Happy Easter

March 30, 2018January 7, 2026 Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)36 Comments

Just popping in briefly to wish you all a happy Easter.

Thanks to LoveKnitting for the invitation to take over their Instagram account for the day last Friday, I had a great time chatting with everyone and sharing pictures from my day and it was lovely to see lots of familiar friends there and make some new ones too. The pictures above are from my takeover – in reverse order because I wanted the prettiest one at the top 😉

This week I’ve not taken any new pictures- I’ve been too busy knitting. But everything is starting to come together now so I’ll be back in a more organised fashion after the Easter break. ‘Til then wishing you a lovely relaxing Easter with a little chocolate and lots of good times with your favourite people

J x

blossoming time

March 22, 2018January 7, 2026 Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)14 Comments

Thank you so very much for all of the kind comments on the previous post, I am still processing the amazing win and happily my wrist seems to be completely back to normal now, so knitting is back on the menu.

After another cold snap bringing snow our way last week things have turned more spring-like here. Not much is flowering in the garden yet (the plans I had for autumn bulb planting remained as an un-ticked line on my to-do list) but the plum tree is, as usual, heralding a change in season. I know I do it every year but I can’t resist taking photos of the blossoms. They are radiant in the morning sun and at night are illuminated by the light of the moon and their delicate beauty is so short-lived that I feel the need to capture their fleeting charm before they are gone for another year.

The birds have been answering the call of their seasonal instincts by jostling for territory, paring up and becoming more vocal. These last few mornings when I’ve gone out to let the chickens out I’ve been greeted by a tuneful robin. He has a twinkle in the black bead of his eye and when he cocks his head to watch me from the tree above it seems like he is asking for some breakfast – and I’m happy to oblige with a handful of dried mealworms and sunflower hearts. I love it when the dawn is full of birdsong, it’s an enchanting start to the day and it will build now until May, when it reaches it’s most choral.

It is nice to be knitting again and although I’m behind a self-imposed schedule I am still working on a new pattern and full steaming ahead with a finished batch of bunnies – though they won’t now be ready in time for Easter. I’ll send out an email to my mailing list when they are ready but it will be a good few weeks yet.

Lastly, but not leastly, I’m very excited to be taking over the instagram feed of Love Knitting tomorrow. If you’re on instagram pop over and say hello – I’m going to spend the day sewing together bunny bits and sharing photos as I go and it would be nice to have your company.

Thanks again for all of the congratulations and compliments on the previous post, I feel truly privileged to be on the receiving end of such kindness.

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Thank you

March 10, 2018January 7, 2026 Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)159 Comments

So, I’ve taken my time posting about this, mostly because I’ve been half expecting an email telling me sorry, it was all a big mistake. But that hasn’t arrived so it has started to feel real, and I’ve just sent off some pictures to be used in an article, so it must be true. What, what, you may ask, well it seems that I am the winner of Knitting Blog of The Year in the *2018 British Craft Awards!

It feels rather odd and very wonderful just typing that! Writing this blog is a self indulgence for me. It is my happy place that I can fill with pictures of beautiful yarn, share things that I’ve made, reminisce over wonderful countryside walks, make friends and meet lovely like-minded people. It’s a place to focus on the positives, to escape from bad days or sleepless nights and I love being here. Over the 11 years I’ve been posting here I’ve felt incredibly privileged to have so many of you visit me, a few of you for almost all of the time I’ve been here and I’m so grateful that you do take the time to pop in.

So I want to say a heartfelt Thank You. Thank you for voting for me and thank you for visiting this blog and for allowing me to continue being here without feeling lonely 🙂

It’s been a very odd week here, made so by the complete absence of any knitting. Not something I’ve chosen you understand, but rather something forced on me after I slipped over in the slushy snow melt last Saturday evening and landed heavily. I was outside the chicken run so luckily wasn’t completely covered in poo but I bruised my hip and elbow and sprained my wrist. It’s been a little painful and did swell up quite badly but I think the most painful part of the whole thing is that I’ve not been able to knit all week. It’s been very unsettling and I’ve felt distinctly strange, a bit like I’ve lost something but can’t remember what. I think I should be OK to start gently again tomorrow and so that’s my plan for Mother’s day here – hopefully a cup of tea and some toast will be brought to me in bed and I’ll have a lazy day re-uniting my fingers with some beautiful yarn and my beloved pointy sticks.

Wishing all mums out there a happy UK Mother’s day tomorrow, may your day be relaxing and full of the things and people you love xxx

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*The British Craft Awards are run by Immediate Media, and the awards are voted for by readers of Immediate’s craft magazines, which include Simply Knitting, The Knitter, Mollie Makes, Love Patchwork & Quilting, Simply Crochet, and The World of Cross Stitching. There were five categories in Knitting sector and winners in the other categories were Woolly Wormhead for Designer of the year, Rowan Yarns for Brand of the year, Addi by Selter for Product of the year and Wool Warehouse for Retailer of the year

Little Cotton Rabbits won Knitting Blog of the Year, while in 2nd place was KnitBritish.net and in 3rd place was NeverNotKnitting.com