I went on with my day and happily headed downtown to meet Michale and Melinda for lunch at my favorite Japanese restaurant, Fuji Sushi. What is better than sharing great food with great friends? The only time constraint for me was that I had to get home before 1pm as the oven repair person was coming to fix our oven between 1 and 4(The oven saga is worthy of its own blog post! I was without an oven for 3 months).
I arrived home to find a package at my doorstep. A package? I didn't recall ordering anything!
I knew the return address. Ebeltoft, Denmark. I knew it was from Ruth.
I thought how coincidental life events can be. I had been thinking about Ruth, I sent her an email in the morning and in the afternoon I had a package from Ruth on my doorstep. I find it interesting how connected we humans can be.
The package was squishy. I thought...Oh how nice, Ruth is sending me some yarn!
I opened the package and quickly realized it was NOT yarn.
I carefully took out this incredibly intricate, large shawl done in "my colors". The tears(happy, sentimental ones) began to flow. I could not believe my eyes. I just wanted to wrap myself in this shawl, never to take it off.
I appreciate the caring, time and love that went into producing something of this magnitude. In an email I received over the summer I recall that she mentioned that she thought about me everyday. I know why! Of course she was thinking of me! She was knitting this. Think of all the hours she spent creating it.
This photo shows how truly HUGE this is!
As a fellow knitter I UNDERSTAND the level of effort that this takes. Here I am wearing it to Nihon class. It looks great with the shawl pin that her husband makes out of animal horn.
The next photo shows the edging detail.
I think about how Ruth and I "met". It all started with her Kauni Cardigan. Remember how she was my Yarn Angel, described in this post, this post and this post. Through the internet we have created a life-long friendship. I am so grateful!
Ruth, thank you so much!
I love it and will cherish it for the rest of my life!
5 comments:
naomi I cannot think of anyone who would deserve such an amazing gift more.
Wow! What a remarkable and special gift. I'm sure you'll treasure it always - a true gift from the heart.
Naomi: Obviously, Ruth values your friendship. I don't knit, but I have an appreciation for how much work goes into something so intricate.
How beautiful, and what a wonderful gift to a deserving person.
It's gorgeous!! What a fantastically thoughtful, generous gift.
hugs.....
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