FO Friday- Little Owl

I did make a project last weekend that I had hoped to share today, although I was not good at choosing something that could be finished in two days so it took a little longer. It is almost done, just the ends to weave in but I am somewhat undecided about it and might end up frogging it. If I keep it I will show it next Friday.

I don't think I have shared this on a FO Friday, I had a quick check and can't see a post about it, but if I have please just look at the cute.

Pattern: Owl Puffs by Jenna Krupar
Yarn: Wendy Sorrento, leftovers from stash, just a tiny amount in each colour
Needles: 2.5mm dpns

A lovely simple pattern, quick to make with a very cute outcome.

I am not great at embroidery, especially on knitted surfaces so if I made the pattern again I would maybe make a felt beak, if the base yarn was wool you could needle felt the beak and eyes on.

Year of project update- In which there is an owl

Anyone who visited last week might be expecting to see a freshly dyed pile of yarn this week. Unfortunately the dye I ordered didn't arrive in time, so I will be dyeing it up this week and hopefully sharing it next Sunday.

I wanted something to share, so I worked up one of my teeny tiny pattern choices, Oisin owl by Pauline Gallagher is a speedy little project that only uses a tiny bit of yarn. Cabling and Irish moss stitch make two panels that you sew together to give a little 3D owl, he is about 3 inches tall.

I think I need to embroider some eyes on to make it more obvious that he is an owl, rather than a swimming costume for a barbie which was suggested by someone.

Scrap down- Owl mug cosy

This is the last item coming from my brown Super Alpaca, there is only the tiniest of amounts left, literally a few metres, so it has been added to my bag of tiny scraps that will one day probably be donated somewhere for use in craft projects (sticking to pictures etc)
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For the most recent £5 UK swap I decided to make an owl mug cosy. The pattern is Ho(o)t Coffee by Dixie Norton, except I didn't do the base bit, I just cast on at the 63 sts point and worked from there. Only I didn't read the pattern properly and worked K2pP2 rib so I cast on 64 sts. It was ok, I got rid of the extra stitch when I cast off for the bit under the handle. I should have kept it as one of the purl panels is 6sts wide and the others 7sts wide, I would prefer them all to match. It also worked out a bit oddly on the ribbing at the top- note to self, read patterns before working.
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Still, the owls are very cute, there are lots of patterns with this little cabled owl, he is very simple to make. I am not sure I would want to work any of the bigger patterns as sewing on a lot of eyes would require a lot of sewing in ends or a single strand worked all the way across the back of the piece, but that is just my laziness and dislike of finishing up.
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Cosy in situ (sorry about the rubbish lighting):
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I hope my swapee likes it!