It was very difficult getting to sleep the other night. I was preparing for bed and had just cleaned my teeth (every single one of the flippin’ blighters – they were so clean that I could’ve eaten my dinner off ’em), and I was contemplating moving the various small children who’d somehow ended up in the bed. The Stoic Spouse was asleep.
Being a 21st century sort of a lass, I checked my phone one last time. There was a congratulatory text from a close friend… something about an award…
Huh?
I nudged my brain cells (both of them) to wake up and apply themselves to the matter. Award? Award?!
Had my brilliant contribution to the world of singing-in-the-shower received the recognition that it so richly deserves? About time, I’d say. Maybe the neighbours had nominated me for some shower-singing prize. The offer of a recording contract must surely now be mere days away.
Or had my ability to gargle the William Tell Overture (as taught to me in childhood by my father*) captured the attention of some awards committee somewhere?
I replied to my friend’s text with a flurry of question marks. But she had by then switched off her phone and gone to bed, being as she is rather better at adulting than I am.
Time for some online sleuthing. Sadly, I failed to uncover any evidence that my shower-singing or my gargling had won a prize. Perhaps I should sing louder? Maybe the neighbours just couldn’t quite hear it properly?
However, I’d known for some time that I was shortlisted for the knit/crochet blogging category of this year’s British Craft Awards. Just making the shortlist was exciting in itself: it never occurred to me that I’d actually get anywhere beyond ‘that weirdo outlier’ status in the final shebang.
But I found THIS online!
Each award category had one winner and two runners-up. Lucy from Attic24 won the blogging category, and the runners-up were Winwick Mum, and me! “Gosh” I thought. Also, “Squeee!” Mostly “Squeee!” But it was nudging midnight, so there was absolutely nobody awake whom I could tell. (Unlike me, Winwick Mum went along to the awards ceremony. She’s penned a lovely post about it HERE.) And that, my fine and fibrous friends, is why it was so difficult to get to sleep on Sunday night. I was too darn gobsmacked.
So to anyone reading this who voted for this site, thank you, thank you, thank you, from the bottom of my wonky heart. It’s an odd thing, pouring out all this yarny lunacy onto paper, typing it up, and pinging it off into cyberspace. And I’m humbled and grateful that so many of you considered this blog worthy of your vote.
Cheers!
And now, I am going to go and sing Bohemian Rhapsody in the shower. All six minutes of it. Very, very, loudly.
∗ I’m not even joking about that. The Twisted Seniors took very seriously their parental duty to ensure that their offspring left the house equipped to deal with world. And thus, Mother Twisted taught me to remove my bra without taking off my top, and Father Twisted taught me to gargle the William Tell Overture. As for the rest, they pretty much left me to figure it out for myself.
cristina61 says
February 23, 2017 at 9:17 pmCongrats! Well done, and well deserved. 😀
Rhonda says
February 23, 2017 at 9:27 pmYour blog brings humor and delight into my day. So excited for you – and that those wonderful seniors prepared you so well! Keep it up!
Andrea says
February 23, 2017 at 9:30 pmCongratulations! I love reading your blog!
S. Stewart says
February 23, 2017 at 9:32 pmYay for You! How cool is this?!?! Congratulations abound!!
mariposaknits says
February 23, 2017 at 9:52 pmCongrats! Well deserved too!
eclectichomelife says
February 23, 2017 at 9:58 pmCrickey, I did not realise you could not sleep, eek! So blinking well deserved my Twisted friend, so well deserved. You make me chuckle frequently x
Helen McLean says
February 23, 2017 at 10:00 pmCongratulations! Very well deserved I say, fab blog ?
wendelika says
February 23, 2017 at 10:19 pmCongratulations! I wouldn’t have slept, either.
Katie Writes Stuff says
February 23, 2017 at 10:36 pmCongratulations! Your blog is so much fun to read and this is a well-deserved award.
