I've travelled to Finland again this week with work and I am of course staying with my lovely and generous best friend from University, who's son is my one and only best godson in the whole universe - the jumper is for him, the first in this winters wardrobe from me.
The pattern is almost unbearably cute and I love it, the whole sweater was knit in one weekend, owlet by Kate Davies. The yarn is Debbie Bliss Rialto Aran in the colour mango, lovely and soft to work with, I hope it will keep nicely and not pill like other DB yarns - the twist seems fairly tight.
I made a few tweaks to the pattern as I progressed but that was personal preference and not any problem with the pattern.
Sewing on the buttons for eyes was the only annoying bit - 32 eyes since you asked! The buttons are from the Cloth House in Soho - they have a pretty good selection of trims and buttons as well as lovely fabric.
If I were to knit this again I would change the decreases on the arms as a personal preference I am less fond of the sharp decrease at the end of the sleeve and prefer gradual decreases down the whole length.
The green opalescence seems to glow with the yellow back ground. MMmmmm pretty! It's quite interesting how very slight variations in the knit and the way the eyes are sewn give the owls different facial expressions, third full owl from the left is the most intelligent looking whilst his two next door neighbors have wider set eyes and appear more gormless, fifth from the lefts eyes are lower giving him a more bookish appearance, athropomorphism in knitted owls.
Pattern: Owlet by Kate Davies
Size: Largest of the baby sizes
Yarn: Debbie Bliss Rialto Aran in Mango 5 balls
Needles: 4.5mm, 6mm and 6.5mm
1 comment:
Fabulous! This one is on my next-to-knit list. I have the yarn, just waiting to cast on. Love the eyeballs!
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