Back in the early 1980's, my sister knitted a Jean Greenhowe scarecrow for my daughter as a gift. 'Crowman' as he became known was much loved and sat on my daughter's bed for many years. Fast forward to early Spring 2026, when I was flicking through some old knitting pattern books, now deemed vintage (!)
As I flicked through my knitter's Memory Lane, I rediscovered the original 'Sam Scarecrow' pattern in one of Jean's lovely books and it made me smile to see him again. Then my knitting cogs began to whirl! My sister had invited me to an Easter themed celebration at her lovely house in the countryside, planned for our Mum's 84th birthday a few weeks later. I knew she loved to decorate her home for Easter, so I decided to knit Sam Scarecrow as a surprise thank you gift for all her hard work.
Jean's patterns are great fun to knit and very detailed, so Sam was quite a time consuming project but I managed to finish him just in the nick of time and my sister was both surprised and thrilled with him ... and she instantly remembered making him herself, all those years ago for her first niece, my daughter!
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