(I’m not taking up your offer of sitting in that chair, although I will sit beside it and marvel at the work that went into every detail.)
Lissbeth says
February 23, 2017 at 10:39 pmCongratulations! I stumbled into this blog quite recently (literally over The Chair) – and I like it so much, every item. Well written, very intelligent – in short words: enjoyable as well as instructive.
In the WWW much more words are written than read, so this award is something you can really be proud of. More of this, please!
Kind regards, Lissbeth
Julie says
February 23, 2017 at 10:41 pmAmazing and big congratulations, you so deserve this, your posts are so witty and original that the yarn comes second to your humour and I always know a new post will make me chuckle and smile. And because of your blog I am now attempting to knit !!!!!
captelaine says
February 23, 2017 at 10:46 pmWay to go… congratulations your blog is the bomb…
K Taylor says
February 23, 2017 at 11:10 pmCongratulations!
Charlotte Copper says
February 23, 2017 at 11:50 pmCongratulations. Well deserved
Lee Mitchell says
February 24, 2017 at 4:41 amYou did it!! Now dance all night!!
Sandra says
February 24, 2017 at 8:00 amMany congrats!!! That’s fab and, may I say, well deserved!
S x
Sue Dallimore says
February 24, 2017 at 8:13 amLoads of congratulations 🙂 – I love your blog and your “knits” !
The Snail of Happiness says
February 24, 2017 at 8:15 amHurrah – I’m pretty sure I voted for you for something, but now I can’t remember whether it was for the blog or the gargling… looks like it was probably the blog then.
Tineke says
February 24, 2017 at 9:18 amYes! Though better not to loose a night sleep on it I’m so happy for you. I voted for you and Lucy, enjoying your blogs for it’s cheery sound. Your parents did right, better find that world for yourself without all the rummage of parents past. And a full bed of sleeping kids is the most happiest sight I can imagen. My neighbour had a meeting in her house when I did the The Ride of the Valkyries. She couldn’t stop laughing when she told me the next morning.
katactivity says
February 24, 2017 at 12:33 pmYour blog is my favourite so of course I voted for youand I’m so pleased for you – except that, loving my bed as I do, I’m sorry that the news caused you to lose sleep. You can catch up now!
narf7 says
February 24, 2017 at 6:08 pmI, too, learned how to gargle the William Tell Overture but I was entirely self taught. Kudos on the award. You deserve it 🙂
Mother Twisted says
February 26, 2017 at 5:06 pmAh but can you take your bra off without removing your top?
narf7 says
February 26, 2017 at 5:27 pmYup, and I can go one better, I can take my knickers off without removing my trousers!
Knitters and Hookers says
February 24, 2017 at 7:26 pmCongratulations! Well deserved 🙂
Tina Gordon says
February 24, 2017 at 9:36 pmI think you had better get accustomed….!
I love your fun outlook on life and the witty way you you record bits on your blo for us to share. Your chair is absolutely fantastic and I hope you have been sitting in it, whilst congratulating yourself on your award. Well done, well deserved x
aprettypotato says
February 24, 2017 at 10:38 pmCongratuations!! Also taking off your bra without taking off your shirt is a valuable life skill!!
pomegranateandchintz says
February 25, 2017 at 8:48 pmHearty congratulations !!
Liz B. says
February 26, 2017 at 9:24 amCongratulations! Very well deserved. It makes my day when I see there is a new blog post from you. Liz.
Postcard from Gibraltar says
February 27, 2017 at 9:34 pmCongratulations- what wonderful news. Very deserved ?
nanacathy2 says
February 28, 2017 at 9:00 amCongratulations and so very well deserved.
Cissy says
April 7, 2017 at 7:53 pmCongratulations to you for the award! I am proud that I can remove my camisole without removing my shirt, but cannot fathom the knickers ability. How does one get a chair like yours? The one I use is out to get me; need to sit straighter. Really enjoy reading your blog.