Anyways, my swap gift arrived in the middle of the week! [Sorry for general laggardness in posting about it - I was sooooooo excited to receive the gift!!! Just not much time to upload photos until now]
Look!!! Look!!!
PERFECT, right??? Kerri did such a beautiful job, I was thrilled over the moon [pardon the mixed metaphors]. I loooooooooooove all the handstitched details and the choice of fabrics! Swoon! I mean, the dots, the pink and red, the red riding hood! She explains it much better here, but we have such overlapping histories that weave in and out of 3 countries and 3 families, it really has the very faintest feeling of a fairy tale, this swap itself, the coincidences, the shared bonds, the pieces of humanity that transcend national borders, time, place, culture, people.
Ack. So wonderful. All the details, everything -- perfect.
So of course, me being me I just couldn't wait, I had to pop over that. very. night. to visit my neighbors and bring them their gift. I hadn't even mentioned it to them before Wednesday night because I wanted it to be a surprise.
Look! They match!
And of course, babies exploring new items the best way they know how - with their mouths! She was playing with her all night. Ramin and Shiva [her parents] wanted me to name the doll for them, so of course I named her Kerri :-). And so - thank you Kerri! We all thank you from over here in Boston!
5 comments:
What an adorable little doll! Great idea to do a swap. And I saw your little monkey on your swapper's blog and it's ADORABLE too!
Great stuff.
The doll Kerri made is sooooo cute! And the darling recipient loves playing with it already :) The story of the cultures that you two shared is moving and wonderful :) I'm glad you enjoyed the swap!
Hey there - Thanks for the comment on my Philly Cowels. They are super fun and quick to make. And of course the Malabrigo feels amazing.
Best wishes!
And super cute doll ;)
How cute! Your monkey came out great, too. I wish I could knit. I'd like to sign up for a swap one day. BTW, thanks for stopping by my blog. :)
oh, i loved seeing the pictures. this was such a wonderful swap, and i'm sooooo happy it is being loved and will be living in my birth place of Iran someday! :)
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