Three beautiful skeins of soft, squishy yarn (and a postcard). A present from a dear friend I’ve known for over 40 years, to thank me for a shawl I’d knit for her. Totally unnecessary, of course, because knitting that shawl was such a pleasure, but what a lovely surprise!
My friend wrote that she’d been to Amsterdam for work, and had taken the time in between two meetings to visit one of my favourite yarn shops to buy some yarn for me. Wasn’t that a wonderfully thoughtful thing to do? She is not a knitter herself. She must have learnt to knit as a child (we all did), but I’ve never seen her knitting.
So how does a non-knitter choose from all those beautiful yarns on display? On the postcard she wrote: ‘For me the shop was a jumble of yarns and wool, but I just had to choose these three autumn colours.’ She may not be a knitter, but she is an art-lover with a good eye for colour.
She chose three skeins of Isager ‘Alpaca 2’, a 50/50 blend of alpaca and wool. It’s a yarn I’ve never knit with, but have been wanting to.
And look how carefully the postcard that she sent was chosen to match the colours of the yarn:
What a fabulous and thoughtful gift! Both designs are beautiful and it’s hard to choose. I think the shape of Stay Soft is pleasingly fluid though. 🙂
Thank you for thinking along! I really like the shape of Stay Soft, too.
Love your blog you explain everything so well. I’m going to attempt the stay soft shawl.
Thank you. It’s a long time ago since I wrote this post, but I remember it well. I gave my stay soft shawl to my sister-in-law. Enjoy knitting yours!