A year ago today I moved into this blog, opened the blinds, looked around at its bare walls and set about putting up some pictures. Then I unpacked a couple of boxes and began to write my first post.
Fast forward to today. Well, the place is a little more cluttered, and some of the original boxes I moved in with still haven’t been unpacked. Oops. But TheTwistedYarn has become a colourful, happy, lived-in place where I get to talk about knitting, and crochet, and colour, and nature, and occasionally history-in-the-landscape all the time, and nobody says ‘Oh for goodness sake, Twisted, will you shut up about the knitting already?’ (Or maybe you’re all just too polite.) And the best thing is that I get to chat to like-minded souls, and read your blogs too. Because I had no idea when I started blogging, what a wonderfully communal experience it would be. I am mightily grateful to every person who reads this blog, especially the subscribers, but most of all I love chatting to people on the comments threads and I love reading your thoughts, and then wandering over and reading your blogs too.
Now, I have some numbers to discuss, and I have some cake. Which would you like first? Hmm, that’s a no-brainer really, isn’t it. (So much so that I’m not even going to dignify that last sentence with a question mark.) OK, to the cake. Well, I’ve just had a rather enormous surprise. See, I’d told the Stoic Spouse that the ‘Yarn’s blogiversary was coming up, and that I was thinking of baking a cake. And I was just rambling tediously speaking eloquently about how I needed to get on with the baking, when he asked me to close my eyes. When I opened them again, I saw this:-
I was speechless. Honestly. I actually just stood there staring at it for ages, smiling inanely and shaking my head at its wonderfulness. I haven’t even eaten any, it’s that beautiful. (It’s also a lot larger than it looks in this picture, and underneath the icing it’s apparently chocolate.)
Is this the most wonderful cake ever?
The Stoic Spouse commissioned it from the same people who made our wedding cake, and who also made the cake via which he proposed. (How could I have refused to marry a man who communicated through the medium of cake?)
Stoic Spouse, you may be unable to tell the difference between knitting and crochet (nor care about this fact), but the cake almost makes up for it. Almost. 😉 Thank you.
Oh yes, the numbers. Well I just wanted to do a happy little dance of gratitude to the 1063 people who have subscribed to this blog, over the course of its 98 posts. (No, you don’t get to see the dance. I am not a talented dancer.) I know, I know, now that I’ve written that, you’re all going to unsubscribe and I’ll be left looking like a deluded fantasist with two followers, one of whom is my mum. (Mum, please don’t unsubscribe.) And I’m grateful to the 31 000 views originating in 106 countries that the ‘Yarn has had so far. And the Deramores Award was a rather amazing moment, too: look out for a post I’ll be writing on the Deramores blog within the next couple of months.
But never mind all that, because right now there’s cake. 🙂
kazacrafty says
October 25, 2014 at 6:43 amMan who proposes with cake= man who can probably get away with something he likes. Totally understand your forgiving him for not understanding the joy of a neat PSSO.
The Twisted Yarn says
October 26, 2014 at 7:25 pmI’ve NEARLY forgiven him. 🙂 But yes, grand gestures with cake do help…
Lynn B says
October 25, 2014 at 9:08 amWow!!!! I just had to write a response to this wonderful blog post of the superb cake your husband surprised you with, it is simply brilliant!
Your husband is amazing, that is such a thoughtful thing to do!
The Twisted Yarn says
October 26, 2014 at 7:25 pmThank you. 🙂 And yes, it was immensely thoughtful of him.
jensalittleloopy says
October 25, 2014 at 10:09 amAwwww, best husband ever! That is a seriously sweet cake! Happy blogiversary to you!
The Twisted Yarn says
October 26, 2014 at 7:26 pmThank you. 🙂 It turned out to be a seriously delicious cake, too. 🙂
handmadebyhan says
October 25, 2014 at 10:57 amThat cake is amazing! He’s a keeper. Well done in all you’ve achieved, I honestly thought you’d been blogging years. Makes me feel bad about my own blog!! Must make more effort. Or not given baby arriving soon…
Jenny says
October 25, 2014 at 1:08 pmWhat a fabulous cake and a fabulous husband. He’s a keeper!
The Twisted Yarn says
October 26, 2014 at 7:26 pmYeah, he can stay for now. 😉 (And the cake can DEFINITELY stay.)
fiona says
October 25, 2014 at 5:32 pmHappy anniversary! What a fantastic cake to celebrate a fantastic blog with!
The Twisted Yarn says
October 26, 2014 at 7:27 pmAwwww, thank you! 🙂
limesorbet2014 says
October 25, 2014 at 9:39 pmThat’s one of the most amazing cakes I’ve seen – congratulations on your blogiversary and on your choice of husband!
