A Mini-Miracle Yarn Story from Florida

I recently received this email from a crocheter in our online community about this unusually special wedding gift and have her permission to share with you. Please sit down and enjoy her story with me. She tells it best…

Bonnie,
I finished the Winter Cabled Throw for my niece’s engagement present. I love this pattern. It drew oohs and ahhs from the guests at the party and my niece cried with joy. 
I lost most of my yarn during Hurricane Ian in Florida but there’s a mini-miracle story attached to the yarn in this blanket. I’ve attached the letter I presented with the blanket which explains.  

Dianne K.

Here’s her letter to her niece:

Dear Lindsay and Alex,

I’m writing this on October 4, 2022, six days after Hurricane Ian hit my community in Florida. This blanket has a story. It is very special. Not because I made it but because I believe God had a hand in getting it finished and delivered to you…

I had been working on this blanket for months and was about half finished, bringing up a few skeins of yarn at a time from the storage crates in my garage. Then Hurricane Ian hit on Wednesday, September 28. The storm forced 5 feet of water into my garage. Forty-two 65 qt. plastic bins of yarn were destroyed, soaked with salt and sewer waters. I just stood there and felt sick to my stomach, because I had just lost all of my yarn and I did not know how I was going to finish your gift!

When the waters receded, I noticed on the other side of the garage one lone bin that had landed upright with the latched top intact. Upon opening the bin, my heart immediately filled with joy, because I had just witnessed a miracle! Inside the bin it was clean and fresh and all of the yarn was bone dry! The “miracle” was that the yarn in this “lone bin” was the yarn that I was using for “your” gift! Noah’s ark came to mind. When everything around it was destroyed, the ark floated above the destruction and landed upright and intact because of God’s mercy and grace.

I rejoiced out loud saying, “Thank you, Lord!” I thought, this is a good sign for Lindsay and Alex. Let me tell you why I think that…

First, you need to know that when a yarn artist makes a handmade blanket for a person, a lot more than yarn and time and workmanship goes into it. The crafter puts a piece of her heart into it. I believe that God has granted a special grace by saving this particular yarn. God is the Artist here and I am merely His hands. Along with my love, His grace is worked into every stitch. As I finished the stitching, I prayed prayers of thanksgiving and praise to Him. Those prayers are also worked into every stitch.

This blanket has survived a great storm, just as you will inevitably survive stormy times in your life together. God will bring you through those storms. His hands have touched this blanket in a miraculous way. As you wrap yourselves in it, know that you are wrapping yourselves in God’s grace and protection. He will be with you always.

With all my love,

Aunt Dianne