The Owl That Went To Portland

Without further ado, the Owl That Went To Portland (on time!):

 

 

My Mother loved it!  And has asked me to knit her a hat too!  (actually, she hinted around until I offered)  She wants one like the hat Sarah knit for Gwen (my parents have a photo of her in it).  And when I asked about colors, Mother said she liked the bright colors of Gwen’s hat!  Fuschia -- with accents of pink and melon and few other fun colors.  So, Sarah and I went yarn shopping, of course.  We found a beautiful raspberry wool/cashmere/silk blend (Cashsilk  from Laines du Nord) for the main color and a zesty accent yarn – gray with shiny bands of raspberry and various shades of orange (Nashua Daylily).  Sophisticated!

 

It is nearly Halloween – which means we are busting out costumes!  Chess Pieces (Black king and queen, White king and queen) – oh, there is pleather involved!  And Max’s promised wolf suit (ala Where The Wild Things Are).  I am knitting and crocheting masks from StitchDiva’s pattern for the adult costumes.

 

Since it is the week before Halloween, we are also plotting the Holidays.  So, our conversations run something like:

What should we do for all the cousins for Christmas and who is picking Sasha up form the airport the day before Thanksgiving?

I don’t know, but maybe Jeff and what are we doing for Christmas cards and is this tail wolf-y enough?

Probably.  I ordered some and please hack me off another piece of that pleather, but what are we going to do for all the cousins for Christmas?

 

 

Comments

[Joyce]

Cute owl! And, I hope we get to see Max in his costume...but what about Gwen?

[Angoragoblin]

Love the owl, colors look so real. Let us know when he has a name.

[sonja]

it looks so real i think it might fly off the page