My package arrived yesterday!!! Just in the nick of time too! I was having a not-so-good afternoon. I’ll spare you the gory details and get to the good stuff.
Here’s what was waiting on my front porch…
I opened it up and found this…
Of course there’s a story behind everything. A couple of weeks ago, during one of our daily conversations, Rabbit told me that she had bought a cute little basket at Joann’s. She showed off a picture of it. Well, I just fell in love with it, and the next time she went to the store, she saw that there was one left, so she got it for me.
During our talks, we gab about yarn. Remember that she has a huge stash. If you are on Ravelry and haven’t seen it before, click here. One day I’m going to go to her house, we’re going to throw all of her yarn in the middle of the floor, and I’m going to jump in, as if it were a leaf pile.
Anyhow, we were talking sock yarn, and she asked if I had ever used Austermann Step (Forest). Nope. But I’ve seen it as the recommended yarn in patterns. So, she sent me a skein of it, along with two skeins of fabulously soft Ice, which is 40% kid mohair and 60% polyamide. She also included a cute notepad, which I promptly threw in my knitting bag. It’s always helpful to have paper to make pattern notes on.
I feel incredibly blessed to have such a thoughtful friend. You know the saying, “Every cloud has a silver lining?” Well, out of Rabbit’s son’s accident arose an unexpected friendship. It was there already but had not bloomed yet. It reminds me of the sunflowers I’m fond of planting. They grow slowly, but when they bloom, LOOK OUT! Their beauty is magnificient.
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