Could you link us to the site to order the puppets?

I bought my first ones from Pam Bell at Stitches West several years ago, including a penguin that instantly perched spontaneously on my joystick. After that, I googled “knit finger puppet” and bought some that way, and when that importer closed, I ordered batches of dozens at a time from someone in Peru directly, via Ebay, who represented a woman’s cooperative down there. Last time I looked, they didn’t have any up just then, but hopefully that was only temporary. I’ve been holding off because I expect to see Pam this week at Stitches again.

I thought of you one day a couple months, when the salvation army bell ringer didn’t have a hat. I had wished I had an unused knitted hat to hand her. I am thinking I should keep one in the car.

That’s quite a compliment–thank you. I had one time I bought a beautiful fair isle sweater at a garage sale on impulse–absolutely gorgeous, but my kids were in elementary school and this was a man’s medium; it was going to take a fair amount of growing. Then one day, on impulse, I got it out and put it in the car, and a few minutes later there was a Salvation Army bellringer at Target. He said hi, I looked at him shivering, and asked him, How are you?

Well, actually, I’m cold, the guy admitted rather sheepishly. That sweater instantly sprang into mind. Oh! I ran to get it, offered it, and it fit him as if it had been knitted just for him. Perfect. And it wasn’t just an ordinary sweater, like I say, it was gorgeous.

The next time I went to Target, there he was again, only this time he was wearing that sweater. There was this instant moment of absolute peace on earth that passed between us as we saw and greeted each other.

I am so glad I bought a sweater that didn’t fit anybody yet for no reason other than, it was too gorgeous a design and colors not to.

Alison, I suspect that your life is just one coincidence after another and that you leave a trail of cheered people in your wake.

Wonderful! I’m so glad you spoke up. Better the rebuff than a friend missed.

Alison, I have to tell you that the tiger among the amaryllis makes me burst out into giggles every time I look.
I must take a picture of the bunny puppet that mysteriously appeared here a couple of days ago…which now lives my my DD’s shirt pocket! 🙂

Lions and tigers and bunny puppets, oh my! (It took a whole day for me to notice I’d written tiger when it was clearly a lion and to go correct that. I’m partial to tigers, as many here know. Lions tend not to cross my radar screen at all, by comparison. Maybe I should duplicate-stitch some stripes on Elvis there, hmm?)