Some of my memorable moments from 2022.
Just popping in very briefly to wish you all the very best for 2023, I hope that it's a good year for you and yours.
It's a big anniversary year here at Little Cotton Rabbits, ten years since I published the rabbit patterns and twenty (!!) years since I made the very first Little Cotton Rabbit for my three year old daughter. To celebrate these anniversaries I'm planning a series of giveaways across the year. I'll pop back later this week with the first of them 🙂
Until then, warmest best wishes to you, J x
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Happy Anniversary to the woman who made knitting rabbits just amazing! Your knitting is extraordinary and I only wish I could get one of my own. Thank you for all the years of hard work and beautiful knitting!
Happy new year Julie to you and yours … wishing you health and happiness in 2023.
I really can’t believe its 20 years since the first LCR!!!
V x
Love your blog and talents. Always a pleasure to enjoy.
Thanks so much Vivienne, I hope 2023 is a good year for you. It is astonishing isn’t it? I suddenly felt rather old when I wrote that!! J x
Hi Julie,
Happy New Year to you and your family, and congratulations on your two very special anniversaries. We are all so blessed to have found you and your wonderful patterns. You’ve brought so much joy to so many people. I’ve knit so many of your animals and have gifted them to people from the ages of three to ninety. Regardless of the age, people love receiving them. It must be because they’re so endearing. Recently, I raffled one as an incentive for a group of women who were knitting hats to donate to my city (after the city suffered an unimaginable tragedy). The woman who won the bunny was 84 years old and she actually cried when she won her. She told me she was secretly hoping to win. I found it so touching. You’ll never know just how many people you’ve touched over the ten years since you published your first pattern. Thank you for sharing your gift with all of us.
Sincerely,
Beverly
Thanks so much for your kindness Tammy and best wishes to you for 2023, J x
You are very kind Pamela, thank you so much and best wishes to you for the new year, J x
Thank you so much for sharing that very touching story Beverly and for your kindness in spreading joy with your makes. It’s such a lovely thought that my patterns in the hands of others help to bring some happiness out there. All the very best to you and yours for 2023, J x
Happy Anniversary and New Year Julie! Wishing you and your family health and happiness for 2023! Thank you for all of the endless hours of knitting pleasure you have given me. I gave over fifty little bunnies, dogs and bears to children through local charities. Everyone loves them so thank you. Without your beautiful patterns this would not have happened.
Looking forward to seeing the new patterns.
Hug,
Gillian
Happy New Year to you and your family.
Erika
Happy New Year Julie and thank you so much for sharing your beautiful creations with us.
You’re a very talented lady. I love your photos , they’re stunning.
Congratulations on your special anniversaries and I wish you every joy and happiness in the coming year.
Maria
Thank you Julie. I always look forward to your lovely posts and beautiful photos. Sending my best wishes to you and your family.
Happy New Year Julie.
Wow so amazing you’ve been making them that long.. I’ve been making them for 7 years. I remember when I first saw them I couldn’t believe there were pattern for them. There is something special about them that just draws you in. They are definitely an addiction. 🤣 I’m looking forward to the new patterns, especially the horse.
I hope a New Year filled with joy and peace.
Hugs
Sandy
From Downunder – a happy, healthy and dropped stitch free 2023.
As one who writes other patterns (definitely not for toys) I continue to admire the work that goes into yours. Thank you. Cat
Happy New Year to you too Julie. And thank you for all your beautiful patterns.
Happy New Year Julie. You’ve given us so much pleasure and enjoyment by sharing your talents and patterns. I’m so very happy to call you my friend. Your kindness and goodness is a shining example to me. I am inspired to see the beauty around me through your blog posts and through the considerate and thoughtful way you treat your followers and friends.
XxBonnie
Hi Julie, Happy New Year to you and your family. I have been following your blog for years and find your posts and photos just lovely. I knit but I’m far from expert at it so I’ve been hoping for years to be able to buy a few of your adorable little creatures. I have missed out on those few occasions when you have put some up for sale but I’m hoping to have the opportunity again. Any plans to have a sale this year?
