Granny squares

I love granny squares.

I got this book from my boyfriend, I think for Women's Day (8th of March) a year ago. First thing I made from it - of course - granny squares! They ended up in a couple of projects: a bag, an unfinished blanket (oh, well) and some of them ended up as coasters at my friends house.

This was suppose to be a blanket. Damn my patience.

I finally made a blanket though. It took ages, but it was with me through most of our time in UK. No idea what I did with it at the end. Did I give to to anybody? Did I pack it? Threw it out? Anybody?

And there it is, in a middle of hovering :P

This is one of my favorite shawls I have - it's so warm and cosy!

This pillow unfortunately ended up in a bin, as it was to scruffy :(

And I was trying to make square a day challenge. It lasted two days.

Here is my stash of granny squares. was trying to put it together as a blanket, but had to pack it up before I had a chance to start.

This one I actually use, one of my favorite bags I made. Unfortunately I didn't know at the time that wool stretches REALLY badly. Need something else as a handle material in the future (wooden handles are too expensive).

and last but not least: my granny squares infinity scarves - I wear them all the time. I actually have some more, need to get better pictures though :)

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' :)