Mods:
I didn’t like the way the ears flopped around so I wound up catching them on the hdcs for the last round of them and I was happy with that. It isn’t a ‘fun’ crochet by any means, but it is cute! :)

I had issues with using buttons on a baby item (choking hazard) so for the black I did: magic ring, ch 1,6 sc into ring and join with sl st. Turned out cute. I also added the catch light as I was sewing the eyeball onto the owl with the white…I had considered doing a round of sc in black and then a round of sc in white for the eyes-as it would give the same look BUT I wanted my owls to be looking in different directions. Because…SQUIRREL!

The half motifs were the most bazaar set of instructions ever. Why on earth would I want to cut my yarn every round??!! I did wind up cutting after the first row of chains, then from then on I would go back and forth so the first BLO was actually FLO and it turned out just fine-with less ends to weave in. Probably could have gotten away without that first cutting also by chaining 4 and tr into the ring-but I didn’t.

I have read through a lot of notes on this pattern…Lots of people complain about the squares not laying flat. I have loose tension (always do) and this was not an issue for me-I did give a tug-tug on them before sewing up (I just used a needle to sew them together, I’ve found that I prefer how that looks over crocheting squares together) and they were totally fine.

I’ve done enough crazy blankets and items to know that if you don’t want a gazillion ends in the end to weave as you go….I am taking each motif at a time and sewing in the ends as I finish them so I don’t have to do it all at the end.

I didn’t want to do this pattern…seen it all over and never interested me-I don’t like ‘faddy’ things…and owls are sooooo 20012…. BUT I got invited to a baby shower and everything she selected at the baby store was OWLS so I had to…

I did one owl motif and so far it’s ‘meh.’