This has to be the nicest, most thoughtful gift someone has ever sent me in a Redditgifts exchange. It's obvious that my secret santa put a lot of time and effort into choosing just the right yarns, and I love them!

I just got home today with my newborn daughter after a 9-day NICU stay, and found my yarn exchange gift package waiting for me. It was a perfect welcome-home gift! So, without further ado, here is what was in my package:

~A very nice handwritten note featuring a whimsical hand-drawn ball of yarn

~Two bags of gourmet tea. They look delicious!

~Some beautiful purple Malabrigo yarn. I'm really excited about this one because a) I've always wanted to try Malabrigo and b) it's in my favorite color! The pictures don't really do justice to its real-life colors, but this is seriously gorgeous yarn. Can't wait to make something cute for myself with this!

~Some lovely Lana's Laces worsted weight in shades of brown and cream to make baby stuff with. My SS kept it gender-neutral because we didn't know the gender beforehand. Looking forward to making something cozy for baby with it!

~A colorful skein of Baby Bee. This part of the gift was truly heart-warming because my SS searched for something similar to a discontinued, impossible-to-find colorway that I mentioned in my Preferences. I LOVE IT! Rainbows are one of my favorite color palettes ever, and I can't wait to knit this up into a sweater for bebe.

Thank you, Secret Santa, for making this the best exchange ever!!

UPDATE 08/19/15 Used the Malabrigo to make a hat for myself! I am pretty excited because I only had one hat for the winter, so if I couldn't find it on the way out into the cold, I was SOL. So happy to have a second hat! (http://www.ravelry.com/projects/PerfectFifth/grey-havens-hat)