Happy Birthday Mum! That's one gorgeous sweater - such lovely colors for Mum. Good luck w/ mohair in the heat.
Posted by Stephanie at June 13, 2005 10:52 AMHappiest of Birthday's to your special wonderful inspiring Mum, and many more!!! She models her lovely hand-knit top beautifully. It's been said daughters become their mothers. Today, on such a momentous occasion, there is no better compliment to send to the both of you.
Posted by Loretta at June 13, 2005 10:53 AMEither the top blocked to the required underarm to shoulder measurement, or Mum is really short. Either way, the top looks fabulous on the Birthday Girl.
Thank you Mum, for giving us Stephanie.
Happy Happy Birthday.
Happy Birthday Mum! I guess some of the world's best people were born on this day because it's also DH's birthday and I consider him to be a great person.
Steph, The silk vee is divine and perfect for your Mum.
Posted by Risë at June 13, 2005 11:03 AMLovely tee, lovely mum--and lucky mum to have such a nice daughter!
Posted by Amy at June 13, 2005 11:04 AMHappy Birthday Mum and Ian (missed that Saturday post, you tricky gal)... the tank fits perfectly! My mom also raised 4 kids born w/in 5 years, some of it in the absence of her s.o. (or, sob as she would say)...
Posted by tree at June 13, 2005 11:07 AMHappy Birthday, Mum! Does she knit too?
Posted by Kelly at June 13, 2005 11:19 AMHappy Birthday, Mum! Thank you for bringing Stephanie into the world and raising her to be the amazing woman she is. Obviously, the apple didn't fall far from the tree. Blessings on the whole family!
Posted by Carole at June 13, 2005 11:21 AMHappy Birthday to the Harlot Mum! That Silk Vee is extremly flattering on her--both the fit and the colorway. Great choice!
Just as an aside, that Tupp has got some major hands.
Posted by Colleen at June 13, 2005 11:37 AMIs Uncle Tupper's right hand -- the one we never get to see -- wearing the mitten he got for Christmas?
Did he ever get the second one? I can't remember....
Lucky you for having such a great mom, and congrats to your mom for raising such a great pair of kids!
Posted by MaryB in Richmond at June 13, 2005 11:39 AMI can attest to The Matriarch being funny. I met her ages ago, through work and instantly wanted to be her best friend. Then a couple of years later, I met her daughter, who became one of my best friends. It took us 6 months to realize that I'd met her mother. We're obviously not as smart as Bonnie.
Tillykke med foedseldagen. The tank looks fantastic.
Posted by Lene at June 13, 2005 11:40 AMHappy Birthday to Stephanie's mum! Considering two of my dearest friends were also born on June 13, I know Stephanie's mum must be a great, great person! :-)
--Judy
Posted by Judy at June 13, 2005 11:55 AMHappy birthday to your Mum! The silk vee looks fabulous on her- hooray!
Posted by Mary-Heather at June 13, 2005 11:57 AMHappy Birthday, Mum. I bet you are as proud of your daughter as she is of you. Cheers to both of you!!
Posted by Jean E. at June 13, 2005 12:03 PMHappy B-day, Stephanie's mom! You look smashing in that tank! When does the dancing start?
Posted by Stephanie VW at June 13, 2005 12:04 PMHappy Birthday Mummy of Yarn Harlot!
Posted by Jinxie at June 13, 2005 12:04 PMGeez, I just love moms...Happy Happy Birthday to yours. She looks beautiful in her tank!
Posted by Teresa at June 13, 2005 12:06 PMHappy Birthday to Steph's Mum! For all ten reasons and also because ... well, you're Stephanie's mum. Which is rather special. ;-)
Posted by Cassie at June 13, 2005 12:09 PMAwww, happy birthday Mum! She sounds like a pretty incredible lady all around.
Posted by Kathy at June 13, 2005 12:10 PMWow-what a mom! I think raising two with a great guy has been challenging enough, but 4? I especially like that she knows about libraries where I not only read about strong women but get lots of great knitting ideas and patterns. OK it helps that I work in a library too. Have a great birthday, Stephanie's mom. And the top looks fantastic! So glad it worked out but we knitters know how to persevere, n'est-ce pas?
Posted by ro at June 13, 2005 12:13 PM"It's not a party till everybody's dancing." Ohmigosh. Quick, slap a TM sign on that before someone else starts making the t-shirts and bumper stickers. I, myself, may have to take up needlepoint -- or get a tattoo (not dissimilar,) I love that phrase so much. I kiss your mother's tiny [dancing]feet.
And the way you get rid of slugs, of course, being beer, all of her advice has a certain unified-field theory to it. (Stop me before I start picturing jar-lids of dancing slugs.)
Posted by rams at June 13, 2005 12:16 PMHappy Birthday YH's Mom!! The tank looks awesome.
Posted by monica at June 13, 2005 12:17 PMHappy Birthday to the Martiarch! It sounds like she is a truly amazing woman. I am glad the tank fits, you must have gotten the extra length needed with blocking.
