I LOVE LUCY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm guessing I now know how you got here... Thanks for visiting.  Would love for you to leave a comment so I know who's a having a peek.  Join in as a follower as well if you like.  The more the merrier. 

ENJOY my little "PAY IT FORWARD" back to our friend Lucy.

Yes, I do love the I LOVE LUCY show.  I mean who doesn't love Lucille Ball.  She is a classic, one of the all time best female comedians.  But, I talking about the other Lucy........................

The one over in Attic 24 in the U.K. 

This journey all started last winter as I was looking for something to do while snowed in.  We do get snowed in here outside of Chicago.  It also gets very cooooooooooooooolllllldddddd, too........brrrrr

To continue on with my story.  I had just learned a new trick....   How to GOOGLE something and then  Click on IMAGES at the top.  From there you get a wide variety of pictures.  And you know me, I'm all about the pictures......  So, I googled RIPPLE or SOFT RIPPLE, I can't remember which..... but up came and glorious slew of wonderful color.   Of course, the Attic24 palette caught my eye immediately.  From there the rest was history.   Off I journeyed into first Flickrland and then I keep going back to GOOGLE and asking for ATTIC 24 to look at her blog again.... Just couldn't get enough.................. So, I'm dedicating the blog today to one of my new UK friends.....  LUCY in the ATTIC24.

I am please to do this as finally, there is a Flickr group dedicated to those of us who are inspired by her.....LucyInspired

Yipppppppppppppppppppppppppeeeeeeeeee.... I have been looking for Attic 24 goodies of other for a lonnnnnnnnnnng time....

So as I looked through my stuff for things to post.  I thought I'd share some of my goodies with you all today.

Here was my first ripple ever......  gave to my Mom for Mother's Day.

The I ventured into the land of grannies.  This one took much longer, but I'm thrilled with the outcome.

Did I tell you there is a new Flickr group to post you Attic 24 stuff in.

My Friend Attic 24

With some of the left-over yarn I whipped up some of her jar specials and a quick vase cover for my tulips.

I mean I even start to snuggle up in my blanket, drink tea and read a novel about England.

So sad to think it will be a while till I see my garden again next spring.  This summer just went toooooooooo fast.

If I forgot to mention there is a new Flickr group in Attic 24's honor.... And guess what, she is not even having to manage it.  It's being handled for her by all of us.  All she had to do is sit back and enjoy.

Attic24 Loven' Ya

Then I moved onto my next one with some of my home dyed yarn alternated with some more of the leftovers from the very first one I did.  So this is basically all stash yarn....

Sometime this summer I ordered up some more yarn... Surprise,  I went with a different palette than normal. The "Man Colors" as S called them.  I'm getting use to it and starting to love it as it matches the landscape outside.

I just posted this on the new Attic 24 group in case you haven't found yet.....

Over on Flickr at.....

 Feeling the love yet- Lucy

So, I'm guessing you may have clicked on one of the links above and found the group.....he-he....

So, as some of you may know I'm getting ready for our trip to Door County.

Last night, I was thinking about a give-away, after receiving and wonderful nappie for Aiden as my first winner....

So, I'm thinking about making one of my pincushions.  I have a number for the post in mind.  It's still out there but not too far.  It's not 50 and not 100.  Somewhere in the middle.  I am betting those of you who read my blog will know..... It's a number that came up for me recently.   I have no idea when it will hit.

But, I'm quessing after DC....

This one I gave to my Sister-in-Law Liz for Mother's day.  My nephew, Tyler is Autisic (16) and my brother is the CEO of Autism Speaks here in the States.  Needless to say my family is very involved in working towards a solution.  More on this later.

So I added a puzzle piece to her's in Tyler's Honor.

So as I start to pack for our trip, of course the first thing I'm worrying about is getting all my yarn, hooks, scissors, and patterns in order and ready to go.  A week without TV, Email, FLickr, Blogging and oh, did I tell you about Facebook. 

Here are some of the yarns for my new pincushions. 

I'm going to give it the "old college" try and make my first tutorial as I go along.  Hopefully, I can gather my scatter brain and get some stuff down.  But, word of warning, remember I'm a true leftie.

If you have read this far.  Let me know what size hooks you all use.  I'm thinking of adding one of my ergonomic ones to the pot.

I really have to stop playing around, but I couldn't help but change my hair today, as the last of the flowers start to disappear in the gardens.

Remember, this is from DC., so will be stopping by this potter and hopefully taking some more pictures.  We also go to a Supper Club up there, where there is one on each table.... Just tooooooo cute.

For all my American Friend who were worried and commented about our crisis here yesterday.  I wanted to reassure you that I did get to the store yesterday.  For all my friends in the UK, who didn't quite understand this.... It like there is NO TEA in the house.

Cheers.

Sending a big shout out of Thanks to LUCY for mentioning me on her blog today.  Yipee...  Please feel free to join on as a follower over here too.   I would love to get to know you and see all of your Lucy Attic24 goodies and how this has changed your view on life.....

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope to see you again.

I sure wish this blogger had a spell check...sorry....