Red & Green

October 15, 2010 Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)34 Comments

It's tidy up time in my garden. The last of our potatoes, tomatoes, carrots and squash are gathered in for another year with just the parsnips left to be pulled after Christmas, as apparently they grow sweeter after a couple of frosts. I'm left with a bowl of green tomatoes which will probably get turned into chutney.

Around the rest of the garden greens are turning to reds – I do love autumn leaves.

There's even a spot of green and red knitting going on inside. I'm really enjoying playing around with new ideas for a batch of nordic animals which will be ready to find new homes in time for Christmas.

Next week it's forecast to be turning colder and I'm looking forward to getting our fire stoked up and curling up with my wool. Hope you have a snuggly weekend!

crafts & knitting

wool week

October 11, 2010 Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)26 Comments

Today marks the start of National Wool Week – a celebration of all things woolly. So, if you needed an excuse to add to your woolly stash, then this week you have the perfect one (not that I know many knitters who need an excuse). I've treated myself to some pure, undyed organic gorgeousness in named breed colours from Garthenor in Wales

Of course if you're not a knitter you could always celebrate by supporting the lovely creatures that produce our wonderful wool. Saving Rare Breeds are aiming to raise awareness of declining rare breeds and their wonderful work deserves lots of support. You can even sponsor your very own sheep, I've chosen Noah No-Ears to be my special friend for this year but they are all equally lovely.

general stuff

Birthday celebrations all around

October 6, 2010 Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)23 Comments

Thanks again for all of the kind comments on my anniversary giveaway post, I really appreciate them. The good old random number generator has been set in motion again and has turned up number 426

which is a comment from Peggy Sue:

How
sweet of you to do a giveaway. I haven't a snowball's chance in July of
winning, but do wish to be kept on the list for a chance to purchase in
the future. Thank you!

Posted by:
peggysue |
October 02, 2010 at 03:23 AM

I'm waiting to hear back which animal she's chosen but when she's emailed and I've finished adding names to the mailing list I'll sort out a sale of those remaining.

We've had a busy week here with both of the children celebrating their birthdays. Amy had her 11th birthday party last weekend – a crazy affair with 4 friends coming for a disco, pizza, film and sleepover.

Birthday girl

Luckily the boys went to stay elsewhere and so Amy and her friends could go really wild! Needless to say sleep did not feature very prominently as they eventually settled down at 2am and woke at 7.30, but a lot of fun was had.

Toby's birthday is coming up this weekend and we'll be having a quiet bouncy castle party with balloons, bubbles and lots of french fancies (Toby's favourite cake!) – much more my kind of party!