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May 18, 2020

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Norma

Hi Lucy, I only recently discovered you and your blog, in February actually. I ordered the Dune blanket yarn pack as I had a sudden urge to crochet a granny stripe blanket. I had not crocheted in over 40 years but sudden inspiration is always exciting isn't it? During the past weeks, I have ONLY wanted to crochet my gorgeous blanket, to walk with my sweet lab and watch comforting movies. Like yourself, and many of these lovely ladies who have commented, I found it difficult to focus. Crocheting my blanket has been truly therapeutic and comforting, exactly what I needed during a strange , frightening and difficult time. Thank you Lucy from the bottom of my heart, for your blog, and your gorgeous happy blankets. I am very grateful that I discovered you in your lovely corner of the world. I live in a small town named Brighton but in Canada, not in UK.

Joya Roy

Dandelions! Here in Los Angeles I grew up making wishes on them. If you blew out all the seeds in one blow your wish would come true. But I like yours much better. No missing out! You always find something out. “What time it is”. How lovely.

kazzy

hello lucy, always enjoy catching up on your postings, its an 'odd', surreal' time isnt it...my body does feel a bit all over the place and my mind doesnt settle easily either...i find i'll loose myself in hanging the washing out, walking or spending time in the garden...but when I sit i feel lost somehow i just cant explain it...I'm so glad we have plenty of country walks around us to escape and forget the world troubles...Love your yarny makes! and those socks! beautiful country side around you too...Me and my daughter Sophia often pick the dandelions and blow and say its all the fairies!!...fly off make a new home ( or seed somewhere knew) Im sure my mother and nanny did the same when i was a little girl...yes i wonder if they grow all over the world?. Cow parsley is my favourite at this time of year! froffy lanes! blissful!!! take care, kazzy x (country rabbit blogspot)

Mary W

I made the 'flap jacks' which in Florida are pancakes. I loved them before they went into the fridge and today I'm eating them with my 4 yo grandson who loves them also. He loves the shiney, smooth, buttery bottoms the best. Thanks

Denise

I don't watch a lot of you tube but I love The Last Homely House East of the Sea. I try and watch every evening. I hope you check it out and enjoy Kate's charming videos.

T.

Dear Lucy, you describe the lockdown lethargy perfectly. I think we all expected to be productive and creative with all this time on our hands, but we're living with an undercurrent of anxiety and uncertainty, and it's distracting and draining.

If you want to know what it's like to live aboard a narrowboat, search for Travels by Narrowboat and Cruising the Cut on YouTube. Those are two "vlogs" about life on a narrowboat. In one episode of Travels by Narrowboat, the guy spends a wonderful day in Skipton. I kept my eyes peeled for Cooper's as he strolled around town, but if he showed it, it escaped my notice.

kate bates

These are enormously different times. We just have to go with what the day suggests and be kind to ourselves.

"You do not have to walk on your knees. For a hundred miles through the desert,repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves" (Wild Geese - Mary Oliver) (poem discovered thro Soulemama, bless her!)

Lynn Dee Butler

Lucy, I love to read your witterings. You write as if you are in the room with me sharing your photos. I love that. I also feel like I’m drifting by. It’s as if I’m waiting for life to start up again. I think I am mourning for my previous way of life. I’m treating myself gently and I work on having accomplishments each day to feel good. Being outside helps. Just having a change in scenery makes a difference in my mood. My knitting project is on a time out and I’ve been crocheting baskets. Something much easier to do at the moment. My Dalia blanket is waiting for ends to be darned in (I know, I know...I didn’t do them as I went along) and then a border. It’s a gift for a friend and I have until Dec to finish it. Anyway, thank you for sharing your thoughts and pictures and your life with us. I think of you as a friend and wish all good things for you and yours! Lynn

Adele Seaman

Hi Lucy
Always enjoy your honest blogs. Not to mention the beautiful photos from your part of the world. I would recommend Kate from the last homely house east of the sea. Her vlogs remind me a little of your blogs.

EL

As always, your thoughts are true and your camera is brilliant. Do you cook with the dandelions? and the garlic?

Ellen D.

Love the pictures from your hikes in the woods. You may wish your inside rooms were a little bigger at times, but your outside space sure makes up for it! How lucky you are to be surrounded by such natural beauty. Thanks for sharing it!

Paula Herdman

Hi Lucy, I have been following your blog for a couple of years and can totally relate to everything you write about. I love looking at your beautiful pictures and reading about your walks and crochet and crafts. I too enjoy all these things. Where you live looks amazing and is definitely on my to visit list! I’m always looking forward to reading your next blog. Take good care of yourself and keep blogging
Paula

L

Hello Lucy,
Just popping by to send you a virtual cup of tea. Take of yourself, you are doing fine. We are all waiting just now. Love everyone's comments about the dandelion clocks. Maybe we could all find a dandelion clock and think about our hopes and wishes for the future each time we blow away the clocks?
Best wishes,
L

Kara

I dearly love reading your posts. I grew up in Harrogate and now live in the US. So your photos are very nostalgic! I, too, find myself wandering through the days. Fairly rhythm-less. And trying to enjoy it as best I can, and be ok with the unease. I opened a little Etsy shop, which gives me more scope to play with fabric. https://www.etsy.com/shop/FabricSpeaks
I thought long and hard about the name and when this one came to me, I knew it was right. The story behind the name is towards the bottom of my shop page.

