I’ve got RAOKed again! I just couldn’t belief it. Thanke you so much dear fairy for all the crochet patterns, the fluffy bulky and super soft skein of Moda Dea “Eden” and for your lovely postcard! This was a wonderful surprise! I’m still trying to find out who you are, althogh you have given me some hints, I’m not sure yet. Shame on me! Anyway a big thank you to Mitchell, Indiana!

Perhaps somebody might have asked, where are all those snowflakes, you have promised us? After all, this year is now 27 days old and nothing has happened in this blog since New Years Day. But inspite of complaints I get presents as if it was my birthday. I can’t belive it and I’m dancing around, all over our appartement! At first I got a awesome “random act of kindness” parcel from a wonderful fairy at Watchet, U.K.. Dear “Mother of all needles“: This is the very first RAOK present I recieved and I’m not sure how to express what fun and joy it meant for me! Thank you so much! The parcel included an issue of the american crochet magazine “Crochet World” (my very first american crochet magazine, yoo hoo!), a pattern for a baby blanket, a great super soft cotton yarn and a cozy postcard from Somerset. Have a look:

The very next day(yesterday) , I got another parcel. Ria at Ballostring blog had announced before that she would send me her “experimental hat”, that I admired at her blog. She beliefes, nobody would like to wear it. That is an obvious misbelief, I am definately going to wear it, because that hat is brilliant!

Moreover, Ria told me, that this hat is her very first own crochet design! I’m going to esteem your hat as long as it’s yarn will last, that’s a promise, Ria! As well this beautiful big crochet hook (Size 11) made of wood, I’ve never seen something alike here. But the parcel included even more wonderful surprises: Yarn by Berroco (”Foliage”, absolutely nice colors), some handmade soap (smells great!), a cute and very graphical brooch with a desert and cactus motif (I wonder if that one is also handmade, Ria?), Self stick notice pads (how did you know, that I just run out of those lately?), a picture of far away Uxbridge in Massachusetts (now I can imagine better, wher you live), a bottle of “Stiffen Stuff” (for the snowflakes, I’m going to test it right this weekend) and last but not least a cute little muppet critter for my little boy.

Thanks. thanks, thanks… I was abdolutely choked up when I unwraped all your wonderful things, and I’m still stirred. It’s an amazing experience to get to know people around the world by the internet , that’s should be enough of an present anyway. But the fact, that somebody - you’ve never even seen before - bothers herself by carefully chooseing presents and wrapping them, moreover spends a lot of money only for the shipping by airmail, that is simply fantastic! I’m deeply moved and speechless!

Dear Santa,
I’m sorry that I didn’t get in touch with you for so long. How are you? How are your eyes doing? I can imagine they are hurting because of the masses of wishlists you have to read. I’m sure you are cursing in secret about modern digital times. Now, there are not only the tons of letters that you have to manage, but also terrabytes of E-mails, not to speak about billions of text messages that are most likely blocking your mobile phone these days. I can’t say, that I’m keen on your job in any way. Moreover it isn’t a seasonal affair any longer: Lately you have to deliver gifts even in July. I always thought, you would be on holiday in Hawaii then. Ho - ho - ho. Are you at the bottom of this RAOK thing also? In Case you don’t know what I’m talking about, RAOK is the abbreviation of “Random Acts of Kindness”. If you want to take part, you have to be a villager of Crochetville though. Further you must have writen more than 40 (?) messages to other inhabitants of Crochetville before you may read or write a wishlist. That’s why I did learn about RAOK so late, too late to join the Christmas Wishlist. For that reason, Dear Santa, could you take a look at my general-all season-wishlist by any chance? Well, I have to glue that santa clause beard myself and go on crocheting some christmas gifts.

Greetings + till next year
yours Jomo

P.s: Once again, here is the link to my wishlist