♥ Three Things ♥

Three things that are making me heart-skippy happy today....

:: Thing #1 :: on my table ::

:: A bunch of daffodils bought from the market as tightly closed buds have opened to reveal the most beautiful pale yellow blooms. They're soo pretty! And making me long for Spring to arrive. We've got grey foggy dull damp weather here today, but walking into the room and seeing this jug of flowers has really made my heart skip-skip-skippy ::

:: Thing #2 :: in my tummy ::

:: Baked a chocolate fudge cake as a surprise for J's birthday today. Of course the cake is not yet in my tummy, but a good helping of the chocolate fudge icing is. Wellllll......with no Little People about to lick the bowl out, I was forced to undertake that job myself. Such hardship ::

:: Thing #3 :: on my sofa ::

 

::  Little B and I were at the cafe this morning enjoying the wonderful company of fellow knitters, hookers and stitchers. I finished making the last of the squares needed for my baby zigzaggy blanket....one hundred and five in total. Now got to find time to arrange them and stitch them together, but in the meantime I'm really getting a buzz out of admiring them in their neat little piles ::

♥ hope you find some things to make you heart-skippy happy today ♥

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Comments

[Lily Sugars]

The squares look great set on point. I'll have to do that for a change.

[Debbie]

Happy Birthday! Your cake looks divine.
I have a question about the squares in this post. Can you send me the stitch pattern? I'm new to this granny square thing and I don't know where to look for that one. I really like the way it looks. I want to make a pillow out of them if I can figure it out. Best Wishes, D

[Marina:)]

Thank you very much for everything you share with us!
I love every coloured thing you do!!
Could you please explain hw to make this little squares! I love them!!
Thank you so much!

[Becky]

Flowers and chocolate, can't get better than that!
I know it's a slim chance that you have time to visit all those that comment. I would really, really like you to come for a visit though, and see the ripple I just birthed! (along with a couple granny pillows)
I'm a big fan of yours and never visit with out commenting!

[kate]

Beautiful flowers. I can't wait until we have any sign of flowers here. Won't be for weeks and weeks I'm afraid.

[Val]

Such pretty granny squares! I need to learn to make those.

[Gabriela Bittencourt Vargas]

Olá!!Eu sou Gabriela,sou brasileira,adoro visitar você,é tudo tão colorido com tanta vida,dá para sentir o amor, o carinho que você tem em fazer croche,é maravilhoso!!Parabéns,seus trabalhos são lindos.Que DEUS abençôe você e sua familia,abraços.

[Sarah west midlands]

Dear Lucy How do I work out the quantity
of yarn needed for a project like a ripple
blanket?
Lovely sunshine down here in this part of the country and lots of frost early in the morning. I expect you are busy finishing your wonderful blanket. Hope you are well
and enjoying that "hint" of spring!!(to be said in a quiet voice in case it disappears)
Love sarah west mids

[Mrs Moons]

you are so lucky to have a market. In my town (about 15 miles away from you) we only get the ridiculously expensive farmers' markets now, once a month. And the flower shops are so expensive....still, we have crocus popping oput all over the place (in spite of little spats of snow!)Lovely pictures! Your little tableaux always cheer me up.

[Lorraine Tarr]

Fabulous flowers, scrummy choccy cake and those little squares of lovliness - thinking of the joy they bring is enough to make me heart-skippy happy :-)
Hope all is well at Attic 24 - sending love xx

[Daria]

hello lucy, wanted to let you know you've had your impact here in israel - stumbled across this blog a couple of months ago; you got me crocheting like mad ever since. and today i've finished my first beautiful baby-blanket - 117 squares in all, completely & totally inspired by you! love your cheerful works!

[cathleen]

hi sweetface! thinking of you! never will forget the beauty of finding your blog for the first time. it was love at first sight. and you still have retained the fresh authenticity you had from the very beginning. hope you have the best springtime ever, ever, ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[COZY KITCHEN BY THE SEA]

Hello Attic 24 !
My ripples are coming around ever so slowly...
I keep getting interrupted by 'life' and drama...ugh....but I do enjoy working my little project !
thank YOU so much for sharing the pattern.
You are my Hero.

[Tammy]

Beautiful flowers, chocolate and colorful crocheted goodness. What else could a girl ask for? Just looking at it all is making me quite happy. You have dull gray skies and we have dust and dreariness. Ugh! We just returned from Sri Lanka and would much rather be back there. Wishing you much happiness. :) Tammy

[JamjarLady/Adrienne]

Dear Lucy,
Although it is quite complicated the way I found your wonderfull and happy blog (from Hungary), but let me tell you, that I love your crochets and colours! I was curious wheter will I be abble to make those funny little birds, you gave the accurate "how to" in your blog. And I could! Because your description is really easy to follow. Thank you very much! :)

[greedy nan]

Thanks Lucy for your comment - I really appreciate you taking the time [it's not as if you're not already busy!!].
I'm going to persevere with the crochet because I want to do some lovely stuff like you do and that's going to be my motivation.
I hear we have a mutual friend in Donna of Fabric of my Life - isn't she just wonderful?

[flot d'or]

Happy birthday. I never test an english cake even if on my opinion it's THE cake for a birthday

[Joan]

Found you little blog a few weeks ago. Love it! Thanks for the inspiration. I have just started a summer garden blanket myself. Your tutorial is wonderful.

[Teresa]

That looks like it will be a yummy blanket! What a great blog for inspiration!

[dette]

what a clever idea using the squares like that! Now I have another project to do!!!!

[Joolzmac]

I get heart-skippy happy just looking at your stuff.
Such beautiful, butter yellow, pale daffodils!

Cheers - Joolz

[Aussie Maria]

Daffodils are my fave's. I have been reading your blog for a while and enjoying colour and local views, now to get to why I am saying all this. I made my D1 ripple pillows for Xmas, she now wants a throw for a King size bed to go with it. I could not stand the thought of rippling for that width, so I was playing with shapes, triangles mainly. But they just did not seem to work for me and then I made a small square, turned it like you have and its perfect for what I want. Forgot I had seen yours before, would have saved me a lot of time in working and frogging ☺
PS - Happy birthday J!!!

[Wendy]

Your posts never fail to inspire.
Now I want daffodils, chocolate fudge cake, and I feel the need to crochet an afghan.
Am I easily influenced?

[kaylovesvintage]

happy birthday,looks like a great day to me

[Fée-ronique]

Bravo Lucy!