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today i am 34 years old. while i'm certainly celebrating another year gone by without succumbing to some freak accident or illness, i'm celebrating other things too.
there's a reason for all the silence around these parts: i've been knitting like crazy for a rather large project. it's a book that i'm co-authoring with my very amazing friend, cecily. we're just thrilled to be working on this with the wonderful folks at interweave press. there, i said it. it took a while to sink in there, but considering the fact that i'm buried in yarn for so many hours a day, i think i've finally accepted that it really is true.
while i can't show you any of the book projects right now, i am working on other things too. i'll be back with those very soon. thanks for sticking around. :)
Comments
Happy Birthday!
and congratulations on the book!!
Posted by: meowgirl | March 22, 2009 07:04 PM
Happy Birthday!! Eat a cupcake, maybe two. :)
I hope you're feeling better, too.
Posted by: kate | March 22, 2009 07:09 PM
happy birthday melissa!
i'm so excited to see your book. i know it's going to be awesome!
Posted by: melissa | March 22, 2009 07:14 PM
Wow! Great news. Happy Day to you!!!
Posted by: Mandy | March 22, 2009 07:15 PM
We've missed you in Blogland!! Happy birthday!!
Posted by: allison | March 22, 2009 07:34 PM
Happy Birthday!!!
I can't wait to see what you have been up to...
Posted by: Jessica | March 22, 2009 07:35 PM
Happy Birthday!
Can't wait to see your new book!
Posted by: Valerie | March 22, 2009 07:37 PM
Happy birthday, and congratulations!
Posted by: ccr in MA | March 22, 2009 07:46 PM
Happy Birthday, and Congratulations>>Hope You are feeling very proud --you should!
Posted by: Diane | March 22, 2009 08:05 PM
Happy Birthday! (I turned 33 yesterday) Hope you had a fantastic day and I CAN'T WAIT to get my hands on this book!!!
Posted by: Julie | March 22, 2009 08:05 PM
Happy Birthday!!! Congrats on the book, I can't wait for it to come out, you always design such cool stuff!
Posted by: kala | March 22, 2009 08:10 PM
Happy birthday! That's very exciting news!
Posted by: grumperina | March 22, 2009 09:12 PM
Happy birthday! I'll look forward to seeing what your book is all about :)
Posted by: Leslie | March 22, 2009 09:23 PM
Happy Birthday!! Can't wait to hear more about your book! All your designs I've seen are lovely.
Posted by: Lindsay | March 22, 2009 10:04 PM
happy, happy birthday!!!! i can't wait to see your book :)
Posted by: mai | March 22, 2009 10:10 PM
OH, Happy Birthday- I knew it was soon when I saw you.All emails to you were sent back to me, so I'm sending this message here....
So good to see both you ladies yesterday! I'm so excited for your new venture! You are one of the most creative people I know- you will definitely shine in this realm, (and others!)
I will let you know when is a good time to get together. Thinking of a tea party- I've always wanted to have one.
Have a good week you two, and hopefully see you soon.
Love,
Corrine
Posted by: Corrine | March 22, 2009 10:24 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
Posted by: jackie | March 22, 2009 10:27 PM
happy birthday
and much excitement for the new book :)
Posted by: Robyn | March 22, 2009 10:48 PM
Happy Birthday!!! Ooh, I can't wait to see the forthcoming book!
Posted by: Julie | March 22, 2009 10:50 PM
happy birthday and CONGRATS!
Posted by: marri | March 22, 2009 11:44 PM
Happy Birthday and congrats on the book!!!! Can't wait to see it!
Posted by: cristalle | March 22, 2009 11:50 PM
Happy Birthday!! HUGE congrats on the book! How exciting!
Posted by: Sharon | March 23, 2009 12:05 AM
Happy Birthday! I'm so happy about the book, I love your style, and I know that the book is going to be great! Congratulations! :-)
Posted by: terhi | March 23, 2009 05:42 AM
Hope you had a great day and a huge congrats on the book,can't wait to see what you're coming up with:)
Posted by: Heather | March 23, 2009 06:32 AM
Happy Birthday!
