Last night we had a party to say farewell to two of our friends. Sonja and Kathy both left us today to move on to the next phase of their lives. Sonja (left) heads home and then back to college. Kathy (right) is moving to Seattle to be close to family.Sonja was a summer intern at Y2Knit and Kathy has a been a friend and helper to Susan since the day she moved to Funkstown and opened Y2Knit. They will both be missed by all of us. Both were regular attendees of Friday Night Social Knitting and KnitFlix.
After everyone had stuffed themselves with wonderful salads, Vietnamese dishes, fresh veggies and hummus dips,cobbler, cheese cake, etc., we played Knitting Jeopardy. Audrey really knocked our socks off with this board she created. The cards flip over to reveal an answer on the back. We divided into teams and Audrey draw team numbers to determine the order. We had a blast!
Here's what the board looked like after the game. That's Audrey on the left and Susan holding the board. Then we played a game that required us to match the fiber to it's source and another one that required us to "name that fiber".
Then we moved on the presents! One of the presents Kathy received was a membership in the Y2Knit e-Connection, which is a one-year subscription program that provides an opportunity to experience eco-friendly and sustainable products in the yarn industry.
Sonja received a t-shirt and mug from our favorite late-night hangout, Krumpe's Do-nuts. We usually made a Krumpie's run every Friday after Social Knitting. She also received some yarn, needles, some dvd's, a Funkstown cookbook, some local memorabilia, and a big basket of fresh Leitersburg peaches. Frankie gave her a beautiful lizard pin that we all took turns wearing before giving to her so that some our knitting wisdom will go with it.
We're all really going to miss these two. We hope that Sonja comes back again in the future. Some of us a hoping to get a chance to go out to Seattle and visit Kathy someday. I know it's numero uno on my list of places to visit. We wish them both safe journeys and happy times!
It really was a fun evening. I made iced tea, thinking it was an herbal mix, but it turned out to have caffeine in it. I hope I wasn't the only one that didn't sleep much Friday night. I had to drive to Baltimore at 7am to get Sonja's mom...sure was glad she was in the car for the return trip, though I still seemed to be enjoying the effects of the caffeine! I crashed about 2pm and took a short nap which sustained me until closing time.
ReplyDeleteHi to all my friends at Y2Knit. Just wanted to drop you a few lines and let you know that I arrived safely. Thank you so much for the wonderful send off (and the presents). You were all in my thoughts, especially last Friday when I missed my first social knitting at Y2Knit. I think I have found a social knitting group in Poulsbo at a shop called Wild and Wooly. Hugs to all.
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