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"Jake and Kelly Levine were worried about flying with their 5-month-old
daughter, Romey.
“Before the flight I was very anxious,” said Kelly Levine.
She’s a naturally nervous flier, she said, and she feared that that Romey might
be fussy, which could irritate other passengers.
“You never know what the people around you are going to think, and if they’re
going to be bothered by a baby,” Kelly Levine said, noting that this was
Romey’s second flight. The first was the week prior, when the family — who
lives in Hoboken, N.J. — left for vacation to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
During the flight home to Newark on Jan. 6, Romey wasn’t fussy at all. In fact,
she was transfixed during most of five-hour flight by the passenger next to
her, who was crocheting a sweater.
“Entranced is the perfect word,” said Kelly Levine. “Romey is a very curious
baby; she loves to just watch people and observe.”
The passenger, Meegan Rubin — who lives in Villanova, Pa., and was traveling
with her boyfriend — took note of the wide-eyed infant as she worked on the
sweater. She was tickled by the attention.
“She started staring at me so inquisitively,” said Rubin, a former dancer and
pilates instructor, who created a fitness program.
Rubin taught herself to crochet in the pandemic, she said, and sometimes makes
commissioned pieces — typically just for family and friends. She still
considers herself a beginner.
As the baby sat mesmerized by Rubin’s fast finger work, the Levines didn’t know
what Rubin was working on. Once Rubin finished her sweater, she looked at the
curious baby and she decided she had just enough time — and just enough yarn —
to pivot to a new project: a beanie for the baby. She was hopeful she could
pull it together in about an hour.
“I just had to,” she said, adding that she makes an effort to surprise
strangers with handmade gifts whenever she can."
Via Steven Vaughan-Nichols, who wrote "Some nice news."
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