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Needle Felted Owl – True Nature is Revealed

Posted on December 13, 2010by Dan

I’ve made quite a few of these cute, wee owl ornaments over the last couple of months (especially as we approach the holidays). They are cute, they make great ornaments. I mean, what’s not to like about owls?

The other day, as I was making the rounds through my yard, I was reminded of the true nature of these raptors. Efficient hunters. Eaters of small furry things. In my case, the remains of a bunny on our sidewalk indicated the dinner of choice.

I’ll be curious to see who ends up with this small juxtaposition of, on one hand, cute and cuddly, and the other, an unhappy ending.

Nature can be cruel, indeed.

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Knitting

She Makes a Mean Sweater

Posted on December 4, 2010by Dan

As promised in an earlier post, I’m sharing with you two projects that Virginia has completed in the last little while (and, to make sure you didn’t think I was resorting to using this blog just to promote holiday shopping.)

First, is a cute cardigan that seemed to take no longer than a few days to complete. It’s a pattern by Sarah Hoadley from the Winter 2009 issue of Interweave Knits called Icelandic Star.

It’s made with four colors of Cascade 220, and only taking 5 skeins of the yarn to complete makes this a pretty affordable sweater to whip out (easy for me to say “whip out” since I didn’t actually do the work – we all know if that were the case I’d be talking about completing it for the next 6 months).

The next project is another sweater. This one, made for me, is from a suitably titled pattern called “Drifter.”

This one is made from a super soft, and warm Rowan yarn called Cocoon. It’s also a Rowan pattern (in Rowan 48) from designer Erika Knight.

I was kidding about the aptly named pattern. I’m much too much of a homebody. Not sure there are many drifters out there that would spend Friday nights sitting on the couch making a wee little owl or a fuzzy bear-a-knitting.

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For the Knitter Who Might Have Everything

Posted on November 28, 2010by Dan

Ask yourself, do they need someone, something to help them finish their projects, reduce their stash, catch up on some holiday knitting? This might be just the thing you are looking for:

And, if not, there will be plenty of other great gifts at The Yarnery Holiday Boutique this coming weekend (Dec. 3-5). They’ve invited 8 staff and their friends, including Virginia and I, to sell their handmade goods, with 10% of the proceeds going to the Second Harvest Food Bank. More details here.

Don’t miss out!