I crocheted these owls when I was burying myself in crocheting for a year awhile back. I have been saving getting to this post but I ran into a bout of fatigue, caused by eating some healthy foods that were not so good for my thyroid. So now I am trying to get back on track, although I am still a bit exhausted, so I am basically lying low. Kind of like the story of Brer Rabbit when he was hiding in the bushes. I have been busy with a full time temporary position, that possibly will go to hire and my plate is rather full at this moment.

My mother is very fond of owls. Therefore I got the idea to crochet her a family of owl figures. I did it by eye, without a pattern. The parents take so much time! I added felt backings on them and hand stitched the edges. After that I did a mother and daughter owl for my daughter, Emily. Later on I did another family of owls for a friend. The children do not take quite as long as the parents, since they are much smaller. Plus I did not crochet their eyes since they are so small. I like all of the owls but I particularly like the little one with a Mohawk hair style. That is the little camel colored one.  They are stuffed with polyester fiberfill.

I was going through a really rough time when I started crocheting almost daily. It broke everything down to one stitch at a time. It really did soothe my soul and I have to say when I stopped crocheting every day for a few months it was difficult again. I now seem to have a better balance going on so I do not feel like I have to crochet. I would like to do more crocheting at some point. I think it is very relaxing and really keeps one occupied on long flights. It also is great while waiting for doctor appointments if they tend to keep one waiting a long time. So far I haven’t crocheted any other animals and I have never done an animal by a pattern. I am not sure I have ever done any crocheting by pattern really.  I have listened to and watched videos and under those circumstances I did what they said. Actually reading a pattern and crocheting from it would be a learning curve for me. My heart and hook lead me to crochet these owls and several scarves. Of course there were a couple of times I crocheted myself into an idea I did not know how to really do and had to unravel and simplify. All in all it was fun.

Well I hope you like my little owls. They aren’t perfect, yet neither are we. I will hopefully get another post out within a few days after I continue to try to focus on getting my energy back to normal.

All material written and photos taken by: © Marilyn Lavender, 2015.  “All Rights Reserved.”