Happy birthday to us! We celebrated our first birthday in style all day on Saturday. See those happy smiles? It's been a fabulous and fun year. Our shelves are stocked with beautiful yarns, our needles full of wonderful knitting and our shop is filled with lots of happy knitters, crocheters, and spinners.
Of course we had to have cake! We ordered a beautiful white cake with fresh strawberries and white buttercream. Of course the roses were purple! It was decadent and delicious.
The highlight of the day was gathering together folks who had knit some of the shop's favorite patterns. From left to right standing: Kaye with her oh-so-close-to-finished Sharks Ribby, Kathy in her Ribby Shell, Cindy standing in in Nathania's Scoop Neck Ribby, Nathania in her Rollneck Ribby, Ruth in Sandi's Scoop Neck Hooded Ribby (another almost complete Ribby), CJ in her Twisted Hooded Ribby, Lisa in her OMG-I-just-pulled-an-allnighter-and-finished Ribby, Robin in her Rollneck Ribby, and Ivee in her finished-just-this-week Ribby. Kneeling: Celia in her Twisted/Cascade Ribby, Chloe in her Short Sleeve Hoodie Ribby, Leslie in her I-ran-out-of-yarn-on-the-hood-and-improvised Ribby, and Sandi in her Hoodie Ribby. Hurray for Ribby Pullis!
Next it was time to show off our Clapotis. This is a perennial favorite with staff and customers alike. Left to right: CJ, Chloe, Kathy, Leina, Janice, Juanita and Nathania.
Becky had to leave before the pictures were scheduled, so she and Janice posed for a picture together in their Clapotis. Aren't they beautiful?
Finally, we snapped pics of Ju-San Lunas we've knit. CJ was a rockstar and knit two! She shows off hers, Ruth wears the original that Sandi knit, Sandi wears the one CJ knit for the shop and Nathania wears the stole version.
We were blessed to share the day with many of our friends and family. Debbie and Carol brought a birthday cake that Sandi could share, complete with a candle! There was laughter, camaraderie, some spinning, some knitting and lots of love to go around. Thank you to all who have made our first year such a wonderful one. We appreciate your support and love more than you can know.
GAWD, but you guys are cute! Happy Birthday again! Thanks for a fun time, fun pics and fun knitting inspiration!
Now I wanna make a scoop ribby pulli!
Posted by: Leslie | October 17, 2007 at 04:41 PM
You're all looking gorgeous! And those Clapotis(es) make me want to make another one. But first, I need to tackle that Grace.
Happy birthday again!
Posted by: Celia | October 17, 2007 at 07:52 PM
That was such a great day! YAY!
And why did I make such an odd face in that Clapotis pic???
Posted by: Leina | October 17, 2007 at 08:36 PM
Tons of fun! And we're all looking forward to many many more years of fun, laughter and yarn!
Posted by: Kathy in San Jose | October 17, 2007 at 10:18 PM