Farewell

Hoping you're all enjoying a fabulous Easter weekend?
All is hunkydory here.
We are in full-on Holiday Mode and it feels wonderful.

Busy getting things together today, making preparations.....activities and treats are being gathered for the Little People, and supplies to make an Easter Egg hunt happen tomorrow....

....my own weekend essentials are also being gathered together...making a dash over to my fabulous Wool Shop later this morning to purchase yarn colours that I've run short of.

After lunch we will be packing the car up and preparing to drive the 300 miles south to the Dorset Coast. We're spending the next week with my folks in Bridport, and I am sooooooooo excited! Its been eight months since we were last there and recently I've been feeling quite homesick for the place, missing it a great deal.

I am looking forward to sea breezes, jaunty harbours, green clifftops, bustling towns, quiet lanes, picnics, pottering, browsing, meandering, lazing, chatting, hooking, reading, laughing, walking. With my family.
I shall miss my Attic while I'm away and I shall miss chatting to you too.
While I'm gone, if you'd like to re-read a little of my previous Dorset holidays, by all means feel free to potter in the Attic24 archives ::

April 7th 2008 :: Down to the Sea

April 9th 2008 :: Family Connections

April 10th 2008 :: Vintage and Thrift Style

July 28th 2008 :: Dorset Jollies :: Day 1

July 29th 2008 :: Dorset Jollies :: Day 2

July 30th 2008 :: Dorset Jollies :: Day 3

July 31st 2008 :: Dorset Jollies :: Day 4

And you can bet that whilst I'm away I'll be observing and absorbing all the delights of being on holiday by the sea, and shall come back bursting at the seams with tales to tell and things to share.
Have a fabulous week and I'll see you all when I get back
xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Comments

[Aqeela]

Come back! We miss you!

Hope you had a lovely time but are happy to be home.

Aqeela xx

[Karen]

Hope you had a wonderful time in Dorset with some lovely sun. We missed you and are really looking forward to your pics and your tales. Karen (Sussex)x.

[sally bath]

Hi Lucy. Just wanted to say a big 'thank you' for the great tutorials. I had managed to work out the ripple technique just before you posted your tutorial on it, but thanks to you I can now make a crocheted flower and a granny square! I therefore have 3 WIP - a large ripple blanket for my bed, a matching granny square flower garden cushion and flowers that seem to be attaching themselves to bags, hangers and anything else that might be around! Thanks again Lucy, you have inspired me to pick up my hook again. Sally.

[Ipu]

Waiting a lot that your holiday would already end:-) Greetings from Finland!

[Gretchen Cantoni]

Lucy, I adore your blog. It just makes me smile. I love all things British (being American of British descent somewhere long ago) Your lovely Brit phrases and your wonderful stories make me wish I lived near you to play with you! I attempt to crochet, knit, do wheel pottery, scrapbook, watercolour and any other craft I see. Perhaps I am trying to find my inner/outer self. Currently I'm doing watercolour. It takes me away from any worries or struggles of the day. My very best to you! If you are ever in the States and near Cleveland, OH you have a B & B at my house! Gretchen C.

[Lori Faeber]

Lucy,

your blog is my absolute favorite. I love to see all your crochet stuff. I learned to crochet from your tutorial on granny squares after trying to learn how for 3 months and not being able to. I appreciate it so much. So I hope you continue to share what you are making with us. Thanks again!!!
Lori F

[Leah]

Happy Holidays! I have been crocheting some of your granny squares, love your blog and have blogged about you too. I hope you don't mind!

[Elaine]

Hi - just popped in to tell you I just watched Kirsty Allsops new programme on Ch4 and wondered if you'd seen it as it made me think in you website - she was in Cath Kidston's kitchen. You might be able to see it on catch-up. Hope you had a nice break.
~Elaine

[Emma]

Hope you had a good holiday ...I am really missing your updates. Can't wait to see what you brought back with you - I too love the Girls Only Shop in Bridport as well as it's market and charity shops galore!
I shall try to be patient ...

Emma x

[miesmama]

Happy, happy holidays!!!!! :D

[Judy B]

Just discovered your blog yesterday. The colors are so beautif they cheered me right up. We still have snow where I live. Hope you have a good holiday.

[vanessa]

Aaaawww, I'm missing you Lucy! Boo hoo!!!!!!
Can't wait till you return, no doubt you'll have lots of loveliness to report.
I look forward to your return!
Vanessa xxx

[Karische]

Dear Lucy, I have a surprise for you, come and see my blog!

[Michele]

Wishing you great weather during your trip.
I'm making your Crochet Bag, still learning, but following your clear directions and your colorful projects is like making smiles. Thank you for sharing.

[Sian]

I need to say a big big thank you to you! Your crochet patterns are certainly highly recommended by other bloggers, but I never dreamt that someone like me who only just knew how to do the chain stitch could ever follow a pattern and I have. Your ripple pattern is so easy to follow it took me less than 30 minutes to get the hang of it. I'm sure what I'm doing isn't perfect but it would probably only take someone to give me a couple of extra pointers now and I'd be on my way!!! :-)

[Anja]

Happy holidays... I'm so sorry but I envy you your Dorset journey. It's so lovely there!!!
Can't wait to see photos!

[Alex]

I am sure you don't read all thee comments, but I have just followed your ripple pattern and I think I have it sussed.... thank you!

X Alex

[jeane]

when i read the word "farewell" on Sat i was stunned, ending ur blog, saying goodbye? did i miss any episode here? arent u said u are addicted? u really scared me, lucy. huh, so glad u were just on a holiday. miss u so, waiting to be pampered by ur lovely photos soon.

[Penne]

Happy holidays....and vacation by the sea, oh what fun. I was loving that picture of the magazine with the granny square quilt, what magazine was that.

[gardenymph]

Happy Easter, and have a lovely, wonderful vacation. :~)

[Alex]

I hope you had a fab weekend, I didn't see you in Bridport, mind you we flew through on our way from Seatown to West bay so unless you'd stood in front of the pub with the Elvis night waving a crochet blanket over your head I probably wouldn't have spotted you! lol

X Alex

[Julie]

Goodness, I nearly had a heart attack - for a moment, I thought you were bringing your blog to an end!! So glad to hear you are just having a holiday. Have a very happy Easter and super jolly holidays, looking forward to hearing all about it when you get back. xx

[Emma]

Have a wonderful time, Lucy. Dorset is one of our fave hols destinations too, and Bridport! Wonderful. A little secret - if you go to the village of Netherbury, take a walk up the wooded track just before you enter the village, walk about a mile or so and on the right you'll stumble on a rather famous little cottage. You might know it already! We've stayed at Star cottage in Netherbury twice and I was THRILLED to find this little house whilst out on a walk. The sign is no longer on the gate but I was still giddy when we found it. Emma x

[biyasimadahagirdim]

I love your blog. very colorful :)

[saraeden]

Have a great time and Happy Easter too !

Sara x