Teresa
Happy Birthday to the Harlot's Mom! I'm so pleased that such an amazing woman who looks fabulous in the tank shares her birthday with me. Huzzah to June 13!
Posted by Jenni at June 13, 2005 12:38 PMOK, I have to ask. Why should towels be washed alone.
Posted by Francine at June 13, 2005 12:42 PMHappy birthday to Mum and Ian - looks like they both had a good time (Ian's stern gaze in the birthday picture doesn't fool me), and Mum looks stunning in her vee. :)
Posted by Julie H. at June 13, 2005 12:46 PMHappy Birthday Steph's Mum! Love the silk vee.
Posted by Amy at June 13, 2005 12:49 PMWhoa ! - you almost lost me there at the "doesn't knit" part but I can overlook that. She still sounds great and thoroughly deserving of a wonderful birthday.
Posted by Heather at June 13, 2005 1:07 PMTupper sure does have big hands!!! Is that why he only got one mitten?
Posted by diane at June 13, 2005 1:18 PMis that "wash towels by themselves" or wash towels.....alone."? and what DO you do for slugs?!?! i agree with the bleach. so much information i'm going to have to start a notebook.......
Posted by mel1 at June 13, 2005 1:22 PMWell, you didn't say it was for your Mum. She looks marvelous in that top and glad it worked out. Happy Birthday!!!
Posted by margene at June 13, 2005 1:27 PMHey -- June 13 was my dad's birthday too. Um. . .you sure had a lot of Geminis in that house!
Posted by Elizabeth D at June 13, 2005 1:28 PMYou are surrounded by some really extraordinary people. Happy Birthday, Mum!
Posted by Kerry at June 13, 2005 1:35 PMHappy birthday to your Mum! I have a feeling that if they could have ever met your Mum and mine would have had a damn fine time together.
Posted by Carma at June 13, 2005 1:40 PMWhy do you wash towels alone?? I didn't know about that! Why?
Posted by Maria at June 13, 2005 1:41 PMHappy Bitrthday Stephanie's Mom! My sister and I have a theory that the knitting /craft gene usually skips a generation. I did in our house. Now I just washed the towels with a pair of Family Guy baby Stewie boxer shorts - and this is wrong????
Posted by Elizabeth at June 13, 2005 1:51 PMHappy Birthday to your Mum! Lucky you to have her and all of the tangible evidence that she was a great mom!
Posted by Teresa C at June 13, 2005 1:53 PMHappy Birthday to your Mum! What a beautiful gift you've made her!
Just opened The Stitchery catalog I received in the mail today and there, on page 64, is the bookbookbook! I'm so proud of someone I've never met! Go figure.
Wow. Go Mum. More a sharp gasp than a low whistle--I did four kids in under six years and there is no way I could have pulled off what she did. Wow. Happy birthday to a wise and kind and hardworking one who raised her children well.
Posted by AlisonH at June 13, 2005 2:02 PMhappiest of birthdays to Mum!
May your flowers grow so tall in the garden, that you can't see the weeds for them; and may your kitchen and heart never want for fullness!
Posted by Chelsea at June 13, 2005 2:13 PMyou wash towels alone so the fuzzies don't get all over everything!!! I used to think it was because of germs, but then you'd have to wash everything alone wouldn't you...hmmm....
Posted by cheryl at June 13, 2005 2:25 PMFeliz cumpleaņos, buon compleanno, alles Gute zum Geburtstag, joyeux anniversaire, Mamacita!
Posted by roggey at June 13, 2005 2:34 PMThe apple doesn't fall far from the tree, my dear.
Your mum is beautiful.
Posted by claudia at June 13, 2005 2:45 PMHappy Birthday, Mum! What an extraordinary woman. Many happy returns (and the Silk Vee is positively lovely).
Posted by regina at June 13, 2005 3:26 PMShe looks GORGEOUS in her silk vee!
Happy birthday, Stephanie's mum.
Posted by Norma at June 13, 2005 3:28 PMI hope your Mum has a wonderful, wonderful birthday! She sounds [almost] as wonderful as my Mom . . . which is just about right! We celebrated my sister's birthday on Saturday, which brings our family to the end of "Birthday Season" (running from May 11th through June 7th). Obviously our families have a LOT in common. And, not so incidentally, happy birthday to YOU, too! (Tomorrow, right?)
Posted by Deb at June 13, 2005 3:32 PMHappy birthday to Bonnie and Ian. Beautiful vest.
Posted by Bea at June 13, 2005 6:09 PMHere's a loud cheer for your mother's successes; it is inspiring to know each and every woman who does it right, despite all odds and oddities. We're reinventing our gender together, this era. It's so good that there have been *some* pioneers that went before us, smoothing the way and pushing aside some of the boulders.
Posted by Dena Shunra at June 13, 2005 6:15 PMWow, what a great lady. Happy Birthday to your Mum. She's quite an inspiration. And looks fantastic in that top.
Posted by Susie at June 13, 2005 6:29 PMThank you, my dear daughter, for your best wishes, the wonderful pies, and your kind words. Although the key thing could have been left out. (see point 7) And what kind of an idiot would knit when her daughter can make her a top like that?
