Richard the Owl

Recently I have been looking around crochet and knitt blogs to find some bigger project for me to do. On one of them (no idea which one, sorry) I found a very creepy kitty-pillow. As I am not a big fan of cats I thought I should do it, but with a different animal. And that's how Richard the Owl was born.

Making the body was REALLY boring. I should do it with single crochet, but instead I used double and treble crochets in order to make it quicker. Yeah, I know. I wanted to kill some time and now I was making it quick. But it was REALLY boring :(

As you can see I started with a sunburst granny square and then continued around for 6 rows. After that I only crocheted the top part for 12 rows. Ears are 10 stitches wide. 

Ears: 

1 st row: 10 st

2nd row: 10 st

3rd row: 9 st

4th row: 8 st

And so on. I finished after 7 rows with 3 st, and then I put crocheting hook through all the top loops and made a knot, to make the ears pointy.

As I am a very lazy person, I made back all blue, couldn't be bothered making another sunburst granny square (will give you instructions how to make one soon). After I had front and back finished that was the time to make this little owl a face.

He looks a little bit scared, doesn't he?

Anyway, I found this little shop nearby, run by crazy artistic lady. I found there material for a beak :) 

I am really bad with sewing. I secured the beak with pins before I sewed it on, but of course I had to be creative with sewing the eyes, so... :

This was the moment, when I realised that one eye is bigger than the other one... Ooops. Nevertheless I continued. This only means that Richard will be even more gorgeous (and creepy).

He is watching you!

And final picture:

Once I get material for the lining and stuffing, I will show you some more pictures :) For now, Richard is going to the box 'I'll finish it later' :)