lost the thread: Kristen's owl

Monday, September 1, 2008

Kristen's owl

So Kristen's good friend in Chicago loves owls, and Kristen came across a pattern for a knit one here:

We had 3 shades of wool yarn in the stash and in 2 days of steady work, she produced this little cutie:

1 comment:

Carrie Penny said...: He is cute! Where did she find that pattern?; September 2, 2008 at 5:07 AM

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Finished Objects 2010

Road Not Taken scarf
Tailored Lace scarf
felted slippers for Sam
2 Feather Duster Shawlettes
Pine Green Hat
3 Leaf Coasters
Magnolia Leaf Bookmark
Lotus Leaf Neck warmer
2 Back of the Neck scarves
3 pairs of FX socks
Lilac Leaves Shawl
February Scarf in Pink
Lace bookmarks
Counting Crows Shawl
Bamboo Cushion
Lavendar and Old Lace angora shawl
2 pairs of Alpaca Fetching mitts
Two pairs of Alpaca Mittens
Alpaca Square Shawl
Traveling Woman Shawlette
Allegan Cardigan
Folk Festival Socks
Holiday Jewel socks

Finished Objects 2009

Starry Starry Night shawlette
Tiny Feather and Fan angora scarf
Tweed Mittens
Ingenue sweater
Pretty Thing neckwarmer
Basketweave cushion
Ishbel in Blue
Alpaca Victorian Shoulderette
Ishbel in Burgundy Cashmere
2 washcloths
Leafy Greens Scarflette
April in Chicago (and June in LA) socks
Cashmere Leaf Lace Shawl
2 Lotus-leaf Cashmere Scarflettes
Romantic in Green Shawl
Simple Yet Effective Rose Romantic Shawl
Romantic Feather and Fan Stole in Lavender
Bronze Berries Socks
Japanese Feather lace stole
Peacock Fuzzy Feet
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Reading Material 2009

Cathedral of the Black madonna by Jean Markale
Gaming the Vote by Wm. Poundstone
Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon
Ice Land by Betsy Tobin
Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder
Three Cups of Tea
Flu by Gina Kolata
Lost in Tibet
Southern California, An Island on the Land
My Life in France by Julia Child
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death by Charlie Huston
The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
Goldengrove by Francine Prose
Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose
Abide with Me
The Wizard of Oz
Buy-ology by Martin Lindstrom
Ponzi's Scheme by Mitchell Zuckoff
Finding Oz by Evan Schwartz
Intern by Sandeep Jauhar
The Blue Nowhere by Jeffrey Deaver
The Stuff of Thought by Steven Pinker
Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
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Finished Objects 2008

Reading Material 2008

Angle of Repose
2 books on The Great Depression
Chasing Lincoln's Killer
Heaven Has a Blue Carpet
The Lace Reader
A Girl Called Zippy by Haven Kimmel
Bad Samaritans
The Ruins of California
Financial Shock by Mark Zandi
Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You by Sam Gosling
Nudge by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein
Identical Strangers by Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein
Dreams from my Father by Barack Obama
Panic in Level 4 by Richard Preston
Southland by Nina Revoyr
Stiff by Mary Roach
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
The Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett
Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
American Theocracy by Kevin Phillips
Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
Once in Golconda by John Brooks
Palm Latitudes by Kate Braverman
Silverland by Dervla Murphy
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
The Mind of the Market by Michael Shermer
The Devil in the White City by Eric Larson
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler