Category: crafts & knitting

crafts & knitting

Christmas jigsaw

Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)48 Comments

Where is November going? Has anyone else found that it seems to have had less days than it should have?

I had hoped to do a new calendar design for 2011 but have had to abandon that idea for this year. I’d also hoped to have my little Christmas batch of animals ready by now, but at the moment most of them are still waiting for various limbs etc. It’s a bit of a jigsaw puzzle working out which legs to put with which head and then which dress or jumper suits them best.

I’m determined though to get them all done by the end of this week, so I had better go and get on with it! Will email the mailing list with details soon (I hope!) and in the meantime best wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving to all of my friends in the USA.

crafts & knitting · general stuff

“a bird in the hand…

Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)29 Comments

…is worth two in the bush” as the saying goes. But I’ve already got 2 birds in my hands today because I’ve finished the mittens and I’m chuffed to bits with them.

Knitting the Madeline Tosh Vintage yarn on 2.5mm needles really makes them thick and warm and the gorgeous tonal range of the yarn really does Kate’s beautiful pattern justice. I love the secret little bird on the inside of each thumb and the design seems fairytale like, so it seemed appropriate to take them into the woods for their first outing.

Though I did have to keep checking over my shoulder to make sure Mr Wolf wasn’t sidling up behind me through the trees!

It’s a really lovely pattern and I’d definitely recommend it. If you’re put off by knitting in the round or by the Estonian braids then take a look at my ravelry page for some cheats and tips.