Owl Mandala Ta-dah

In my last post I asked you to guess what bird the mandala would turn into - it is my favourite bird - the Owl.

This project was fun to do and I thank Zootyowlcards for putting the pattern on her blog (see here).

I followed the pattern pretty much how it is, but I altered the beak, as you can see from the photo.
I am going to stiffen the owl with PVC glue (pasted on the back) so I can hang her with the other mandalas in my craft room.

I really do love owls.  In Australia I went mad at one stage making various versions.

               

                                                     

What is this going to be?

             

                          

This may look like another granny mandala, but it is going to be something else.  Can you guess what it might become?
Those of you that already know me might guess when I say - my favourite bird!

All will be revealed soon ....

A bit of a distraction

Unfortunately I haven't got any further with making more mandalas - sorry.  I have decided instead to start a small blanket for someone we know that is in hospital at the moment.

I know the colours don't look overly exciting, but it is for an elderly man and the autumnal shades will look good if you have a bit of texture in the stitches.

 

This is the first few rows, they look pretty boring, but you do need a firm base to work on.

I am intending on doing a few rows in each of the colours.  I also intend on doing a variety of stitches throughout the course of the blanket, both to learn more stitches and make it more interesting.

I am inspired by the "crochet-along-with-me " blanket that Little Woollie did last year - the mixed stitch blanket (sorry couldn't get the link with that exact page to work, but there is a separate section with all the details in her blog).

Anyway I hope this project gets finished one day.  I have a bad habit of getting a lot of WIP's (works-in-progress).  Although I have yet to meet a fellow crafter that doesn't have at least a few.