The Twisted Yarn says
October 26, 2014 at 7:27 pmThank you! The cake is pretty wonderful, and I guess the husband can stay for now. 😉
youngatfifty says
October 25, 2014 at 11:50 pmhappy blogiversary !! more power to your hooks and needles !! and the keyboard so you will let us know what you are up to !!
The Twisted Yarn says
October 26, 2014 at 7:28 pmAwww thank you! The year has gone so fast.
waywardleaf says
October 26, 2014 at 11:10 amFantastic way to introduce another mandatory-cake-day into the year… Congrats on your blogiversary 🙂
The Twisted Yarn says
October 26, 2014 at 7:28 pmAhhh, I LIKE your thinking! A precedent has been set, hasn’t it?
mzklever says
October 26, 2014 at 3:21 pmWhat a wonderful husband! They are hard to find, so hang on tight. Congrats on a whole year of bloggy and yarny goodness. I was just telling a friend about your blog last night over coffee as we were discussing steeking and I realized I hadn’t checked in for a while…I look over and here you are with a blogiversary and a cake! Twisted is my favorite yarn blog and you deserve every one of those thousand some odd followers. Good for you!
The Twisted Yarn says
October 26, 2014 at 7:31 pmAwww, thank you so much for such a kind comment (and for telling your friend). I LOVE your bitch cartoon, by the way!
shannwa says
October 27, 2014 at 7:49 amHappy blogiversary! Just discovered this blog via you liking mine, thanks btw…:) can’t wait to read back through and get to know you better…
The Twisted Yarn says
October 29, 2014 at 9:04 pmThank you. 🙂
Crochet Club says
October 27, 2014 at 8:23 amWhen does the Stoic Spouse’s blog go up? I don’t know what it’s going to be about but I can tell it will be fun to read. And, you can knit him a cake for the blogiversary! (Or crochet it, he won’t know the difference, right?)
The Twisted Yarn says
October 29, 2014 at 9:03 pmHa ha, I do think that all these kind comments might be going to his head. 🙂
Rocky says
October 27, 2014 at 3:08 pmCongratulations!! Oh a blogiversary.. I smell a cake in the near future.. All I have to do is, subtly (VERY SUBTLY) send this post to my husband 😉
Thanks for the idea!
The Twisted Yarn says
October 29, 2014 at 9:04 pmWould you like me to speak to your husband? I could mention how important blogiversaries are…
bamcrafts979 says
October 28, 2014 at 9:09 amCongratulations! Will be having firm words with Mr BAM about the conspicuous lack of cake on my blogiversary. He’s going to have to raise his game if he wants his hand knit socks for Christmas!
The Twisted Yarn says
October 29, 2014 at 9:06 pm🙂 🙂 🙂 Would you like me to pop round and get chatting to him, and engineer the sentence, “You didn’t make/get her a blogiversary cake??” into the conversation?
bamcrafts979 says
October 29, 2014 at 9:07 pmHow soon can you make it down to Sussex? Ill put the kettle on. 🙂
The Twisted Yarn says
October 29, 2014 at 9:08 pmHmm, pretty soon. See you later. Your husband doesn’t mind me dropping in at midnight, I hope? It is, after all, important…
bamcrafts979 says
October 29, 2014 at 9:10 pmI’ll threaten to hide his Xbox, that usually brings him round to my way of thinking. 😀
The Twisted Yarn says
October 29, 2014 at 9:10 pm🙂
bamcrafts979 says
October 29, 2014 at 9:25 pmJust read out our conversation to Mr BAM and he sheepishly produced some chocolate cornflake clusters. Nothing to do with blogiversaries though, just blind luck, bless him.
The Twisted Yarn says
October 29, 2014 at 9:46 pmThat is rather lovely. He sounds pretty good. 🙂
yennileigh says
November 3, 2014 at 11:29 pmHappy Belated Bloggaversary! What a beautiful cake! While I’m not new to crafting, crochet, and all things creative, I am very new to blogging. Thank you for liking my post so I could find you, I look forward to seeing your blog home grow more. I’ve got much more of my own unpacking to do.
Leonor says
November 4, 2014 at 8:43 pmHappy bloggaversay! I also had my first year a few days ago, but sadly there was no cake or a huge blogging accomplishment to celebrate. Perhaps I should send Better Half over to Stoic Spouse so he can learn a few things?…
Have you eaten the cake yet? I’m not sure I’d have the courage, it’s too pretty!
corine24 says
November 12, 2014 at 8:21 amThat cake is amazing! Waaaay to pretty to eat!
knitterpixie says
November 12, 2014 at 2:41 pmHappy belated blogoversary! Lovely cake!