Groaning again in complaint, the girl sunk in her mother’s lap as she hummed out in thought. She had to think of something to do that didn’t involve all the usual fun things she did with Elsa, whether that was with snow or with recklessness.
But then she remembered something both of them liked to do. “Mama?” she asked, still slinking down slowly, “Can we do the cra-cro—-crocketing?”
Got the word wrong, but perhaps the right idea. Needlework was something she was just really beginning to learn, but to everyone’s surprise, fidgety little Anna really liked it.
A delighted smile spread across the mother’s face as she pulled her child back up into a sitting position. Her daughter’s enjoyment of needlework was unexpected–but a very pleasant surprise for the Queen who so loved it. Not even Elsa had the same patience as Anna did when it came to creative matters.
"Want to do a bit of crocheting, do you?“ she asked, easily turning Anna around so she could lift her up into her arms. All such supplies were kept in her parlour, finding it a much more pleasant space to work in that anywhere else. "Well, you are in luck. New wool has just arrived, as well as some new patterns. What did you have in mind?”
A little dress for a doll, or even a little doll itself, should be easy enough to help Anna make.