Laughter is the best medicine or so the saying goes….but for knitters and crocheters, a new hank of yarn comes darn close.

Sometimes life gives us small challenges and sometimes it gives us large challenges. Sometimes, a day in our life seems like a large challenge, but looking back, it really was a small challenge. However, when I am in the moment, and something is really getting me down, I find that nothing heals my soul like a trip to the LYS (local yarn shop) with a good friend. You walk in and see all the color, feel all the soft yarn, dream of all the things you can knit. Soon, the challenge has decreased in size without you even realizing. Because after all, if you can knit, you can triumph.

I have always felt that God speaks in small ways and everything happens for a reason….and so it was that I discovered a hank of yarn that spoke to me. Lovely blue Malabrigo yarn. I’ve been dreaming of working with Malabrigo since I learned to knit a couple of years ago. But somehow, the right opportunity had not presented itself. The shop only had one hank so the budget was not in jeapardy and it felt like a slice of Heaven. I bought it.


I do not yet know what this little ball of encouragement will grow up to be, but it sure perked up my day.