Hi Julie
Early last year I started at the beginning and, over the course of a few months, read ALL of your blog posts. How amazing to share a tiny slice of your life and also to see how the pattern writing has grown alongside your rabbit (and other animal) making. You bring joy and inspiration to so many; thank you! I hope that you have a great 2023 and look forward to seeing what you do with it.
Best wishes
Jane
Thanks so much Gillian and best wishes for a happy new year to you and yours, thanks so much for your kind words about the patterns, it’s lovely to know that they’re both enjoyed and are being used as a force for good, J xx
Thanks Erica and good wishes back to you and yours, J xx
Thanks so much for your kindness Maria and warmest best wishes to you for the coming year, J xx
Sending warmest best wishes back to you Kate along with many thanks for your kind words, J xx
Thanks so much for your very kind words Sandy, that means a lot to me. Warmest best wishes to you for 2023, I hope it’s a good year for you, J xxx
Happy new year to you Cat – I do like the bit about ‘dropped stitch free’, if only 😉 thanks so much for your kindness, J xx
Thanks so much Lesley and a very happy new year to you too, J xx
Dear Bonnie, you are so very kind and it is a privilege to count you amongst my friends. I hope 2023 is a great year for you and your family, I’m looking forward to seeing what you create throughout the year, both with yarn and fabric and in your kitchen, J xxxx
Happy new year to you Monica and thank you, I do hope to have some finished animals ready this year, selling items has become so very complicated in the last few years with new levels of crazy bureaucracy and postal regulations but I will definitely be giving a few away throughout this special anniversary year and hopefully will find a way to sell a few too, J xx
Thanks so much for your kindness Jane and for your patience too in wading through my previous blog posts – there’s a lot of waffle there over the years 😉
warmest best wishes to you for 2023 xx
Happy New Year Julie . I hope 2023 is filled with lots of things that make you happy. I only found your lovely blog a few months ago and love both your knitted characters and your other photos and snippets of life. Take care xx
Happy new year Julie. Can’t believe I’ve been knitting along with you for 10 years. Best wishes to you and your family from Vancouver Canada.
Hi Julie
I have been following you for a long while but just subscribed. I love your work so much and wish I was a good enough knitter to tackle one of your patterns. Your photography is amazing. I too have a 36 yr old son who needs 24/7 care … Cerebral Palsy and relate to the challenges that you have with Toby. Happy New Year to you from Massachusetts .
Wow, brilliant that you’ve been blogging for ten years, an amazing achievement. Love the photos, my favourites are the one of Toby and the mole, they both made me smile. Lovely to see those snowdrops as well, I was just thinking the other day that it won’t be long until there are snowdrops. Hope you have a very happy 2023, CJ xx
Happy New Year to you and your family. Love your patterns, they are so detailed and clear, looking forward to the new ones 😍
Happy New Year and Happy Anniversaries! 🎊🎉 I started following you when you first started posting. It was shortly after I tragically lost
my 17 yr old daughter in 2005. Your beautiful photos, writings and darling knitted animals were such a comfort to me at such a dark time in my life. I continue to look forward to your posts and feel after all these many years that you are a distant friend that lives “across the pond”.
I have seen your children grow up, enjoyed your beautiful animal visitors, and marveled at your photos and knitting.
Wishing you and your family a happy and healthy 2023. 💕
I wish you a happy new year to you and your family Julie.
Thanks so much Marie and a very happy new year to you too, J x
Thank you so much for your kindness over the years Susan, it gives me such pleasure to know that my writings and pictures here have helped in a very small way and I’m quite humbled by the thought, thank you for that gift. Sending warmest best wishes to you for the coming year, J xxx
Thanks so much for the very kind compliment Julie and a very happy new year to you, J x
Wishing you a very happy 2023 too CJ and thank you so much for your unfailing kindness and lovely comments, J xxx
Sending warmest best wishes to you and your son for the coming year Jan and thank you so much for your very kind words, J xx
Thanks so much for your kind good wishes Tresa and for knitting along with me for all these years, I hope 2023 is a great year for you, J xxx
Thanks so much for your kindness Beverley and warmest best wishes to you and yours for the coming year, J xx
Happy New Year and to many more knitted friends this coming year.
