kitchen poetry

September 24, 2011 Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)13 Comments

inspired by Ali

Today we used up the last of our homegrown courgettes in a lunch of delicious polpette. They didn't last long enough for a photo of their own so you'll have to follow the link to see what they look like – we can thoroughly recommend them (though we left out the lemon)…

They're easy,

cheesy,

and oh so very pleasy.

Poem by Amy & Julie

While I'm here I also have to show you the giveaway prize that came to me in the post this week …

…notecards and a gorgeous, beautifully made michaelmas daisy corsage from the very talented Vivienne at Green Rabbit Designs. She makes the most beautiful knitted and crocheted bags and corsages – if you have a moment pop over and take a look at her shop.

The corsage looks perfect on my winter coat and I'm feeling very lucky! Thanks Vivienne x

crafts & knitting

colours

September 21, 2011 Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)20 Comments

Thanks for all of the kind comments on my new blanket. A couple of people asked what yarns and colours I'm using, so here's a sample…

Because I wanted very specific colours I'm mixing 3 different yarns – Rowan Wool Cotton (50% merino, 50% cotton), Rowan Belle Organic (50% organic merino, 50% organic cotton) and Rowan Classic Cashsoft DK (57% extra fine merino, 33% microfibre, 10% cashmere). Despite having slightly different finishes and thicknesses they all seem to be working well together so far.

I'm using the celandon as the main background colour and random selections of the other colours in the granny squares – I'll post some more pictures when it's a bit bigger!

crafts & knitting

my ‘me old china’ blankie

September 19, 2011 Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)55 Comments

I am well and truly smitten with crochet (though I'll not be giving up my day job of bunny knitting anytime soon). Now that my fingers are a little more confident I'm finding it involves a little less involvement from my brain than knitting does – there are no rows or stitches to count and no increases or decreases, just a rhythmic round and round that is soothing and uncomplicated and perfect for the end of the day when I'm feeling weary. And I really enjoyed working on one square a day of the 'flowers in the snow' blanket so as soon as that was finished I started planning my next 'one square a day' blanket.

I wanted my favourite colours of blues, greens and reds to be dominant in this next blanket and I had an idea of the sort of one I wanted to make inspired by this gorgeous blanket by Moogsmum. More recently I came across these inspiring creations and have been day-dreaming about all of these while keeping an eye out for the right yarn colours. Then one day when I was tidying up the kitchen my gaze fell on my china on the shelf and I knew that these colours would be perfect.

So, this next one a day project will be known as 'me old china' blankie

Perfect name for it really, because 'me old china' is cockney rhyming slang for mate / friend and I plan on doing lots of snuggling with my mate under it when it's finished!

If you fancy joining in with a 'one a day' project of any kind then please join the One a Day ravelry group started by Gingerbread Girl where you'll find lots of other lovely people doing it too!