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. 🙂
Man 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.
I’ve NEARLY forgiven him. 🙂 But yes, grand gestures with cake do help…
Wow!!!! 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!
Thank you. 🙂 And yes, it was immensely thoughtful of him.
Awwww, best husband ever! That is a seriously sweet cake! Happy blogiversary to you!
Thank you. 🙂 It turned out to be a seriously delicious cake, too. 🙂
That 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…
What a fabulous cake and a fabulous husband. He’s a keeper!
Yeah, he can stay for now. 😉 (And the cake can DEFINITELY stay.)
Happy anniversary! What a fantastic cake to celebrate a fantastic blog with!
Awwww, thank you! 🙂
That’s one of the most amazing cakes I’ve seen – congratulations on your blogiversary and on your choice of husband!
Thank you! The cake is pretty wonderful, and I guess the husband can stay for now. 😉
happy blogiversary !! more power to your hooks and needles !! and the keyboard so you will let us know what you are up to !!
Awww thank you! The year has gone so fast.
Fantastic way to introduce another mandatory-cake-day into the year… Congrats on your blogiversary 🙂
Ahhh, I LIKE your thinking! A precedent has been set, hasn’t it?
What 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!
Awww, thank you so much for such a kind comment (and for telling your friend). I LOVE your bitch cartoon, by the way!
Happy blogiversary! Just discovered this blog via you liking mine, thanks btw…:) can’t wait to read back through and get to know you better…
Thank you. 🙂
When 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?)
Ha ha, I do think that all these kind comments might be going to his head. 🙂
Congratulations!! 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!
Would you like me to speak to your husband? I could mention how important blogiversaries are…
Congratulations! 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!
🙂 🙂 🙂 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?
How soon can you make it down to Sussex? Ill put the kettle on. 🙂
Hmm, pretty soon. See you later. Your husband doesn’t mind me dropping in at midnight, I hope? It is, after all, important…
I’ll threaten to hide his Xbox, that usually brings him round to my way of thinking. 😀
🙂
Just 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.
That is rather lovely. He sounds pretty good. 🙂
Happy 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.
Happy 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!
That cake is amazing! Waaaay to pretty to eat!
Happy belated blogoversary! Lovely cake!