paper for knitting projects

July 9, 2010 Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)33 Comments

Thanks for all the get well wishes – they worked and I'm feeling a lot better. The only downside of feeling more chipper is the backlog of housework waiting for me and not much of an excuse to ignore it any longer!

When I was scribbling out notes for the bunny trainers recently, it occurred to me that I should have a better system for keeping my notes (I usually jot stuff down in a variety of notebooks and I've lost stuff before). So I had a play and designed some note paper which I've printed out and will keep in a box file ready to do my jottings on.

It occurred to me that this might be useful for others so if you'd like some you can download a pdf of 4 pages here.
Download All knitting notes

If anyone thinks of any extra pages that might come in useful please let me know and I'll see if I can help.

Here's wishing you a good weekend (it's going to be a hot one here – too hot for housework obviously!)

sick day

July 7, 2010 Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)45 Comments

Why is it that mummies aren't entitled to sick leave? Luckily for me I don't get ill too often but when I do all I want is to take to my bed which (as I'm sure everyone else knows from personal experience) just isn't possible when you're a mum. Still, I'm rebelling and after getting the children off to school yesterday I put my jammies back on, made a cup of tea and spent the rest of the day in bed watching dvd's of Northern Exposure and fiddling about with yarn.

I did have quite a productive day in bed – the headless bunny is headless no more, I've finished the first crochet cushion (cheating by just using it as a panel to reface an old, plain cream cushion) and I do feel a bit better. I reckon I need a few more lazy days with no housework in order to build up my strength ready for the school summer break – you'll back me up won't you?

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by the way – it's only a summer cold – nothing serious! thanks x

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friday afternoon knitting

July 2, 2010 Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)33 Comments

Thanks for the kind comments recently about poor Toffee and Amy's ballet performance and the garden. I don't get as much time as I'd like to reply to everyone but I wanted to say here how much I appreciate you taking the time to leave me a message.

A couple of people asked about bunny knitting – there's certainly a lot of it still going on here (although I'm still quite enamoured with crochet too!) and I should have some animals ready in the next week to list over on Etsy (will email the advance mailing list with details as soon as they're ready). I've been playing with ideas for boy's shoes and have just about worked out a new design for trainers, so hope to have a couple of those ready soon.

I'm off to make the most of the last quiet hour before the weekend and start on a head for that poor head-less bunny. Have a happy weekend where you are.