Remember that batch of new yarn that I was trying so hard to resist dipping into? Well, I didn't last long before casting on a bunny in that lovely creamy Shilasdair (I have a will of butter when it comes to yarn). And the Quince and Co organic linen was just crying out to be turned into a little lace-edged dress…
I'm going to have quite a hard time letting this particular bunny go. I've called her Amorette (meaning little love) and, if I can bring myself to do it, she (and some of her friends) will be up for sale sometime next week. In the meantime I've included her in my new blog header above to help me remember her. It's about time I had a change because the last banner has been up since 2007!
Off now to sew on some tails, write some descriptions and do a spot of bunny cuddling while I still can. See you soon.
little cotton rabbits 
Wow – she is stunning! And I LOVE LOVE LOVE the new header! It beautifully sums up your amazing blog.
Emma
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Just a word to say thankyou!I am new to reading blogs and am delighted that I have found yours. A little ray of hope and joy! As a mother of twin boys, both diagnosed with autism, I understand some of the difficulties you must face, and to find the time to share everything you do amazes me, and has acted as asput to get off my bum and achieve. Thankyou so much. Marguerite coan
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I love your new banner and am imagining how you went about photographing it. I have a tablecloth like yours and if I were to create a photo on it I would have to position my objects carefully to cover the curry and tomato sauce stains.
Amorette is gorgeous.
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Maybe you could just keep this one Julie?
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She is really, really adorable and also your new blog banner! Great picture and great work!
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keep her Julie. You need to save some of the best just for you. I have a book that was given to me, first published in 1943 Mary Thomas’s Book of knitting Patterns, its a real little bible, but beyond my knitting abilities. its small and brown a little foxed but really nice, any way to get to the point.Would you like it for your book shelf? love Nina
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I love your blog Julie; you’re so generous to share with us and I feel priviledges to peek into your world. I have chucks & allotments & it goes without saying I love the bunnies et al, so always get excited when I see a new entry
Love the new banner and covert the beautiful Amorette.
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Oh my goodness! Such a BEAUTIFUL header; I could stare at it for ages. Amorette is perfection and, dare I say, I keep thinking of a little glass of Amaretto. Naughty but very nice.
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You should definately keep her Julie ! She is a beauty x
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So cute!
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Your banner is superb. It really is a corker. Love that Fee’s block is there with Amorette.
I think you should keep her. Make a twin and sell that one but keep Amorette.
xxx
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I think I’m going to go with the majority and say keep her too as she really is beautiful and her dress is so perfect. Your new header is stunning, the colours are just well.. WOW
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Love the new header!! Amorette is precious.
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She’s absolutely adorable.
Regards, Erika
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Oh, it is amazingly beautiful.
I love your blog)
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Beautiful! Gorgeous bunnies and gorgeous photos too – i am very jealous!
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She’s adorable! Your new blog header is so cute too, I love the colours! x
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She’s beautiful Julie and I can see why you’re tempted to keep her, maybe you should! 🙂
To be perfectly honest I really don’t know how you part with any of them!!!!
Happy Thursday, hope you have lots of sunshine,
Vivienne x
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She is simply adorable.
Hugs,
A x
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such a pretty baby!
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Hi Julie, She’s just adorable! Love the new header, and have you seen Sparrow in the new colours? Just in at Loop in case you’re tempted….
xox
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I am amazed that you are able to do all that you do. I hope the children are well and enjoying Spring. Your blog header is wonderful; I do miss the bunnies, but I understand about change. Would you mind a close up of your hedgehog please?
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Found the hedgehog! Wonder if Mom would make her for me?
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I love her and I love your new masthead.
Dawn x
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Amorette is beautiful! I’m not surprised it’s hard to let her go. And I really really love her lacy dress! Wish you would write up a pattern …..
Love the new blog header – Amorette will live on in blogland even if she’s not with you!
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The one thing I want to do before I kick the bucket is to be able to knit a bunny……now I can do many things…and I love doing them all ….but I can not knit a bunny!!!!!!
So the first thing on my bucket list is……Knit a Bunny!!!
In the mean time…I will enjoy your magnificent creations….and maybe be lucky enough to buy one !!!!!
Happy day to you!!!!
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My daughter’s room is decorated in bunnies and I love love love this!! So adorable!!! Great stuff
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She is just the cutest. I don’t blame you for wanting to keep her.
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Julie-you are a gem! Thanks as always for sharing your craft and talent. That bunny is so sweet! You are always able to give such personality to all of your little creations. I always look forward to see what you will come up with next.
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Love the new banner and bunny! She is precious and love the dress:)
LauraT
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She is beautiful. I hate too for you to let her go. I also enjoyed looking at your banner. So much creativity. I really admire your use of color.
