Getting ready

So Friday has rolled around yet again and here we are at the end of our three week stay-at-home phase of the summer holidays. Today is the day I run around like a blue arsed fly and get the whole family packed and ready for our summer trip to Dorset. I am pretty good at last minute prepping for a week away and it doesn't really phase me at all. A few loads of laundry, a clean guinea pig cage, a quick tidy round downstairs. Steadily throughout the day I gather various components of Family Holiday Kit into large shopping bags in the hallway. Empty the fridge of perishables, Pay the milkman and cancel next weeks milk , empty the bins, load the dishwasher, give back door key to neighbour. And in between all that, I also do a food shop, a pet food shop, a market shop and an amaaaazing, impulsive dash into the collectors centre (more about that in a bit). Oh, and I also managed to squeeze in a quick visit to my weekly knit n natter at the café. Of course....how could I miss that?! I was only there for about 40 mins this morning, but it was long enough to have a chat, drink a stunningly good latté and work the penultimate round on my lampshade cover.



Whilst I was there, I nipped upstairs to the studio to make up a yarn bomb kit for Liz who is helping to crochet some bits n bobs for Yarndale. I LOVE that my Stylecraft is  now wound into these neat little balls which I'm storing in a pink tub trug at the moment. Oh it made my heart sing when I looked at it!



I took a few quick photographs of the yarn bombing that is beginning to pile, isn't it fabulous? These are lamp post and railing wraps, all made in Stylecraft acrylic.

Oooooooooooooooooooohhhh! DEeeeeeelicious! Each one is like a mini work of art, I love them very much indeed. Thank you ladies, you are such wonderful hooky friends x

So that nip into the collectors centre I mentioned? I had the WeIrDeSt experience, I have to tell you. I was rushing on my way to the pet shop when I had a sudden and very insistent voice inside my head telling me to go into the antique shop. I have two favourite sellers there and although I hadn't been there for months and months, something was telling me to go there urgently today, right there and then. I just knew instinctively that there was something waiting there for me. And look what I found, isn't it a beauty?!!! A vintage enamel milk pan from Yugoslavia, oh I am just head over heels in love with it...a real treasured find for Connievan. And you know what? Only £4.50. Meant to be mine, for certain.

Something else strange happened, about half an hour later. A white feather was laying in my path. It was in the town centre, laid on the ground in the little cobbled ginnel that I always walk down on my way home. I picked it up and knew it was for me. Something is telling me to slow down a bit and take it steady, I can feel myself needing to apply the brakes now for a bit. Sloooooooow. Yes, I hear it.

I twiddled the feather in between my fingers as I walked home, thinking about my family and feeling very glad that we are all going to be together next week. At home, I popped the feather into my feather mug on the mantel, to join the growing collection. I just cannot resist picking them up when I am out and about, they are such lovely reminders of walks and holidays.

Ahhhh, Dorset.......so beautiful and so much a part of my heart and soul. I cannot wait to be there.

I shall be back in a weeks time with coastal tales to tell....see you then

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Comments

[Nicole]

I hope you have a lovely holiday!
Nicolexxx

[Liz]

Oh. I. LOVE. That. Milk. Pan.!!!! Those happened-upon finds are priceless. Happy vacation! Can't wait for your gorgeous-as-usual pictures...

[Hannapat]

Have a very happy hols xo

[Sara]

oh Lucy what Nice your new polka-dot enamel milk!!!!
holidays
Sara

[Moos]

Have a great time!

[gisele]

Such beautiful photos as ever. Enjoy your holiday!

[Susan]

A ginnel is also to be found in Lancashire, a northern term for narrow passage way, another term is " snicket " Sue x

[B.]

Ha - I can tell you used to live in York. Not many people know a ginnel when they see one! Have a good holiday.

[Cindy Bee]

Can't wait to see your holiday pictures. I hope you have a great time. Love that blanket in the first picture. My first blanket ever made was that pattern, from your blog.

Cindy Bee

[Rachael]

I have the feeling I was on precisely that beach last week! Looks like Charmouth-am I right?!

[Helen]

I have that exact same wooden ladybird! I've had it since I was a child. it has a twin! x

[Fiona]

Have a wonderful time in Dorset. We've already had our Summer trip there and it was lovely. Wish we were still there. Take it easy and enjoy some relaxing family time. F x

[Cathy]

Oh my goodness, that milk jug is gorgeous!!

Cathy
http://whiskshooksandbooks.blogspot.co.uk/

[Charlotte]

Do you by any chance have a pattern for or similar to Chloe Green Gate blanket? Trying to make it for a cancer patient. Would appreciate any help you can send my way... Thanking you in advance.

[Gertrude]

Lucy, enjoy your holiday and bring the awesome pictures and stories for us! Can't wait to read your new post ... :)

[Meredithe]

Have a lovely, restful, relaxing holiday.

[Linda]

A white feather means an angel is near. So you are blessed. Enjoy your break in Dorset.

[Gemma]

Have a lovely holiday!

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[Rabea]

I wish you a nice holiday at he coast. I hope that the summer will stay for a few weeks. Enjoy the time with your family. R*

[Gill]

I may be a spoilsport, but I can't help wondering what happens to all the Yarnbombing items after the show. I have seen some really sad, left-too-long rotting yarnbombed things that just look tatty and horrid. What a waste of yarn, and work! Will you be taking your stuff down and sewing the strips into blankets to donate to shelters for the homeless? Now that really would be worthwhile.

[Barbara]

Hope you have a relaxing holiday - you'll need to build your strength up for Yardale!
I'm another fan of Stylecraft dk, if anyone's not sure of the colours Sconch textiles do a shade card for £3:00 + p+p.

[Kristina]

When I saw your photo of the pot I thought - that's exactly the same as we used to have... and then I read it is from ex Yugoslavia. FYI - we used to buy all our pots from this same factory which was situated in Slovenia in a town called Celje. The company was EMO. Funny how it ended in your shop! Best wishes from Slovenia.

[Joy]

have a lovely week Lucy xx Joy xx

[blair]

Yarn bombing is on my bucket list!
I hope one day to find my perfect "victim".
Hope your "staycation" goes fantastically!

[Amy Marie]

Your photos make me so happy! :D