I'm sure I have mentioned multiple times how much I enjoy anticipation, looking forward to trips or events, and then I ran across this in a comment on Jenny's blog:
I love the German word for joyful anticipation: Vorfreude (vor = before, Freude = joy). Many people say it’s the best kind of joy and I tend to agree!
Yes! I love this word! Thank you for it, Catrina.
Meanwhile, speaking of joy, I got some yarn recently: the purchase involved a new-to-me dyer, Holly Dyeworks*, and the magical combination of the words 'sale' and 'cashmere' (you're not surprised, right?).
*or as it is in Ravelry, Holly & Ivy Dyeworks? that's funny; the label on what I got clearly just says Holly Dyeworks, as does the website
I got three skeins that will work well together, though who knows in what*, or when. The base is named Balsam, and they're light and soft and lovely.
Such beautiful colours! Lovely.
ReplyDeleteI love that word and many similar ones in other languages. They describe feelings that we know but that we don't have precise words for in English. That's gorgeous yarn; I should qualify that by saying that blue is my favorite color. I get a feeling of peace even looking at the skeins.
ReplyDeleteI was looking at the photo again and thinking, if I still lived in the northeast, I probably wouldn't have liked these colors in winter, too cool! But from Florida, I was drawn to them.
DeleteI am in agreement with Margaret!! Blue is also my favorite color and those yarns look so soft and serene! I can't wait to see what you make with them. I also love the German word -- it is a before joy for sure!
ReplyDeleteBlue is my favorite color, too. I have soooo much blue yarn, and I love it all!
DeleteWhat a great word that is! And oooh, such pretty yarn!
ReplyDeleteWow, such beautiful colors, alone and together! I love that word, too -- what a great term.
ReplyDeleteThat will sit aside schadenfreude as my new favourite German word. I am more often apprehensive about even good things, so joyful anticipation is always a gift.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite colour is Indigo, but really any blue, and that yarn is gorgeous.
I guess that should have been beside, not aside.
ReplyDeleteI think I read it meaning like "alongside" so I wasn't even questioning it!
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