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Love your new header, Julie. It makes me want to jump right into it and snuggle the wool. And what to say about Amorette? She is just sooooooooooo beautiful. Our son teaches Spanish and asked me this morning if I’d got a rabbit he could use in his lessons. I had to say I hadn’t. But I’m hoping……………
Liz Phillips
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Love the new header and the rabbit – I think she should be a keeper :0)
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Amorette I love you x
Julie you are so amazingly clever….you surely can’t part with such a little sweetie??
When i clicked on your blog I was blown away with your new header…i spent a while just having a good look around it…so much loveliness to see…love it!
happy bunny hugging
love jooles x
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Like everyone else, I think you should keep her too. She is far too precious and unique to sell! Utterly gorgeous. My goodness, you are the most talented knitter ever, a true artist. Your header pic is totally perfect too. Gosh, I’d love to sit and knit with you awhile. xx
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She’s lovely and what’s wrong with keeping her? Noticed your new header, such beautiful colors.
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love her peter pan collar!
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Fabulous header! Wow wow wow!
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The lace edging on the little bunny’s dress looks really good in that colour yarn- it looks antique! I also really like the mittens on your banner. I enjoyed your post.
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I love your new header Julie and Amorette is beautiful
Love Carole from Rossendale xxx
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Dear little bunny, I couldn’t part with her. I’m finding it too hot to knit – can’t believe I’m saying that after the last few weeks! Love the new header.
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Do NOT sell her. I’m serious. Don’t do it. Why should you? Or if you do have such a hard heart (not toward her, but toward yourself) price her at 100 pounds sterling. Not a ha’penny less. You mustn’t. She is so you. So elegant. Such a beautiful soul. I do not want you to do it. I will cry if you do, and I’m serious about that, too.
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Your new header is just perfect, as is the start of it, little Amorette!
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Amorette seems quite at home in your new banner. Perhaps you could keep her and let her be your official blog mascot (:
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She is a delight! Love the new header, so many lovely things to look at in a perfect balance of colour and placement. xx
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I don’t know how you let any of your little buns go, this one is utterly adorable. You are one clever lady! Elaine x
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Amorette is such a pretty name and bunny. Love the lace edged dress – the new yarn looks tempting. You should keep her for yourself, Julie. Zoe x
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Oh she is beautiful…so sweet. I just don’t know how you will part with her!
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KEEP HER!!!!!! 🙂
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I couldn’t part with a bunny that cute she is gorgeous
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So much lovely! Such an adorable bunny, how do you keep managing to surpass yourself like this? The header is absolutely fabulous too, it’s just so quintessentially LCRs – perfect, just perfect!
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I love your new header, it is so interesting and homely. Also, as always, your bunny is beautiful, I have one at the top of my personal ‘Wish List’ as I long to own one. X
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amorette is gorgeous. definitely keep her, she belongs with you 🙂
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she is sooo very beautiful! how gorgeous! x
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Julie
Amorette like all your knitted animals have personalities all their own. She is beautiful
and elegant especially done in one colour. Perhaps she would love to live with you and send her friends to their new homes as long as you are going to make others similar to her for sharing. I think that if it takes you a great deal longer to knit the dress with lace than the regular dresses you should sell her for more.I don’t think any of us would think twice. Excellent header, so much to look at.
Bunny Hugs from Utopia Canada
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Very pretty. I love her lacy dress
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She is so so lovely! I’m quite glad she’s features on the blog banner, so I can keep seeing her too!
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Beautiful!
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Julie what an enormous treat to pop over here and not only lay eyes on your new little bunny but your truly gorgeous header. I keep looking back at it and seeing more beautiful things. That little dress is simply exquisite. I can imagine the joy it must have given you to make it.
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The new header is lovely, I really like it. I never thought to knit toys with Shilasdair – it makes the most beautiful baby clothes, so soft. It’s one of my favourite yarns.
T x
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Simply beautiful, as always!
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I love Amorette! She is simply stunning!
I noticed the blog header – it changed a bit one night.
It is lovely and I am so glad you share your talents with us, showing us these beautiful creations!
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Ohhhhhhhh, as sweet as the little biscotti she is named for 🙂
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Gorgeous!
Wherever Amorette finds a home she will be treasured.
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Keep her! I wish you could teach me how to knit! 🙂
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love that new banner, love the new bunny, love your blog 😉
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Your banner is perfect & everything in it is so you, from bunnies to seeds. They remind me of the poem ‘The Seed Shop’ – ‘And in my hand a forest lies asleep’.
Lots of planting going on here during the fab weather.
However, I don’t think the beautiful Amorette is ready to leave home – she is priceless!If you really can bear to part with her perhaps she could be an online ‘raffle’ to raise funds for CHIPs?
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Stunningly beautiful, I’d love to give her a home 🙂
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Beautiful as ever Julie and so love the new banner its gorgeous! 🙂
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I’m going to say it too: KEEP HER!
And I love the blog header. It says everything you need to know about you x
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Hi Julie,
Amorette is pure delight, as are all your little creations. I really don’t know how you part with any of them. Love the new heading on your blog – beautiful colours.
