Opening my Attic window, waving a gentle hello to you all :: Hellooooooooo! Thank you so, so much for all your wonderful messages on my last post, it's been heart warming and extremely uplifting to read them all. Thank you, thank you. I thought it would be a nice idea to create a Photographic Blog Retrospective, I was/am very excited to do this, but the reality is that it is a Very Big Job. Six years, nine hundred posts (900!!). Seventy-two monthly files of photographs, which on average contain 300 images each, yeah, a big job to condense that lot into a blog post. I have made a good start, I am half way through in fact, so will definitely persevere and share that with you when I'm there with it.
I'm having a busy week, lots going on here. I've been working on some crochet that's not quite ready to share just yet, but I am jittery with excitement over it. I've also spent a lot of time working on Yarndale this week, plans, meetings and a journey to The City (image above, isn't that Victorian arcade amazingly beautiful?). We are just about to start work on a FaBuLouS yarn bomb project which I will share with you very soon. I am also sampling/designing a pattern for this year's Global Community project for Yarndale which should be ready to share at the beginning of April. I absolutely LOVE planning all of this, pulling together a multitude of creative ideas and visions and involving myself in my local community. But it is pretty time consuming.
Mixed-bag weather this past week, some stunning spring sunshine, some wet and stormy days and some eery foggy days which draped the landscape in a veil of water droplets. My "red" hyacinths are in full bloom on the mantel, they are utterly glorious. More of a deep, vibrant pink than a true red, but most definitely the best colour hyacinths I've ever had.
Right now I am positively drooping, and am fantasising about my rosy pillowcases and my freshly plumped up feather duvet. So I will love you and leave you for now, thanks a million for calling by to catch up. Back soon!
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Dear Lucy you are truly inspirational even to an old "hooker" hahahaha .love your work, can stay on your blog for ages. I live in Cape Town South Africa and am constantly inspired by the way your surroundings influence your work. I should be doing the same xxxxx thanks so much
Posted by: Myrna Carney | March 28, 2014 at 01:26 PM
The northern hemisphere wakes to spring days, the southern hemisphere wakes to autumn days. The nights are becoming dark earlier and the leaves are starting to change colour. Although the days are warm the mornings still have a chill in the air.
Lucy you are wonderful, gifted, and an inspiration to many women around the world.
Tracy NZ
Posted by: Tracy | March 27, 2014 at 08:27 AM
Can't wait until you share the Yarndale Projects ... :)
In the meantime I happen to notice some other yarny inspiration at other blogs - I can't help it.
If you like have a look here:
http://www.lillesolundpelle.blogspot.de/2014/03/hh-koln-und-die-siegerehrung-vom.html
It's a report of a german Blogger-Creative-Contest-Finale - and the great yarny Pictures at the upper third part made me almost cheer with delight: a yarny Tipi, and a ceiling decoration with socks. Even the huge cactus looked soo lovely.
Cheers
Antje
Posted by: Antje | March 25, 2014 at 10:04 AM
Wonderful pictures! You are so lucky to have flowers popping around! We still have so much snow here (Québec) and it was -28°C this morning!!
Posted by: Isabelle | March 24, 2014 at 08:48 PM
Fabulous beautiful photo's, looking forward to seeing your huge compilation, wow xxx
Posted by: Leah | March 24, 2014 at 12:30 PM
That's a stunning sunrise, Lucy!What a wonderful post you made :) I am happy you are busy with such pleasant things, keep it up!
Have a fabulous week ahead!Hugs!
Posted by: Anna | March 24, 2014 at 10:43 AM
Hi Lucy, I have been popping in and out of your blog for years so I am waving back :) I love it here x
Posted by: Amberjane | March 23, 2014 at 10:14 PM
Congratulations for six years of crochet birthday, ... I can't wait for bird tutorial you mentioned. Thans for all the colours, best regards from Slovenia, from you big bloger fan;)
Posted by: ime rože | March 23, 2014 at 01:12 PM
hello lucy. my name ia judy and I live australia.I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoy your blog. I have just started to learn to crochet- teaching myself. I find it hard to hold the wool properly. Y our sense of colour is amazing, I love it all. I am 70 tears old and very new to computers. hope I havnt been a pest.
Posted by: Judy Glasson | March 23, 2014 at 10:16 AM
It is all so interesting and exciting you have plans on.I keep on crossing my fingers for you! I do know a lot about the time that flows faster than you could wish for ;))) Take your time !
Posted by: Karolina | March 22, 2014 at 10:44 PM
Pah! It's not only mothers who need an 8th day!
Posted by: a | March 22, 2014 at 06:59 PM
Waving back from upstate New York! Can't wait to see all you have planned. The flowers are gorgeous!
Posted by: Lizy Tish | March 22, 2014 at 12:16 PM
Lovely to hear from you in all your radiant busy-ness. Glad no one's ill. Spring's promised to come; I'm seeing positive signs and colorful testaments to it.
Posted by: Lynda M Otvos | March 21, 2014 at 11:21 PM
I really love your blog. It is so colorful and. I look at it nearly daily. I crochet as well, but am currently into quilting
Posted by: Faye Black | March 21, 2014 at 11:07 PM
Waving back from the United States here. I hope your editors see this comment cuz I picked up issue number 14 of Simply Crochet today simply cuz you are in it. (Well, that and the rest of the issue looked pretty fun too!) L8R!! xo
Posted by: Susan | March 21, 2014 at 10:37 PM
Such lovely hyacinths! I've never seen that color-- what'll they come up with next!
Posted by: WendyBee | March 21, 2014 at 06:12 PM
Isn't the architecture in that arcade absolutely beautiful, I love your hyacinths lucy!
Posted by: Dot | March 21, 2014 at 02:41 PM
Can't wait for your mega retrospective as well as more Yarndale news. I so want to be there this year. We have wonderful sunshine here today, so I hope it's spreading it's Spring wings up North. Enjoy your weekend.
Posted by: Adaliza | March 21, 2014 at 11:28 AM
Your blog has been such an inspiration to me, Lucy. I just love it all and now that I hold crochet classes so many of my newly learning friends are doing Granny Stripes, ripples, hearts, flowers and edgings from your archives. It's where we go when we need a crochet boost! Bless you and keep up the brilliant work.
Love Jenny x
Posted by: Jenny Every | March 21, 2014 at 09:24 AM
Hi Lucy, love your photos. Can't wait to see what you are working on. X
Posted by: jen | March 21, 2014 at 09:19 AM
Hi Lucy! I Wait for your next pictures!++
Posted by: Mitsa Xida | March 21, 2014 at 09:04 AM
Waves from Germany! Hope you had a good night sleep! :-)
Looking forward to read all about Yarndale and your upcoming projects!
Take care,
Anne
http://crochetbetweentwoworlds.blogspot.de
Posted by: Anne | March 21, 2014 at 06:30 AM
Love your photos and especially the flowers. Even though today was the first day of spring we managed to get a half inch of snow :(
Posted by: Rosalie Wright | March 21, 2014 at 05:50 AM
Very busy week!
Beautiful pictures.
Posted by: Inge | March 21, 2014 at 05:49 AM
Your photos are as good as your crochet work. What sort of camera do you use, just out of interest as a keen photographer myself. Cheers, Jackie
Posted by: Jackie Smith | March 21, 2014 at 05:20 AM