From Beverly Barton, "From an Anny Blatt pattern. I made this in the mid-80s for DD#1. Used French angora for the kitty and yarn balls, and Hayfield wool blend for the rest. Made by Beverly Barton ca 1985 or 1986 for eldest daughter (#1 child) in…
Mr. Elsner was one of few men who arrived in my hometown of Schwarzenbach an der Saale, a town in Northern Bavaria, Germany, from the Russian Prisoner of War camps after World War II.
He couldn't go to his home in East Germany, which was newly…