Today is Patternfish's 2nd birthday.

We share it with Tony Curtis, Paulette Goddard, John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin bassist), Suzi Quatro, and our faves Josephine Baker and Anderson Cooper (if they had had children, they probably would have been the most beautiful kids in the world).

We have 231 publishers as I write. We have many many thousands of customers. We have sold tens of thousands of patterns. We have made splendid new friends and gotten reaquainted with wonderful old ones. We have encountered goodwill and kindness and support at just about every turn, which has enriched our work and private lives.

We have grown, and continue to grow, fast. We've been told over and over from many different sources that our timing was perfect-- that print distribution is giving way somewhat to PDF delivery, that we are the best at it, and that we make pattern shopping superlatively pleasurable. We are too immodest not to repeat this. We're also grateful for luck and timing. And for having had motive, means, and opportunity to bring about the opposite (we hope) of a crime.

Patternfish is Julia Grunau full-time, with masterful part-time assistance from Phil Lysons (Minister of Technology), Shannon Shields (Chancellor), Special Guest Star Greg Smith, and newest Patternfisher Gayle Clow (Ambassador, the moderator of our Ravelry group, and our overall internet monitor). I think it's safe to say that we all really like our jobs at almost every moment. We got together for a happy birthday lunch yesterday to celebrate.

Thanks to every publisher, especially the original ones who went live with us two years ago. Thanks to all our customers, past and future. And to everyone else in the industry and out who has smoothed our paths, encouraged us, and done us huge favour after huge favour-- muchas smooches.