And goodbye red Gretel. I’m rather sad to set this off on its long journey, I love it so, but you’ll see it again in a little while somewhere rather exciting.
Much to my surprise, since I hate the actual number, 22 has turned out to be a rather wonderful year full of successes and adventures. You’ve had an awful lot to do with that wonderfulness so thank you! I like the number 23 a lot better, so I’m hoping that means it will be even better than 22.
I spent my third birthday like this -
and my thirteenth throwing a tantrum about how I didn’t want my presents and I didn’t want my birthday because I most definitely never wanted to grow up. Changed my mind pretty quickly about those presents and I’m starting to think this growing up thing isn’t so bad after all. Let’s hope this 3 is a little more like the 1st than the 2nd though
p.s. I hate that I had to do this, but clearly my brain’s on holiday. The Liesl sleeve directions that I remember thinking out so carefully got a little lost between the first version I knit (which had the sleeves) and the final pattern. I’ve sent out an update that will arrange the stitch pattern for the sleeve so it lines up perfectly with the body and that has a note on fitting the yoke. Let me know if you haven’t received the update. In happier Liesl news – have you seen that there are already a few finished ones on Ravelry, that makes me so happy!
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Happy birthday!
Happy birthday! I hope your 23rd year is good to you!
Happy birthday!!
I remember turning 23, happy days :)
Have a lovely day!!
Happy birthday Ysolda! Here’s wishing you an amazing 23rd!
Happy birthday! I hope you’ve had a wonderful day, full of cake and presents. (Red Gretel is absolutely gorgeous, by the way!)
Happy birthday! Here’s to another year full of adventure and happiness.
may it be a happy, happy birthday.
p.s. the twenty-one years album is quite lovely.
Wishing you the happiest of birthday days!
Happy birthday to you!
Happiest of birthdays to you, my dear! Hope 23 rocks.
happy birthday!
for some reason I’ve thought that 23 is the best age to be. enjoy it! :)
Happy birthday! I’m sure 23 will be nice – it was for me last year! :)
And the red Gretel is absolutely beautiful!
Have a wonderful birthday!
Very Happy Birthday!
(Did you ever get the ball of yarn you left under my bed?)
Beautiful Gretel.
That’s interesting…because 22 is my favorite number. lol.
Oh, that Gretel is luscious! And Happy Birthday! We share this birthday…today I am 30. Yikes!
happy birthday! i hope that the years get better and better :)
Happy Birthday! Love that first photo-you’re gorgeous!!!!
happy birthday, darlin’!
Happy Birthday!
I said something about you today on ravlery, and then I checked your blog… What the crap, you turned 23 today too? Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday! 23 couldn’t happen to anyone nicer!
Happy Birfday!! =D Who knows what your 3rd 3 might bring!! How exciting – the possibilities :)
And if you’d like to take part (but no pressure!) – You’re IT! Tagged from my most recent blog post :) I’d love to see what sort of mosaic your answers turn out to be
Have a nice birthday.
And indeed 23 is a very nice number (and also the age that I gave birth to my oldest child).
But a lot of numbers are also nice, like 25 en 27 and 33 and now 44 (thats how old I’m now)
happy birthday, ysolda! i’ve been 23 for 9 months (and 2 days!) now, and it’s been the best age by far. this was the year i found & fell head over heels in love with my mate. i know the future will be nice too (full of babies & brooklyn!), but 23 will always hold a special place in my heart because this year has been just magical. i hope your 23 is full of love and sparkle as well!!
Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday to a fellow Cancerian! Hope 23 is a fantastic year!
(Mine is on Friday! :)
Happy birthday! Wish you a more wonderful year!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Happy birthday dear! I hope the coming year brings you even more success and recognition than the last. Congrats on making designing your fulltime job- you are an inspiration to many!
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday, Ysolda! And thanks for sending out the Liesel update so quickly – it’s now printed and I’ll be swatching this evening :)
Happy Birthday! 23 was a lovely year for me. Quite scarily I will be 28 next week but as 27 was especially lovely I’m hoping that every year just gets better!
Have a really good day.
ps I just knit Elijah this weekend and I’m going to really struggle to give him away to the baby he was knit for!
happy birthday my dear, i hope that this will be another wonderful year for you.
xox
belated birthday wishes! i hope you had a wonderful day.
xoxo
May your every wish come true today! Here’s to the perfect 23!
Woohoo! Birthdays! I hope yours was very wonderful!
happy birthday!!
i’m knitting a red gretel too, i hope mine turns out as nice as yours did!
Happy Birthday!
We share a birthday! Happy birthday to you and I hope it was filled with wonderful wooly goodness.
You make me want to run out right now to buy yarn to make a red beret. Actually, this sounds like a brilliant idea…
So much poise and talent in one so young! Happy birthday and enjoy the year!
Happiest of Birthday’s dear Ysolda. 23 is a good number indeed and 24 is even better! (i turned 34 on the 27th and i like it just fine!)
congrats on your finished Liesl and bon voyage to Red Gretel.
here’s looking forward to a grand year for all!
:D
Happy Birthday! I’m a summer baby too.
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday, dear Ysolda, happy birthday to you!
At my first full-time job, one of my bosses (who was a sort of mentor to me) once told me that we women find out who we are between the ages of 18 and 22. It seems to me that you have grown into a lovely person as well as a talented artist and designer.
I hope, though, that you never stop learning. I, myself, have found that the process of growing up, while sometimes painful, is what creates the best memories.
P.S. I am certain I’m not the only one who would love to see Literary Knits by Ysolda Teague (or something along those lines) adorning my bookshelf at some point in the future.
Happy birthday from Australia life gets better the older you get
Happy days from
Margaret
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday for yesterday! Hope you enjoy being 23.
What yarn have you used for your red gretel? It looks sumptuous!
Happy Birthday!!!! xxx
Happy birthday- and enjoy being 23. That was one of the best years I can remember.
I tried to get it back by counting backwards after I turned 25, but it hasn’t been working…
Happy Birthday! I hope you got all the candles on your cake out on the first blow : )
Happy birthday, Ysolda.
Happy Belated Birthday! Hope you had a wonderful day.
Happiest of birthdays! I hope 23 is even better than 22.
Happy belated birthday
Is that an Explosions in the Sky Record?
I can’t believe you’re only 23, having accomplished so much already. 23 is a wonderful age, as is the rest of the twenties. Enjoy and keep up the lovely work.