Mary W

I adore and use dandelions almost every day while they last. I split the head of the flower with my fingernails then bend the yellow petals from 1/2 to pull them off the green (bitter) part. Repeat with other half and drop into hot water along with 5 others heads. A small bit of honey stirred in makes a delightful hot drink and is filled with Vitamin C. Everyday while walking my dog provides me with a yummy cup of my daily needs! I've tried planting it but being part cat (lions) they come up where they want to and it's not my garden. Collect enough heads for a great jelly. The roots can be roasted for a good hot drink, the bitter leaves are a great bitter for salad, and the blossoms for tea and it can be put in fridge for a great cold drink! We blow the puffs to make a wish in US. The roots go deep and bring up valuable minerals for other plants and break up hard soil - they are a soil indicator and a really good friend to gardeners. Going to try your oat squares when I finish my coffee. Sound so good.

charlotte m.

I will always enjoy coming to the Attic, even in these weird times when it seems almost like we are frozen in time. I am still chugging along on my Dahlia blanket. I usually plow through these projects, but for some reason, I am dragging my heels with this one. My other crafty projects are suffering too. I keep trying to get motivated to finish some things, but it hasn't happened yet.

Helen Ciotti

Just a thought Lucy but why not design a "Wild Garlic" blanket using the beautiful shades of green and white? That way you can revel in the glorious colours all year.

Kim Krause

Here in the US the dandelion seeds are used for making wishes before you blow them off, like candles on your birthday cake!

Gaina Owen

I absolutely love reading your blog!! I can empathise with the inertia too! I thought I would get the entire earth sorted out during these weeks, and I have managed quite a bit. But now my oomph seems to have wandered off too...
Still, crocheting will always wait for you, without holding a grudge! 😊
And yes, even though people think it’s “grannyish”. they seem to love the blankets!,
Keep safe and keep on blogging!

Miss Daisy

Love the pictures , especially the wild garlic and the animals. Y'all stay safe and positive.

Susan

Those first few paragraphs could have been written for me too & I appreciate you putting those words to paper, because I just can't seem to put my thoughts into words as you do. I'm feeling so similar & wondering when it will all be over. I'm nearly at the end of my dahlia rug & should start the borders next week, as it will be slow going this one due to now having a big blister on my thumb. We were cutting up branches from a shrub we've removed & maybe I overdid it.(giggle). Thanks for the update & all the accompanying beautiful photos of your walks of the wonderful county of Yorkshire. Take care, stay safe & huggles from down under.

Carla

I think most of us are feeling like this in some sort of way. I'm trying to work from home as well at the minute and am feeling very unmotivated. Mind you staying up late isn't helping! LOL

I'm loving the cow parsley at the minute and I brought a big bunch home from our walk a couple of weeks ago and have it out on my little pallet table in the back garden, it lifts my spirit when I go out there. We also do the dandelion clock thing here (n.ireland) and last week my daughter (16) and I found one on our walk that looked like 4 had merged together. The clock part was thick like wool and the stem was fat but flat. We also checked the time! LOL

I have fallen out of the crochet mojo lately and there hasn't been much done at all, I just can't seem to get that passion back for it.

I have realised however, that time was never the issue. Now that I have all the time in the world, I'm still not doing all those things I told myself I could do if I only had the time! LOL

Geeha

I feel guilty about feeling sluggish and demotivated, trapped in a small gardenless flat with most of our possessions in storage as we are house hunting having sold in another area. Try to count blessings as have good pensions and all family in good health but can't get motivated even to knit or sew. In retirement we've kept busy so being with husband 24/7 can become a trial however much I love him. Thank you for giving us a window into your life.

CJ

It's odd isn't it, I've been feeling exactly the same here. I think the bits of the day that exerted pressure before - having to eat by x o'clock before going somewhere or trying to fit in getting everyone in the right place at the right time, kept me going at a faster pace all day. Now, there is more time, but less pressure, so I am a bit more drifty. Also, it's much harder to get that deep focus when someone is speaking to me every 90 seconds. I'm not complaining at all, but like you I was a bit surprised that my productivity and motivation wasn't higher. I have lots to get done in the rest of the year though, so I am trying to up my game a bit. Lovely to see a post from you, and your photos are sublime. All that beautiful spring greenery. I second what you say about that kitchen. Mine is tiny. But it doesn't take long to mop the floor! CJ xx

Charlotte (MotherOwl)

Hi Lucy, in Denmark children does not tell the clock by blowing at a daffodil and counting the reamaining seeds. They count their boyfriends - or girlfriends - and optimally only one should be left.

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