I just had to make Otto, from Lucinda Guy's book, 'And so to bed'. It's those big googly eyes that had me wanting. This was to be a frivolous knit, something with no purpose other than to satisfy the urge to make something cute. I'm not even a stuffed toy kind of person. But when Y saw me making Otto, he assumed it was his birthday present. I was a bit surprised, and maybe secretly pleased that he would be happy to have a little stuffed owl. I expected he would want something less soft, or more electronic, like a Gundam model, or a Gameboy.
Of course, since it was to be Y's toy, he had his say about where the eyes go.
I knit this on 3.75mm needles for a tighter fabric, and used single, instead of double fabric for the wings. The Rowan RYC Cashsoft DK is sooo soft, I would love to use it for a garment (for me, heh) There were a couple of odd things about this yarn; the cream was noticeably thinner than the grey, and instead of knots, both the grey balls of yarn had cut off bits of yarn. The finishing took forever, considering it's so small, but the result is definitely worth it! :-)
Happy B-day to Y! I can't believe my baby is seven years old already. You know, there's a cute fox (heh) in the same book too. Do you think I could make that for Y next year? ;-)
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