a little giveaway to celebrate spring

March 17, 2009 Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)557 Comments

I know that I always bang on about blossom at this time of year but plum blossom is the first indication that spring has arrived again in our little garden and that makes me very happy. Toby is an outdoorsy kind of boy and life in the warmer weather is more relaxed and fun for him, so I'm cheered by the lovely thought of all of those warm and sunny days to come with paddling pool splashing, bubble chasing, tea in the garden and a bit of knitting in the sun for me of course!

Anyway, with spring and Easter in mind I've finished off the egg cosy pattern.

It will be available in my etsy pattern shop before the end of the week but if you'd like to win a free copy of this pattern in advance then please leave a comment below and I'll draw 20 winners first thing on Thursday morning.

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crafts & knitting

A giveaway

March 5, 2009 Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)315 Comments

Today I'm very pleased to be hosting a giveaway on behalf of Kerry at Pennydog. She creates beautiful and unique resin jewellery and has recently started making gorgeous handcrafted knitting needles with delicious names like Strawberry Jam, Contrary Mary and Shooting Star (see below).

All are UK size 3 (6.5mm / US 10.5) and are just over 7 inches
long – perfect for knitting up a scarf and are created from
translucent resin mixed with iridescent style glitter with buttons added on to prevent your knitting from slipping off. They come gift boxed so would
make a lovely gift if you could bear to part with them!

The lucky winner will receive a bespoke pair made especially to their colour preference. To be in with a chance please just leave a comment on this post and we will randomly draw one winner next Wednesday.

Comments are now closed thanks, a winner will be announced shortly.

crafts & knitting

bring me sunshine…

February 10, 2009 Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)48 Comments

I don't know about you but all this wet and wintry weather is really getting me down! So in an attempt to cheer myself up I am surrounding myself with a rainbow of yarn.

Getting all this sorted out and bagged up has helped me to get organised and I now have some animals ready to be added to etsy, hopefully starting tomorrow. I'm also hoping to write up a free Eastery pattern in the next few weeks. It definitely helps to look ahead to spring – let's hope it gets here very soon!