I spent the weekend in my ‘mailroom’ surrounded by tissue paper, ribbon and packing tape and yesterday the latest batch of little cotton friends embarked on their journey to new lives near and far.

I love knowing that my little knitted creatures have arrived safely in their new homes and it’s a real bonus when people take the time to send photos. So here’s a round-up of some of the little cotton friends who’ve happily settled into new homes. Thanks so much to…

…Martine who has given Crispin a snuggly new home (and a posh new scarf),

…Clara and her son who have taken Linus on lots of lovely autumn adventures (more adventures of Linus can be found here)

…Amanda, whose gorgeous little boy is obviously happy to meet Ferdie

…Nancy who has made Florrie feel right at home

…Karen, who has lots of friends to welcome Marnie

…Kelly and her daughter, who have a home full of cuddles for Minty and  Chuang Chuang

And lastly Mrs Gosling (Nikki) who has emailed me about Maxie.

He has gone to work in her class of 4 year olds where he’s helping them to learn their jolly phonics – I know he’ll be having a wonderful time and will be really proud to be doing such an important job.

Thanks everyone for the updates x

I’m really excited to hear that my christmas puds have been selected as finalists in the Holiday Softie Awards!

Voting ends tomorrow so if you’ve got a spare minute or two pop over to the voting page and see the other finalists.

You don’t have to vote for me but I’ll be your best friend if you do!

Whenever I’m worried about something I find sinking my needles into a large ball of wool to be the best way of keeping my mind off the worrying thing. So this last week, what with Mum in hospital, there has been a lot of knitting going on!!

I’m finishing off some toys for Mahar Drygoods, a batch for my own shop and a the rose jumper is for a big bunny that I’m hoping to auction off to raise money for a special little girl who needs some specialised treatment in America – more of that by the end of the week.