Amy and I have really been enjoying watching Springwatch on tv this last week. We've been following the progress of all the baby birds and badgers and we've been looking round our own patch to see what we can see. There is a family of dunnocks nesting in the clematis and in our nest box we've had great tits who have just fledged. This little chap wasn't sure about flying to begin with but by the end of the day he joined his brothers and sisters up in the tree.
We also spotted a lovely big fat frog and there's definite evidence that the hedgehogs are very busy at night in the undergrowth. I don't yet have any pictures but they've been eating the food we've left out each night and our new hedgehog box has had lots of leaves pulled into it.
Lastly, there was this little chap.
I've been thinking about a mole for ages and he's my prototype. I have a few tweaks planned but hope to have some moles ready for Etsy soonish.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend
little cotton rabbits 
OH! Your little mole is adorable! I can’t wait till he’s ready to go to the shop! And your photos are gorgeous too. Have a great weekend…
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Adorable!
S.W.A.K.
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Oh he’s a little darling, velvety mole! Does he need tweaking? He’s adorable!
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I would love to buy one of your moles, but I am never quick enough!
I shall have my mouse at the ready!
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I have really been enjoying watching Springwatch on tv , too , great to see all these lovely creatures in such very close-up view.
Your mr. mole is the cutest ever !
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He sure is cuter than the moles that live under my yard.
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Ah that chap with the brown velvet waistcoat. How lovely he has come to visit your house.
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How sweet he is…your knitting is amazing.
Longing to buy ANYHING that you have so lovingly knitted..Maddy.
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what an wonderful moley!!
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Lots of lovely garden friends but Mr Mole is the nicest!
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I love him!
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I’ve been enjoying Spring Watch too. You have some great wildlife in your garden.
Love your mole, he is real cute
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awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
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moley is adorable!!!
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He’s a lovely little Moley ~ so cute :O)
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Mole is gorgeous! And I particularly LOVE the woolly earth!
And how exciting to have so much fab wildlife in your garden!
Lucy x
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The mole is adorable!!
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Wonderful wildlife in your garden Your moley is very cute, I expect he feels right at home Jane x
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Hello,
I just love the start of this Mole.
I am sure he or she will turn out lovely.
I will be a more frequent visitor of Etsy again, see if I can buy a garden friendly mole to live in my home.
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Perfect! A very moley mole. So much so I had to do a double take – I thought – hello, he’s a perky chap for a nocturnal creature! And when I looked again I realised why! 🙂 Beautifully cute! t.x
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Now how many people have a selection of shades of brown wool to make a mole hill??? Hmm? Cute. XX
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i’ve been loving Springwatch too, your mole is super cute
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oh he is the cutest!
i love frogs, and that lil bird is so pretty!
have a lovely summer, julie- i cant wait for your next post!
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adorable, he’s so cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuteeeeee
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We have a cuckoo that likes to sing at 04.30 each morning and crows that have taken to having what sounds like a major domestic outside our bedroom window an hour later! I think I need that lovely little mole to come and console me!
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I love his little moley feet! I don’t think he needs a thing done to him! 🙂
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Ah, the mole is so so so cute! What’s he made from? Because I think there may be a very velvety yarn that would make a perfect mole.
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Cor what sweety we don’t have them over here but the Kiwi does burrow into the ground tho. Love him he’s awsome morris moley
lol
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ha ha! What a cutie…!
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Hey Julie,
How rewarding to know that your garden has such a lovely balance between providing for you and providing for nature. That must be such a wonderful feeling!
Oh and the mole! All my family…husband and all…oohed and aahed at him. None more than me! Ho appropriate that he should pop out of a tunnel of yarn.
You’ve brightened my day!
Jen
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Just gorgeous, that little bird is precious!
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He’s perfect already! I loved the post and the pics…thanks!
Blessings,
Dianne
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It is so wonderful the little creatures that arrive and stay in your garden – being from Australia we don’t get hedgehogs, badger or moles. Could be some under Ella’s fairy tree though – should go look!