I am NOT answering laundry questions on my birthday, so I'll leave that to you.
I'll send you MY top 10 tomorrow.
Love , Mum
The Vee looks lovely, I'm glad it all worked out. I hope the birthday was splendiforous!
Posted by The Knitting Kit at June 13, 2005 7:25 PMDidn't have time to read the other comments, so if it's been said already, forgive me: Like mother, like daughter.
Posted by Julie at June 13, 2005 7:31 PMYou have a rich life indeed.
xoxo
Happy, happy birthday, Steph's beautiful mum. Dance on!
Posted by Lisa at June 13, 2005 8:19 PMHappy birthday, Harlot's mum! I love the picture of her with her brother Tupp ... your family sparkles.
Posted by Ruth at June 13, 2005 8:53 PMHappy Birthday Mum!
And THANK YOU ... thank you thank you for being a wonderful mum, and for raising a wonderful Harlot! You have enriched our lives beyond measure!
.
BTW, Nice Silk V!
hey; your family fit another birthday, and a very important one, in between my family's birthdays. good goin!
Happy Birthday Mum of Beauty
(watch out for the Tupp)
Wishing the happiest of birthdays to your Mum!
The tee looks lovely on her. I think I'll have to make one for my Mum now that I see how lovely it is.
Posted by j @ canknitian at June 13, 2005 9:21 PMHappy B-Day Mum!! You look fab in your new tank! :-)
Posted by Eilene at June 13, 2005 9:38 PMHappy Happy Birthday to harlot's mum and bro.
The tee is verrrry nice on mum.
Busy lady 4 kids in 5 years but can you believe my mom had 9 in 10 years. dam newfs never heard of birth control, lol
Happy Birthday to your Mum! She sounds like a wonderful woman, and she looks fab in her new Silk Vee.
Posted by eyeleen at June 13, 2005 9:58 PMTowels have fuzzies? Oh....NEW towels....Happy Birthday Mum.
Posted by Amylou at June 13, 2005 10:18 PMHappy Birthday Stephanie's Mum!
Posted by valentina at June 13, 2005 10:58 PMYes, I too need to know why towels must be washed alone. What havoc have I wrought lo these many years washing towels with other things?
Posted by Maria in Mass. at June 13, 2005 11:58 PMyour mum is lovely, and so is silky vee. it's amazing what us women can do, eh?
Posted by minnie at June 14, 2005 12:22 AMHappy birthday Harlot mom! Fun to see her (you've got her eyes!) and uncle Tupper too. I'm a little envious about your weather, in Oslo, Norway we have 10 Celsius (50 Fahrenheit), it's a crappy summer.
Posted by Strikkelise at June 14, 2005 12:25 AMHappy birthday, Mum, and congratulations on raising someone so worthy. (Why do you wash towels alone? They DO eat socks, but....what?)
Posted by Laurie at June 14, 2005 7:12 AMWhat an amazing woman and "mum". I love the pictures. So glad the tank worked too. Happy Birthday Harlot Mum!
Posted by Vicki at June 14, 2005 11:04 AMA little late...but Happy Birthday Mum!! :)
Posted by Jessica at June 14, 2005 8:34 PM
None of what you have told us about your mother is surprising. Why? Because we have come to know in you so many of these same traits.
Happy Birthday to Mum. And a job well done!
Posted by Rose at June 14, 2005 9:45 PMHappy Birthday, Mum - Wonderful Day to all!!
Posted by Claire at June 14, 2005 11:58 PMHappy (late) birthday to all!!
And I'm dying to know...why do you wash towels alone?? I just did all my laundry and I'm a little frantic thinking I did it wrong...
Posted by Amanda* at June 15, 2005 1:06 PMHappy belated birthday to Steph's Mum! Steph, your mum sounds like a fantastic woman.
Posted by Wanda at June 15, 2005 3:50 PMI am a little bit behind on my blog reading, but still wanted to say what a great tribute to your mother.. and I certainly can relate to her challenges raising all of you alone; her case was more intense than mine and she deserves all the praise and more, and of course well deserves the lovely top!
Posted by Birdsong at June 15, 2005 11:58 PMHappy Birthday, etc., etc.
Okay, now that that's out of the way, what DID you do about slugs? Beer pit, salt? Nasty bits of honey and mohair?
Susanne
Posted by Knitterhead at June 19, 2005 1:06 AMStephanie-
I just finished reading your At Knit's End. I feel like you're my best friend. Thank you for your humor and your inspiration to knit.
I'm on my way to China tomorrow for 3 weeks-to study the culture (I wonder if they knit over there?) I will take my needles and knit a ribbon scarf for tour leader.
Do you ever make it to the Seattle are? I'd love to get your book signing schedule.
Confession: I've only knitted about 30 scarves in the last year - one sweater when I was a teen knitter--but I need to expand. Any suggestions on for to knit next after everyone you know owns one of the scarves?
Sending you good wishes and fine health.
One of your many fans,
Nancy Wilkinson