First-time parents Jake and Kelly Levine took their five-month-old daughter Romey along on holidays to Mexico but weren't sure how well the trip would go.
"It was Romey's first flight and obviously, we were a little bit nervous," Kelly Levine told "Good Morning America."
On their flight back from Mexico to New Jersey, the Levines met a woman who was a complete stranger and who ended up giving them a nice surprise, which Kelly shared in a TikTok video post that went viral.
"[Romey] ended up taking a liking to this woman next to us and the woman was crocheting. Her hands were moving a million miles an hour and Romey was just obsessed with it," Kelly Levine explained, adding that her daughter is "observant" and "very curious."
Meegan Rubin was the neighboring passenger that Romey took notice to and Rubin said she couldn't help but notice the Levine family as well.
"I was sitting in the aisle and the baby was in the aisle so she was gazing at me the entire flight. I was working on a sweater," Rubin told "GMA." "She was literally mesmerized by it."
Romey's fascination by Rubin inspired her to make a handmade beanie just for her.
"I was like, if I [don't] run out of this yarn and there's time, I'll do it, because I had the same color yarn as her little outfit," Rubin recalled. "I couldn't help it. I was like, this baby is getting something because she's too cute."
But Rubin had only one hour to go on their nearly five-hour return flight to finish the beanie project for little Romey.
Rubin ended up finishing the hat and presented the Levines with the sweet surprise gift.
"She ended up gifting us this beautiful beanie that she decided to make for [Romey] mid-flight. Never seen someone work so fast in my life. I had no idea it was for us," Kelly Levine said. "We thought, 'What a cool way to just do something nice for a stranger,' and in turn, light up everyone else's mood. It was such a selfless act."
"We landed and right as everybody was getting up, I was like, 'I'm finished! ... Let's see if it fits baby," Rubin added.
Everyone agreed that Romey's new hat was "a perfect fit."
"It's wild," Jake Levine said. "So talented."
Rubin, who only picked up crocheting during the coronavirus pandemic, said she was happy to spread some cheer and encourages everyone to learn to crochet because "it's really easy and it's very satisfying."
"It just took my mind off everything and it's really a zen, great place to be," Rubin said. "Creating something out of a string is so rewarding. It's like holding the entire universe inside your hands."
Rubin was happy to have met the Levines and hopes to make Romey another crocheted creation really soon.
"I'm definitely going to make Romey a little baby dress because I love to make baby dresses," she said. "I'm happy to make that connection and make new friends. They're such lovely people."
Source: ABC News