I happened to ask about variegated yarns one day, that weren't made from wool or other animal yarns - I'm horribly allergic - and got lots of helpful replies and some beautiful links to yarns I wish I could afford, among them the Handmaiden Seasilk, made from Silk and seaweed. It appeals to the mermaid side of me ;-)
And a wonderful lady sent me a private message, offering to send me some that she wasn't going to use, as her first internation RAK - Random Act of Knitting. It arrived this morning, and is the softest, silkiest yarn I've ever seen - it's so beautiful I can't wait to work with it. But more than that, I'm humbled by how kind she was - I'd only been on the forums a couple of days, it's expensive yarn and I know how difficult postage can be, and she'd taken to time to find a perfect card to go with it, that's sitting above my computer desk now.
This is what she sent, beautifully packaged, and here's a close-up,
And a close-up of the card - pefectly chosen :
So thank you Gail, for giving me the inspiration to be a better knitter, and a better person :-)
4 comments:
How nice! Its beautiful yarn...this inspires me to commit a few RAKs myself.
Isn't it refreshing to know that there are still people out in the world who do things for others "just because?" I've been on KH for just a few months now and it is my favorite place to visit. Congrats on the yummy yarn.
Blessings, Leslie
Hi! I just can't believe that you were sent that yarn. Oh my god. I've wanted to buy some of that but it is expensive! RAK huh? I've had one of those too (some hand made yarn markers) and I haven't returned the favor. Think I will have to do that now, it is a wonderful thing.
how awsome of gail! and welcome(post haste!) to kh.
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