When I began to crochet earlier this year I made a list of projects...(written in longhand in a notebook!)...that I would like to hook...one of them was the fab
Emma Varnam's Cutie Hootie Owl.
Thinking that it was a long term aim to be able to make something with shape, a pattern and with more than four rows I had forgotten all about it until I re-read my little list. I printed off the pattern and with a special little lady's fifth birthday in mind a rainbow version was begun. It was completed with greater ease than anticipated due to Emma's detailed instructions and some obsessive stitch counting!
So without further ado.. here he is..made with a larger hook and therefore a little bigger..but still cute..I hope!
He's a little shy so maybe if you read a bit further he might feel more comfortable and show his true colours! He has the usual Random Wooliness needlefelted features and was photographed just as the sun was setting on an August evening...quite an appropriate time for an owl to come out!
Emma describes her Cutie Hootie Owl as 'a perfect little mascot for those back to school blues' as he can carry a little message under his wing.
Rainbow owl carried a birthday message...
but he could equally have sent a 'Happy First day at School' as the recipient has today had the excitement of her first school day!
I'd like to wish everyone starting (back) at school or college a
Happy and Successful New Year
(one reader especially who is bravely (re) tackling a tricky subject)!
The message of course includes those who are teaching and/or learning....which often goes both ways...as my Granddad always said...'You learn something new every day'!
Sadly the time at which the photos of Rainbow Owl were taken is now engulfed in darkness due to the shortening of days...however the sunny September weather we are having here is creating some stunning sunsets!
That brings me seamlessly onto my next post.....
but you'll have to wait a little for that....
