These two jolly snow people, who we call Pierre R.
Snow and Evangelée, are dressed in the traditional
colours of Acadie, the French-speaking part of
Canada’s Atlantic Provinces that traces its heritage
back over 400 years to the founding of New France
in 1604. In 1755, the British deported many of these
people to Louisiana, where their name “Acadians”
was corrupted to “Cajuns”. Today Acadie is alive
and well with over a quarter-million Acadians still
living in the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova
Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
Special features of this pattern include the flag of
Acadie on Evangelée’s hand-warming muff, a
colourful tassel on Pierre’s hat and fringe on his
scarf, and Acadian stars and snowflakes in the
border. The words in the border are written in both
English and French, as are the instructions in the
pattern booklet.