Little Cotton Rabbits

hedgehogs

At last I have a picture of the hedgehogs in our garden!

OK, so I cheated - but the truth is that I feel really mean blasting the real ones with the camera flash while they're eating!

So here are the knitted hodgers that I made over the weekend. I'm still playing around with shaping but am hoping to write up this hedgehog pattern to share very soon.

Garden friends

Amy and I have really been enjoying watching Springwatch on tv this last week. We've been following the progress of all the baby birds and badgers and we've been looking round our own patch to see what we can see. There is a family of dunnocks nesting in the clematis and in our nest box we've had great tits who have just fledged. This little chap wasn't sure about flying to begin with but by the end of the day he joined his brothers and sisters up in the tree.

We also spotted a lovely big fat frog and there's definite evidence that the hedgehogs are very busy at night in the undergrowth. I don't yet have any pictures but they've been eating the food we've left out each night and our new hedgehog box has had lots of leaves pulled into it.

Lastly, there was this little chap.

I've been thinking about a mole for ages and he's my prototype. I have a few tweaks planned but hope to have some moles ready for Etsy soonish.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend

still here...

...looking after the two 'C's in my life (children and chickens). The big C's are at school so here's a picture of the little mucky-clucky C's.

...knitting (mostly in the mood for purple at the moment)

 

...gardening (and learning lots)

...just run out of words for a bit (although I now have new glasses which have happily passed the Toby test!)

Further update on cosy pattern...

Sorry to chop and change but there have been a few problems over on Lulu and now that the rush has died down a bit I've decided to withdraw the patterns from there and concentrate on etsy. The patterns are available on etsy now and I'll keep them in stock. I'm checking emails regularly so the patterns are being sent by email within a few hours (apart from during the night).

Thanks so much to everyone who has bought a copy - I wish you happy knitting and a lovely weekend to all.

Update on cosy pattern

Thanks so much to all of you who have popped over to my etsy pattern shop. My little fingers are struggling to keep up and since my tummy is rumbling and complaining I've not yet had lunch I've decided to also upload the pattern to my ravelry store. You can download it directly from there without having to wait for me to email you the file. Just follow the instructions on screen and remember to SAVE the file when you have it on your screen.

I'll do my best to keep up with the etsy shop orders but must go and grab a quick sandwich!

Thanks

J x

Draw winners

Thanks so much to everyone for all of the very kind comments about the pattern. I've used the old random number generator thingy again and it has pulled 20 numbers out of the ether:

Which translates to:

Donna Ferrara, Tracy (She's the sweetest...), Edel, Emma (I'd love to win...), Svenja, Jess (Adorable...), Mila Tamaoka, Nina Chester, Helen (Pick me..), Tatyana, Kelly (I'm crazy...), Nancy (You're such a talent...), Nicole (Adorable...), Margaret Lifgren, Allison (Makes me smile...), Gillian (Very Easteric...), Janet (How lovely...), Karen Stevens, Marie (I'm so happy) & Robyn (I'd love a chance...).

Copies of the pattern will be emailed to each of the winners shortly and then I'll pop the pattern into my Etsy pattern shop.

I've decided to run 2 etsy shops from now on - the one above will list patterns for sale and I hope to add more soon. The second one LCRknitted will just list finished knitted items. I have several egg cosies to list over the next week and am finishing off some animals and cakes to add soon too.

Now I'm off to have a cuppa and rest my eyes after all of that counting comments! Many thanks again for all of your interest and support.