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I have been enjoying springwatch too. It’s brilliant that you have some wildlife in your garden. Moley is sooooo cute, and that chick is adorable!
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love the mole…too cute!
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Oh, mole is so sweet ^_^ I’ve been watching springwatch too, loving the little birds, but my fave has to be the badgers! 🙂
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Love Spring Watch too. The little mole is just lovely, Julie.
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We’ve had wood pigeons nesting in our carport for the last 3 years and one nested in my peg basket last year. I love watching the babies learning to fly in the garden. No hedgehogs here but we do have a possum who is living in the roof and running around the garden every night (we would like him to move out!)
Love your mole, very cute.
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Oh he’s lovely!! My father-in-law has a mole that haunts his garden but it’s nowhere near as cute as yours!
We’re enjoying Springwatch too….and dare I say it….I haven’t missed Bill much…
xxx
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Argh, those feet – cuteness overload!
We have lots of nests in our back garden too – such fun watching their progress.
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Well what can I say, I admire your work so much, and your animals are just the cutest Ive ever seen.
Im so glad I have found such an amazing blog to read, your truely an inspriation.
Mr Mole he is fab!
Liddy Lou x
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I hardly dare mention the wildlife I just spotted in my garden. It’s brown and rhymes with ‘hat’. Freaking out somewhat now! Would far rather have little velvety moles.
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Loved…have so beuatiful dolls!
PARABÉNS.
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I love the little mole. Once again a lovely creation, well done Julie.
Regards
Gaynor
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Oh, my! Your mole is the cutest I’ve ever seen.
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Your mole is so cute! Would love the pattern and eagerly awaiting the bunny pattern when you a few spare minutes to write it down!
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I am LOVING your little mole! We actually have one in our yard and the cat brought him in the other night. First encounter with a real live mole. Your’s is much CUTER!! =)
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Very cute little guy. We don’t have moles in Texas – at least not in Austin. We also do not have hedgehogs. I need to lookup a dunnock – but we do have titmice! Thanks for the springtime update. Nice to hear someone is having bearable weather as we are heading toward 100 (farenhiet) :[
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Holey Moley… What a cutie! Are you going to sell the pattern? What about other animals such as bunny pattern? We are anxiously awaiting for you to sell the pattern… Your stuff is so cute!
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I love your mole! And I’ve been enjoying springwatch too. If you’re interested we have a camera in our kestrel nestbox at the reserve I work at which can be viewed live on the website: http://www.dorsetwildlife.co.uk
The eggs are due to hatch any day now!
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It’s amazing what you find in your garden 😀
We have a Crow living in ours,well in the house too actually. Such cute Moles,wonderful 🙂 Juliet
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There’s certainly plenty going on in the LCR garden! Nice, normal, peaceful things like frogs and hedgehogs. I was eating breakfast in Mr Boyfriend’s garden last week and a big fat pheasant plopped out of one of the trees at the back. I’m not sure who was more surprised: me or the bird. Perhaps I should tell Springwatch about that?? It must’ve used a stepladder to get up there.
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Moley is so cute , love your blog, i found it and loved it so much i made my own blog…♥
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love to hear more about your chickens too ..♥
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Fab pics. As for that mole…. just to cute, so how fast are you knitting them, I think they will be in demand. Take care and keep enjoying your garden…
BIG SPRING WATCH FANS HERE!!!
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Mr Moley’s cute… Are you going to try and knit up a chicken? The animals are so cute!
Is there a possibility there is a pattern for those gorgeous outfit or the animals? I do not see them? Anxiously awaiting your reply…
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Spring watch is one of my all time favourite programmes and it is perfect family viewing I love the idea of your hedgehog, birds, frogs etc.
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Mole is lovely! Just a quick note – I just bought one of your cupcake patterns but I think paypal might tell you the wrong address. Please send to the email address attached to this comment.
Cheers
Jen Murphy
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Sweet little mole! And I love the photos of everyone who lives in your garden. 🙂
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loving the mole!
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Oh, he is absolutley adorable!!
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Your little critters are just adorable!! You are very talented!! I love them all!!!
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