knitting, nature and living with autism in the family
Just a quick post today as Toby is off sick from school with a bad cough and cold. Thanks to everyone for your comments on sleepy bunny. A couple of people suggested slippers and I just couldn’t resist having a go. Somehow bunny slippers seemed the most appropriate! Thanks by the way to everyone who has emailed me recently. I am trying to reply as soon as possible but it may be a few days.
A term which could apply equally to me but at the moment I’m meaning this sleepy bunny
I was mulling over ideas for new rabbits and wanted to explore trousers (don’t we all?!). Then in the middle of the night earlier this week something Rebecca said about her girls taking their little cotton rabbits to bed pinged into my mind (anyone else get weird revelatory ideas in the middle of the night?) the answer was PYJAMAS!!! I’m not sure if these say jammies or whether the top needs to be stripey too but I’m hoping you’ll all give me your feedback. If the consensus is that jammies work then I’ll make some more, otherwise it’s back to the drawing board!
Thanks so much for all of your supportive comments over my copyright hassles. Hopefully it’s all resolved now. I don’t think most people who copy other people’s designs really think about the implications. Maybe it’s easier to justify when they know nothing about the person who originated the design or maybe they genuinely believe they are not doing anything wrong. Creating something handcrafted is a very personal thing – we’re not companies mass producing goods and so copyright infringement affects us personally. Legalities aside I think it’s more of a moral issue really – you just have to ask yourself “how would I feel if someone did it to me”. Anyway, enough said, climbing down off soapbox now, have a great weekend all!
Well here I am again. Peace reigns and I’m back in the driving seat. During school holidays everything gets turned upside down and I do my best to be ‘good mummy’ organising activities, constantly conjuring up delicious food and drinks, looking for lost things and trying to ignore the general mess that ensues. Apart from snuffles and colds this half-term passed pretty well. T & A enjoyed 2 visits to our indoor play area (I was surprised how quiet in was), we did badge-making, cake-baking, leaf-finding, face-painting, disco-dancing (of course), woods-walking, halloween-partying, bed-bouncing and A’s favourite – lots of drawing. She’s always got ink stains on her fingers (the sign of a true berol pen addict!) and she created some great art for my kitchen walls.This is a pic from her Rosie Flo book – her drawings always make me smile.
Earlier in the week our lovely neighbour Joan popped along with a big bag of cooking apples from their tree – looks like they had a bumper crop. They were so scrummy looking that I immediately donned my apron and made an apple pie – something I’ve not done for ages. There is something so satisfying about cooking (or creating anything from scratch) and apple pie is so simple but so satisfying, especially with a large dollop of clotted cream ice-cream! Cheers Joan & Alan!
I’ve been a bit down recently, having had a few copyright issues. There seem to be lots of them cropping up – Hillary Lang wrote her thoughts recently and Joy Bucket has had issues too. Maybe I’m
naive but I always expect everyone to behave like “Mrs Do-As-You-Would-Be-Done-By from The Waterbabes (my fave book as a child) and unfortunately life just isn’t like that.
Still, I’m heartened by the contact that I have with all the new people I’ve met through this blog. The more we stick together and support each other, the better chance we have of not being taken advantage of and as Hillary said in her post there are some really kind people out there policing the internet on our behalf. I can just see a new pressure group emerging – the sisters of the righteous needles!
little cotton rabbits 