the middle knitter

I'm struggling through midterms right now, so this will be a quick post. (At my school, midterms vaguely describes everything from about the beginning of October till the end of the semester--it never really gets better from this point on.)

I made a snowy owl last night, for the 2007 Holiday Softie Awards.

I tried to make it reasonably accurate for a snowy owl. It was fun figuring out how to do the wings. Well, and the beak. And the feet. And the eyes too, for that matter. Making these things is like solving a puzzle, and it's fun.

I just bought a ton of yarn for my Christmas knitting. I'll be going to Rome over Christmas, courtesy of Aud's family, so as a thank you, I'm making gifts for all of them. (I'm just going to keep hoping that none of them stumble across this blog.) Let Project Rome commence!