On this past Monday, February 10, 2024, I finally released a new Easter Throw on the Bonnie Bay YouTube channel, Watch channel and in my LoveCrafts store. I’ve had this design on my heart for a couple of years and I’m so glad to see it become a reality. As the layout of the design and stitches were being chosen, I tried to select stitches that could visually represent the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, celebrated by Christians worldwide.

The main central motif is of 3 crosses, representing the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus on a Roman cross on Golgotha outside of Jerusalem. He willingly went to the cross, a perfect, sinless man, to die many (like you and me) who due to our sinful ways needed to be reconciled to a righteous and holy God. Even in his pain and suffering on this cross he offered forgiveness to a thief dying beside him (Luke 24: 39-43), as well as those performing the crucifixion saying, “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34). As Christians we believe that this precious death, and followed in 3 days by his resurrection, is enough to pay our huge debt we could never pay.

The rest of the various stitches are crocheted in rounds, signifying that God has no beginning and not end. Three sets of the Knurl Stitch, framed by 2 sets of the Cable Stitch represent the Holy Trinity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

The Braided Cables also point to the Holy Trinity, as well as to how God is intertwined into our lives, making us stronger than we could ever be on our own (Ecclesiastes 4:12, Matthew 28:20).

The Arrow Stitch, framed by 2 sets of the Cable Stitch, visually points in a direction to the Lord Jesus Christ, who proclaims, “I am the way, and the truth, and the lift. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6)

The Celtic Weave, being interwoven and seemingly without a beginning or end, represents God’s infinite qualities: omniscience, His ability to be omnipresent, and omnipotent.

Finally, the throw is surrounded by a perimeter of crowns. When He walked this earth the best this world could offer the perfect holy Savior was mockery, death, and a crown of thorns. He wore that crown of thorns for you and for me, again - to pay a debt He didn’t owe, to pay a debt we could never pay. Be assured that the crown He now wears is one of glory and beauty beyond any human imagination as He sits st the right hand of God the Father. (Colossians 3:1)

I do hope you enjoy this journey crocheting this throw, and perhaps even use it to meditate on the rich truth of the gospel, whether that means crocheting this during Lent leading up to Resurrection Sunday, or anytime of the year.