Lighthouse silhouette graph

Lighthouse

I beg you to please read till the end.  Lots of information!

On February 17 this year, I lost a beloved friend.  She had been battling cancer, which she kept mostly to herself because she didn't like people to worry about her.  So when I got the message from her cousin (who was my best friend from the time we were 6 years old!) it was great shock to me. My friend, Stacy, had insisted that she was getting better.  She told me of recurring kidney infections, but not that her cancer had come back.  She was an amazing woman.  She had a great capacity to love.  She sewed purses and wallets and had a business doing so out of her home. Several months ago she had to put her business on hold and move back in with her parents.

Stacy's Star

Her birthday is coming up soon and her family wants to do a benefit for her to help her husband with the cost of her headstone and probably medical expenses and such.  I was asked to design a blanket in her honor that will be raffled off at the birthday fundraiser.

Stacy loved  lighthouses and had a collection of them so I decided to include her favorite item in the design.  And I think there is something poetic about sunsets, which Stacy also loved, so I included a background of a sunset.  I love the colors in the first one which is just titled "Lighthouse," but I was asked to make it with more of a yellow/orange theme.  When I did so, it seemed very bare so I added 3 birds flying off together.  I chose 3 because Stacy had 2 sisters.

At Stacy's funeral, there was a very moving story about an aunt who thought of her when she saw a bright shining star in the sky (which I can tell you is very appropriate. She really was the bright shining star in the family).  When I realized I hadn't made the graph the correct proportions for a 5 x 6 throw I added rows at the top and there was a lot of blank space so I added one single bright shining star in her honor.

All of that to say this: Until her birthday on April 17, 2020, I would like to ask for a donation of $1 for either graph if you'd like to make a lighthouse afghan of your own (the star and birds are easily skipped if you don't want them in there). Please PayPal me the donation with the title of the graph in the notes section of the transfer and I'll email you the pdf of the graph.  After April 17, email kendrascrochet@gmail.com with either "lighthouse" or "Stacy's Star" in the subject line and I'll email you the pdf free of charge.

If you'd like me to make you one, I would love to as I plan on donating the profits to the family for her headstone, or whatever they need it for, at the time of the benefit.  Temporarily, I'm asking $50 for the throw, if you pre-order by April 17. After then, the price goes back to normal. Email me to order.

I'm working on a finished product right now to be raffled off. If you'd like to order a raffle ticket, please let me know and I'll put you in contact with the one in charge of the raffle.  Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. Finished photo to be posted as soon as I"m done with it!