I have just discovered your page whilst looking for ideas for something to knit, although I never gave knitted toys a thought. Your little rabbits are the sweetest things!
Happy New Year to you and thanking you for your generous offer.
Happy anniversary and thank you for such wonderful patterns! I just love your work❤️
Happy new year, happy anniversary and happy knitting in 2023
🎉 Happy Anniversary Little Cotton Rabbits!! 🎉
So nice to hear you are writing new patterns, Julie! And thank you for your generosity in sharing them. ❤️
Happy Anniversary and thank you for the Giveaways. Love all the little critters !
I have loved your patterns for so long and adore all the mice, rabbits and bears that are born as a result, every one is individual thanks to your wonderful patterns. Looking forward to 2023 and more yarn fun xx
So Happy your back.
2023 Happy Anniversary! I love your bunny, bear and mice patterns and the outfits are simply adorable ♥️
So happy to have found your blog, I’m looking forward to making my first LCR this year!
Julie, many thanks and blessings to you for sharing your lovely patterns with all of us eager knitters, but also your bravery in what life has handed you and your family; may you enjoy peace and serenity in each day!
happy New Year yes please to patterns
I live in Australia and love your photos of the cold when we are having exactly the opposite weather. I have made many of your designs over the years and look forward to new patterns. Thank you for spreading joy in the world.
Happy New Year!
Personally I am looking forward to Spring. I live in Alaska where winter is long and cold. Days are short, and although that affords more knitting time I long for longer daylight hours and warmer temps.
This was my first year knitting Little Cotton Rabbit Patterns. I made the fox and the dog patterns for my grand girls. I made extra clothes for each of them and their each own personalized little quilts for bedtime.
I’m working on the cat pattern currently. They are such fun patterns and I always marvel at the creators of such works. The time and creative effort of each lovely little creature that comes to life under the knit needles each with their own distinctive personality.
Thank you for sharing those creations with all of us. I love seeing all the different ideas that everyone comes up with.
Happy Anniversary Little Cotton Rabbits!
I absolutely love knitting your animals!
Love your patterns & it is so rewarding to make such cute little bears.
Thank you for creating such adorable patterns. Knitting the LCR patterns is my happy space after busy working days and the smiles I receive when gifting them is always memorable.
Happy New Year to all May it be a kind and gentle year. I knit your rabbit and bear and elephant patterns before there were grandchildren, hoping.
Last night my two year old grandson “discovered” the bear to his and my delight. Thanks for bringing such pleasure to both of us!
Happy anniversary and Happy new year! I’ve been following you for a while now and just recently bought one of you patterns. Let’s see how I do with that. Love the blog and the little critters!!
Happy New Year!! Thank you for creating such fun and wonderfully written patterns. I’m late to the party. My first Bunny was last Christmas. I’ve made many more since.
Looking forward to seeing your new patterns!!
I have been tempted for ages into venturing trying your patterns but have been nervous about doing it. However, I have now decided that 2023 will be my year to do it. I have ordered my needles, and yarn…. that in itself is a commitment. So here goes I’m so excited to do it this year
Happy new year! I’ve only just discovered your patterns and love them. I’ve just started the reindeer and can’t wait to see how it will turn out. Here’s to a happy and exciting 2023. Happy knitting everyone xxx
I absolutely adore all of your patterns! They are just beautiful and I love them so much 🙂 Happy New Year and Happy Anniversary! 🙂
Hi Julie
Just adore your patterns for the beautiful animals. So enjoy seeing all of your gorgeous work.
X Aileen