friday afternoon knitting

July 2, 2010May 3, 2026 Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)33 Comments

Thanks for the kind comments recently about poor Toffee and Amy’s ballet performance and the garden. I don’t get as much time as I’d like to reply to everyone but I wanted to say here how much I appreciate you taking the time to leave me a message.

A couple of people asked about bunny knitting – there’s certainly a lot of it still going on here (although I’m still quite enamoured with crochet too!) and I should have some animals ready in the next week to list over on Etsy (will email the advance mailing list with details as soon as they’re ready). I’ve been playing with ideas for boy’s shoes and have just about worked out a new design for trainers, so hope to have a couple of those ready soon.

I’m off to make the most of the last quiet hour before the weekend and start on a head for that poor head-less bunny. Have a happy weekend where you are.

in the garden again

June 30, 2010May 3, 2026 Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)23 Comments

Forgive me for banging on about my veg patch again but it really amazes me how quickly things grow at this time of year. I took these pictures a month apart and the difference is huge (the left-hand ones are from May and the right-hand were taken yesterday)

I do get quite excited by the first picking of our fruit and veg. I love these translucent mangetout and they’re all ready to be snapped off and lightly steamed – yum!

Later this week we’ll be able to pick the first of the courgettes and french beans and the strawberries are still going strong.

There are flowers too – I do so love this time of year in the garden!

general stuff · summer

seaside

June 28, 2010May 3, 2026 Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)17 Comments

Summer has really arrived here – it’s turned hot and sunny and Amy and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity that came our way last week for a girls only weekend at the seaside. We set off at the crack of dawn on Saturday and arrived with our friends in Walton on the Naze for breakfast.

The day at the beach was perfect and we topped it off with a visit to the pier, fish and chips and an evening at the kids club. It was so nice to get away and relax but lovely to come home again yesterday and see our menfolk who had pottered around the garden all weekend. Although we were only away for 18 hours it felt like a much longer break and I feel very relaxed this morning – hope that feeling lasts a little longer!