About Fiber Raok

Welcome to the FiberR.A.O.K homepage.

FiberRAOK was formed in the fall of 2004 by two knitters KnitSteph and Kae (Faerielady). They had both experienced the kindness of friends over the internet and wanted to spread this kindness by forming a group.

Have you ever looked at your yarn stash and realized that you have reached SABLE status? Have you ever wanted to get rid of something, but don’t want to *throw it away* but you don’t know who to gift it to? This group is for people to find someone to send a RAOK to someone else (a RAOK is a Random Act of Kindness). All fiberholics are welcome… knitters, crocheters, spinners, weavers, etc.

A note from one of the RAOK Founders:

Random Acts of Kindness… to do something nice for someone with no thought of getting something in return. Doing something nice for someone just because you *want* to.

The Fiber R.A.O.K. web ring isn’t for people to send only fiber things… anything is welcome. If you read someone’s blog and they are having a bad day, you can comment on their blog and give them a virtual hug. You can send them a free e-card. You can make their day better because they know that *Someone Cares*.

If you read a blog in the ring and you see that someone has run out of yarn and they have just *this* much left on a project, they can’t find the yarn anymore, and you have that yarn in your stash not being used… you could chose to send them some.

If you bought two skeins of some yarn and found out that you were allergic to it, didn’t like the way it feels when it’s knitted, or decided you plain just didn’t like it, you could choose to pass it on instead of keeping it buried in the back of your closet.

All the members of the Fiber R.A.O.K. list do is pass along a bit of happiness through the blog world. A kind thought, a gentle word, someone to listen to you vent when you need it. We aren’t trying to spend money or not spend money, it’s not about that. The Fiber R.A.O.K. ring is simply about spreading warmth.

I have benefited from acts of kindness before. When I was going through a divorce, one woman sent me a poem that gave me the strength to keep moving. When I lost my raw fleece stash, someone sent me a fleece. When my lovely dog ate some of my dyes, someone sent me hers because she had found that she didn’t like dyeing. While I was desperately short money and couldn’t buy a single skein of yarn in over three months, someone offered to trade me my time (dyeing something for her) for sock yarn.

I don’t forget *any* of these acts, even the ones not listed here, because *every time someone said “Hang in there”, every time someone offered me a virtual shoulder, it helped my spirit.* How can I not pass this forward? How can I not offer the same thing to others that has been offered to me? I can’t. Even if the Fiber R.A.O.K. list didn’t exist, I would still try to brighten someone’s day, even if it only lasts a moment for that person. That moment is worth more money than my house could hold.

Many hugs to every single one of you,

Kae

If you wish to join FiberRaok, please send an email through the contact form on this page, and you’ll receive an invitation to the yahoo group. Thanks!

Steph and Kae  - FiberRaok Founders