Do you like our owl?
My Owlette scarf is finished
and I hope we get a few more cool evenings so I can wear it a couple of times. Wish my camera hadn’t died in Italy last year because it’s really not that convenient to take pictures with an iPad. I spent a lot of time trying out different stitches to find a good starting point for owl feathers and my owlet motif is a heavily edited version of a stitch I found on a Russian website. Now that was fun… deciphering not-so-clear Russian instructions, and of course they use different knitting symbols from either American or Japanese sources. 
Playing with color was the most fun part. Holst Garn Supersoft has over a hundred colors and my favorite is probably “truffle”, a grayish brown that goes well with both grays and earth tones. Just great for owls. :) 
Front and back, in case you are curious. 
I knit two halves and then grafted them in the middle; used a 2.5 mm circular needle and six colors of light fingering wool yarn (Holst Garn Supersoft). By the way, thank you for your comments and welcome backs (can I pluralize that?). I can’t believe you still had me in your feed after all this time. Happy Sunday everyone!
Ava
A belated congratulations on your new marriage, Francesca! I haven’t been knitting much either, though not for physical incapacity. I’m glad you’re up to it again.
Alyssa
Welcome back! Kind of late… but I’ve also been gone… oops!
Rachel
Welcome back! and yes, you were still in my feed too :)
I love your owl scarf, it is so very beautiful. Do you intend to write a pattern for it?
(please, please say yes…)
Rachel
Francesca
Thank you, Rachel. :)
About writing the pattern, I suspect you may be the only one to want to knit a long scarf on tiny needles, grafting in the middle, and weaving in two ends at every color change. But… I want to experiment some more with color (both for a different effect and to minimize color changes that involve weaving in ends) and depending on how that goes, I’ll consider writing the pattern.