Back in December 2010 (I can't believe it was that long ago) I finished a
thread tablecloth that I'd been working on for, literally, years. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it because, naturally, I don't have a table. Not long after I finished it we got some good news that an old family friend had beaten back Demon Cancer and was also about to celebrate a Very Big Birthday, so I packed up the tablecloth and sent it along to her. I have it on good authority that the tablecloth was well received.
Last week I got an amazing and unexpected gift in the mail as a direct result of that tablecloth gift. Another friend of my mother's had gotten wind of the tablecloth gift. She is a long-time crafter who, unfortunately, can no longer hold a hook, and who didn't have anyone to pass along her trove of books to. So she sent them to me!
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| Here's part of the letter that was enclosed in the box. |
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| Some thread, some squares for a bedspread, and the bedspread pattern. |
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| And all these books. Just look at them! Some are quite old. |
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| I can't wait to leaf through them and see what's in my future. |
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| The best part is that this woman is also clearly a huge fan of thread and doilies. |
So there you have it. An amazing gift from a very generous woman. It has left me wondering though: who will I gift all my books and stash and hooks and needles and looms to when I can't hold a hook anymore??
2 comments:
M - wow, unexpected are the best kind! Love the 'retro' covers to the magazines. I think the only thing that could get me to try crochet again is the snowflakes. What a lovely present, and it will be fun to go through all those - I expect doilies on all your chairs next time I visit! HA! You will find someone else to gift to 50 years from now when you are done crocheting... ;)
Oh my gosh how COOL! I love all those old books. The bedspread would be so incredible.
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