collaboration with Pam, I should of course also mention the Legacy Blanket and the Mere Curiosity Square.

Pam designed the Legacy Blanket as a tribute to her grandchildren and my version came about when I helped test some of the revised patterns.

The Mere Curiosity Square, though, is an 11-inch Afghan square that Pam and I designed together back in 2023.

Working with Pam has always been such a joy. I love her creativity and the way she combines different stitches and textures. And honestly, there would be so much more to show — but this is at least a little glimpse into the past few years.

And what makes me happiest about all of this is not just being part of the testing process for so many beautiful designs, but knowing that my own colour choices became part of the story as well.