Best regards. Chris.
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Love the new banner and that bunny is super cute!
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She’s gorgeous! 🙂
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GASP!!! JULIE!!!! Okay. I have loved every little animal you have ever knit and wished I could purchase each and every one of them but this one!!! Oh my goodness!! This one I am madly in love with! Hoping I have good luck on the day you place her up for sale. You’ll have to make yourself one you know…. you’ve got to keep one!!
I love your new header! You are not only talented with your knitting and crochet but also your photography! You’ve such an eye….
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Gorgeous banner!
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GORGEOUS, SWEET AND UTTERLY ADORABLE! Had to use capitals to let you know how much I LOVE this. You are so artistic.
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she’s so sweet!
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Oh keep Amorette! She is so lovely – and you deserve her. I can’t bear for you to part with her. xx
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She’s absolutely lovely! I really like her neutral colours and the lace hem and the sweet little hears on her shoes.
I can see why you’re having a hard time letting her go.
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I would be quite happy to move into your new blog header surrounded by so many lovely things! I love your new bunny too.
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As Amorette is now your new figurehead, I think she should stay – you can always make another one, but once Amorette is gone, she’s gone.
Love the new banner – I wonder how long that took you to set up……
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She is just beautiful!
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oh my goodness – she is just stunning, no wonder you dont want to let her go! xx
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This bunny is so lovely. I really admire people who had great talent and being creative specially in sewing.
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You are truly and artist. Amorette is more than lovely. I can only hope I’m lucky enough to get the chance to someday own her or one of her friends!!!
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She is beautiful! I love the edging on her dress. I really wish I had your talent but am happy just to have one of your bunnies to cuddle everyday x
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She is perfect in every way … and I’m in awe that you resisted those yarns for more than I moment!
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Ooooh she’s lovely….Keep her for yourself Julie…
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How large is she and will you sell the pattern?
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Oh Julie you have found a perfect match and I agree with Kristen, keep her for yourself…she is so you! I love your new header that is also a perfect match xx
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She is lovely…as is the new header. Maybe you should keep her and she can be your blog-mascot. She could have seasonal changes of clothing and appear in new banners (if you were thinking of another change in the next five years…..)
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Awwww….awwwwww….awwwwwww
No words are actually necessary for this little beauty.
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I have always been fascinated by the amazing skill and detail that your animals have. May you continue to delight us all.
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LOVE the new header!!! And I so understand you have difficulty parting with such a lovely bunny, I am sure I would have difficulty parting with all of them!
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Ah, she’s so lovely, Amorette indeed! I love the new blog header, too.
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😀 Well said Kristen!!! Well said!! She does look like Julie doesn’t she?!!
Now Julie, listen to Kristen!! Somebody needs to as I never do. 😀
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What a gorgeous bunny!
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Oh my goodness how adorable!!!
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I just wanted to let you know that I am so amazingly in love with my Blandine. Everyday I smile at her….you should so keep your bunny!
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J’adore Amorette! Who would have thought that after making so many beautiful bunnies you could come up with the lovely Amorette (who is perfectly named)? Keep her Julie. Go on, spoil yourself! x
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Hi Julie – Sorry I have not messaged for so long, life has become very busy lately. I am loving the new blog heading it is full of gorgeousness.
Amorette is beautiful, what a lovely dress.
Well I am now going to catch up on what’s been going on in your life – can’t wait.
Davina xx
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I love Amorette’s dress and the misty colors of your header are beautiful. Thank you Julie for sharing your talent with us.
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She is beautiful. 🙂 xx
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Hello, i’m french and i’m definitly fall in love of your little rabbits. This one is so beutiful ♥
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hello,
i discover your site and i want to knit this little rabbit
i can buy it but my english is only “school” and if this model is translated by you or someone in french i want to know
your models are so so beautifil
matilo
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What an amazing talent you have! I have started to learn knitting purely to knit toys. I would dearly love to be able to make rabbits like these. Found your site while trying to find instructions or tutorials for how to sew all the knitted parts together!!
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Adorable petit lapin!!!!Et joli blog!! 😉
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Any chance of a pattern for this beautiful bunny?!
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Is this page still alive? I would like to know if it is possible to buy the pattern of the little rabbit girl in the pretty dress?
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Amorette is adorable and I think you should definitely keep her. Have you had a quiet word in Amortte’s ear yet? If not maybe you should because I am sure she’d tell you how much she would love to stay with you too, after all it’s only fair to include her in the decision making for her future. I like the idea of using Amorette for seasonal changes to your blog header too.
Warmest best wishes,
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Is the bunny pattern available for purchase? Please email me. I’m going to have a new granddaughter soon. 🙂
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Will this one be a available as a pattern to purchase soon? (I have a niece who will be born in a couple of months. Would love to make this for her.)
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