A Little Crafting

 I am making a Boheme sweater for Sweetpea :)

What do you think? :)

Little Owl Pattern :) (Free!)

Little Owl(Bow tie version)

Materials:

Worsted Weight yarn (I used Vanna White) in colors brown, white, orange, and blue. (you wont need a lot of the white, orange, or blue)

Size H hook

Black Felt

Yarn needles

Black thread

Washable Stuffing

Body:

With brown, ch 2.

R1: 6 sc in 2^nd ch from hook, you will be making this in perpetual round.

R2: 2 sc in each chain around (12)

R3: *2 sc in st, sc 1 in next* repeat around

R4: *2 sc in next st, 1 sc in each of the next 2 sts* repeat around

R5: *2 sc in next st, 1 sc in each of the next 3 sts

1 sc in each sc for 15 rounds.

Next Round: sc 14, trc 1, sc 14, trc 1, slip st in next st, tie off. Do not sew together until the rest of owl is complete and sewn on.

Eyes (Make 2):

With white, ch 2.

R1: 6 sc in 2^nd ch from hook, you will be making this in perpetual round.

R2: *2 sc in next st, sc 1 in each of the next 3 sts* repeat once more.

Slip stitch in next sts, tie off. Break yarn, leaving enough yarn to sew onto the body. Do not sew on the body yet.

Bow Tie:

Ch 11

R1: Skip first 2 ch, hdc 1 in each of the next 9 ch. Ch2, turn

R2-4: skipping the chains, hdc 1 in each of the next 9 hdc. Ch2, turn

R5: skipping the chains, hdc 1 in each of the next 9 hdc, tie off.

Weave in the ends of the bow tie and cut the excess yarn. Taking the end of the yarn on the ball, wrap around the middle of the rectangle several times.

Finishing:

Cut 2 ovals out of the black felt and use the black thread to sew on the whites of the eyes. Sew the finished eyes onto the body near the open edge of body. Taking the orange yarn, sew a triangle directly under the eyes (this is the beak). Sew the bow tie under the beak, and stuff the body. Sew the top together and tie off.

Hope you enjoy making the little owl :)

Hello 2013.

Is it really the end of 2012?
It seems like just yesterday i was making my New Years post. Funny how that works.

I was planning on making a huge long post with the pictures of the past year and bladdy bladdy blah... buut...


I had a different idea.

Why not focus on my resolution?

Before

After

My resolution this year is to lose weight and get down to at least a size 10.

Yeah yeah yeah, I know what you're thinking.

"Lily, I hate to tell you this but, everyone makes that resolution and pretty much everyone fails at it..."



I'm really serious about it though. I will do it. I've lost 43 pound since May.
It's been a sort of an on going thing since then.
I want to continue what I'm doing and become... well... Healthy. I'm not losing weight so i can look 'prettier'. That was never my goal in the first place.

I'm not really sure how to end this. Its my resolution, but I can't find words to talk about it. You know how that is? haha


So... I guess now I'll post a few old photos from the past year (you know, the thing i said in the beginning of the post that i wasn't going to do) ;)

(Photo taken by me. Copyright Lily Caroline Photography. )

Goodbye 2012.

Hello 2013.