Congratulations on the book - I love your style, I can't wait to get a look at what you have been cooking up.
Posted by: Orinda5 | March 23, 2009 07:24 AM
Happy Birthday! And Congratulations on your upcomeing book!!! That's very exciting. :)
Posted by: Monika | March 23, 2009 08:20 AM
Happy Birthday! Fantastic news about the book- we are all so proud of you out here in blogville. You are so talented that I am sure the endeavor will be a huge success.
Posted by: Heather | March 23, 2009 09:13 AM
Happy birthday! Can't wait to see the book.
Posted by: katie m. | March 23, 2009 11:38 AM
Happy birthday! What awesome news! I can't wait to see the book, I'm sure it's going to be amazing!
Posted by: Leah | March 23, 2009 12:58 PM
ohmygosh, a whole book of your beautiful patterns! how exciting!
and happy birthday!!
Posted by: Erin | March 23, 2009 01:13 PM
oh man congratulations on both of those things! i was just looking through the new-ish classic elite books we have at webs and thinking about how great your patterns are. so excited!
Posted by: elisabeth | March 23, 2009 02:34 PM
Happy Birthday! Congrats on the book, too. How exciting!
And, as a non-sequitor, I love your kitchen. It's so often in the background and I'm so in love with it.
Posted by: Hadley | March 23, 2009 02:41 PM
Happy birthday and congratulations! Double reason to celebrate! Yay!
Posted by: Ana | March 23, 2009 03:35 PM
Happy Birthday!
Congrats on the book...I am so excited to see it once it's out!
Posted by: whitney | March 23, 2009 08:56 PM
happy birthday, and AMAZING news about your book!
Posted by: jess | March 24, 2009 08:36 AM
Happy Belated Birthday and congrats on the book! I'll be watching for the publication and I'm looking forward to buying it!
Posted by: Susie | March 24, 2009 08:46 AM
Happy belated birthday! And congratulations on the book!
Posted by: E to the M | March 24, 2009 10:06 AM
Double whammy! Happy Birthday and congrats on your exciting project. I can't wait to hear more about it as it develops.
Posted by: lekkercraft | March 24, 2009 10:35 AM
OMG, a BOOK?! How exciting!! And happy birthday :)
Posted by: Veronique | March 24, 2009 12:53 PM
Happy Birthday! And congrats on the book!
Posted by: connie | March 24, 2009 03:04 PM
Woot woot! Happy Birfday! And how EXCITEMENT! Very much looking forward ot hearing more about this project of yours :)
Posted by: Sasha | March 24, 2009 10:46 PM
Happy Birthday! I can't wait to hear more about your book. I'm sure I'll want a copy very, very badly. :)
Posted by: Karma | March 26, 2009 12:41 AM
Sorry, I'm a few days late to wish you a Happy Birthday. The book thingie sounds very exciting! I'm really interested to know how working on a book project affects your personal knitting and the blogging. It must complicate things a bit....
Posted by: Trisha | March 27, 2009 08:29 PM
Happy Birthday! Major congrats to you two on the book! How wonderful!
Posted by: Meg | March 28, 2009 03:48 PM
happy belated birthday!
Posted by: gleek | March 29, 2009 01:17 PM
*squeals and dances around*
happy birthday! I'm super excited to see you and Cecily's book too, congrats :D
Posted by: emily | March 29, 2009 04:11 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Congrats on the book deal - sounds very exciting! That ROCKS! Can't wait to see it!
Posted by: Knitterella | April 1, 2009 11:43 AM
Congratulations! I'm a big fan of your patterns - can hardly wait to see your book.
Posted by: Laura | April 1, 2009 08:31 PM
Happy Belated Birthday and congratulations on the book deal. Super duper great news.
Posted by: thea | April 9, 2009 06:50 AM