2009 :: Crochet Review

Hello my lovelies, it's good to see you! Hoping you all had a wonderful Christmas time?

We certainly did, it was fun and happy and relaxed, just as I had hoped it would be. A little too dominated by the arrival of this for my liking but hey, I am only one quarter of the family and for the other three-quarters it's providing huge excitement and many happy hours of entertainment. So who am I to judge? Thank heavens for crochet is all I can say :: thank heavens I can sit with my family while they are in full-on Gaming Mode and immerse myself in my own little colourful hooky world. I am very adept at zoning out.

So Christmas is over for another year...don't know about you but I always breathe a little private, gentle sigh of relief once we come out the other side. I love the activity and festivity and full-on family time very much, but do somewhat find myself craving a bit of normality to return.

I was pottering around the house earlier, tidying up a little of the humongous mess that has been invading our living space since the 25th, thinking little reflective thoughts to myself, pondering the fact that we have only a few more days left of this year. Its been a good year for me this one, a happy year, and a creative one. There's much I'd like to say with regards to my little Bloglett and the way it's grown and evolved during 2009, but I'll leave that for another time I think....in the meantime, I thought I might spend the next few days here at Attic24 having a little look back over this year, a little Review if you like.

And where better to begin than with some crochet?? Yes, today's post is going to be full of hooky-goodness. Yaaayyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So without further ado, let the Happy Hookyness begin...................

January :: Granny's Flower Patch cushion ::

January :: Bathroom Bunting ::

January :: Striped jar covers ::

February :: Flower posy brooch ::

March :: a few Crochet Flowers blooming ::

April :: Ripple Cushion ::

April :: Round cushion ::

May :: The Square Throw ::

June :: Bottle cover ::

June :: Stool cover ::

August :: BB is finished ::

August :: cushion covers ::

September :: Baby Ripple blanket ::

September :: Circles scarf ::

 

October :: Wrist Warmers ::

October ::  Birdies (more here) ::

November :: Baby Granny blanket ::

November :: Granny Stars ::

 

December :: Snowflakes ::

I'm really proud of all my crochet projects that've materialised during this past year, and I hope you've enjoyed looking back over these photos as much as I have..............

Tomorrow :: A Floral Review :: looking forward to seeing you then..

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Comments

[Paula]

Lucy!!! I Love it, I Love It!!!! Your blog it's my favorite, thank you for sharing your creativity with all of us. Te reviews was Awsome!!

[Angélica Oliveira]

Hi Lucy! Nice to meet you!
My name is Angélica.I'm brazilian.I love your blog site).Happy New Year! May all your dreams come true in 2010.I wish all the best for you and your family.Today I posted earlier,but I doubt if you received. So,I'm sending again. I don't speak english very well. I speak portuguese. I have a blog.He is new. I would like of your visit in my blog. I have not very things, still.My blog is: www.atelieangelicaoliveira.blogspot.com
God bless you and your family. Angélica.

[Ashley]

All very lovely items, I love your color choices. I'm very inspired by your crochet year in review, I hope you don't mind if I borrow the idea? Also, In that first picture there, you have a lovely crocheted bag, holding your yarn. Do you have a pattern for that? I've seen that bag in several of your pictures and thought to myself how much I'd love to make one.

[Carolyn]

Absolutely gorgeous - thanks for such a charming review! I always love seeing the bright, saturated, cheery colors of your projects... your house must be bursting with color!

Best wishes for the new year to you and your family. : )

[Deanna]

Oh yay! I love your blog and having all your hooky projects in one post with links is wonderful! Thank you for sharing.

[debraann]

This is fabulous! All this beautiful crochet and all this beautiful color!

[Penelope]

I have to let you know that visiting your blog is one of my favourite daily rituals. Thank you so much for the wonderful crochet inspiration and tutorials which have led me to make many a beautiful thing this christmas for family and friends xxx

[Eve]

Bravo! I love this review idea.. you are always doing so many things.. it's nice to scroll through and see all of the pretty colors fly by! Happy new Year to you and yours!

[Snowcatcher]

What a colorful and rainbow happy review! I love to see people enjoying playing with colors, especially when the colors are yarn!

[MissMomo]

Wow!!!!! so beautiful work !!

[Kimberly Roberts]

Have you posted the instructions for the circle scarf? wondering if i missed it :)

[Joan]

I love your blog. I have only found it recently. I'm an avid knitter, but because of you, across the world in Savannah, Georgia(USA) I am crocheting a ripple afghan. Your excellent tutorials made it possible. I finally had to give in. You've got me! I also love to look at your local scenery. What can I say I love the whole blog. I have my daughter reading it also.

[Dragonfly]

My goodness, that's a lot of crochet!
It is all so bright and inspiring - thank you so much for sharing the love!
Wishing you much happiness for 2010 Lucy.
T x

[katrina]

Lucy, you'll just have to crochet a gorgeous cover for the games console. I think there would be many of us who would like the pattern!

[Siobhan]

One of the things I like best is to see all your crochet snuggled up together, making friends. All different colours, patterns and textures but all in perfect harmony. Everything new that you make complements what you have already - and such a wide range too; from blankets and cushions to gloves and birdies. It must give you a great deal of pleasure looking at the results of all your hard work and creativity. It really is amazing how much one person can do! There are many things we do in life that we have nothing tangible to see for our efforts, I think it's amazing how for once the rewards can be right there in front of you. It's so inspiring Lucy to see that with less procrastination and more getting on with it, you can end up with so much lasting beauty, colour and texture and what's more the pleasure they will give you and your family for years to come is probably incalculable. Through your gorgeous pictures we also get to have an undeserved share in your hard work, which in the middle of a cold and grey winter is a most welcome and cheery sight. Amazing that you got so much done in one little year!

[Jillyuk]

Happy new Year and good luck with the baby.
I love your blog it's so colourful and has really inspired me so thank you.

[Janette]

I simply love visiting your blog!

Thank you so much for sharing a part of your life with us.

Wishing you a happy and colourful 2010.

[calcium]

Hello
Wow I like your work very much.I think I become a fan of your work.I do appreciate your work a lot.I want to say one word for your work 'Awesome'.

[Ruth]

What a simply gorgeous post. You are amazing to have made so much in a year! Thank you for all the fabulous tutorials as well - much better than any book I have found. Have a very happy hooky 2010.

[Carole]

ooohhhh Lucy the pics are lovely and you are sooo clever. I particularlylove the Granny flower patch cushion. I just love your colour choices. If i did that it would look rubbish. You just seem to have a good eye for putting the colours together.
Love Carole from Snowy, Blowy & Freezing Rossendale xxxxx

[shell]

Wow, seeing it all in one post is amazing. What a clever mama you are. xxx

[Ann Van Gampelaere]

wow, you have been so productive. And it's such a feast to the eye.

Happy colourful year.

[Anna-Karin, Sweden]

Hi Lucy!
I commented yesterday, but I can't see it, so I write again, just to say that I love your colourful crochet.
Christmas, last year, we bought a Nintendo Wii, and I so understand what you mean. Sometimes I regret that we bought it, but often I'm glad that we did. When the kids play, I mostly crochet or knit :-)

Looking forward to your flowers later today.

Love Anna xxx

[verta]

I love your colours.
Happy new year.

[Shannon]

I am astounded by your productivity. Absolutely lovely. Happy (and hooky!) 2010.