Well, here I am, trying not to think about how Toby’s getting on. It’s his first day at school and because he’s autistic I wasn’t able to prepare him as well as I’d have liked. Still he should like today – they’re swimming this morning, PE this afternoon and half an hour of soft play at the end of the day (because it’s a severe learning difficulty school they do lots of pyhsical activity and have their own bouncy castle and soft play room!). Tomorrow he’s got his first horse-riding lesson – still can’t imagine what he’ll make of that. Anyway, the point of posting is to take my mind of worrying about him – so I should move on. Back to Hazel…

My new friend Hazel (mum to Madeline and Jack who is also autistic) invited me over to her house last friday evening. She’d organised a charity fund raising evening (Hazel – where do you get your energy?!) selling beautiful handmade cards, children’s clothes, Tibetan furniture and accessories, knitted corsages and more. Well, what a great evening – everyone had a fab time drinking, eating
cakes (Hazel’s chocolate cake is legendary) and shopping (what a heavenly combination). I was chuffed to bits as I sold 10 rabbits and 5 cakes so a big thank you to the lovely ladies of Townshend and West Streets who were so complimentary about my work. Above are some of the cakes that I sold for the charity.

Hi, at last I am posting! Today is a real turning point for me and my family – my autistic son starts school tomorrow. It’s a real emotional conundrum for whilst I’m a wreck with worrying how he’ll cope I’m also brimming with excitement at the prospect of a daily  6 hours of free time for me – weeeeheeee! Anyway, on balance it is a positive – he’s so ready for the challenge and has been so bored and restless over the summer hols and I am full of so many creative impulses which need to be put into action before I  burst!

I’ve been so inspired by reading various weblogs, particulary Hillary Lang’s fabulous Wee Wonderfuls that I’ve been itching to start my own weblog. So here it is.

Basically I’m a non-stop knitter. I created a design for a rabbit around 3 years ago as an easter pressie for my daughter Amy. Pink cotton rabbit was so fun to make that I just carried on and made some for everyone I know – including my daughters playgroup. I always try to make each one different so whilst some jumper designs crop up time and again they are always in different colourways or on differently coloured rabbits. I love the yarns I use – Rowan, Jaeger and Debbie Bliss – pre-dominantly cotton and wool mixes with a dash of cashmere and silk thrown in for good measure. Anyway, enough chitchat – here are some pics of bunnies I’ve made so far…