FUN FUR OWL - NEW KNITTING PATTERN
Recently the area where I live was battered by extensive rainfall in a short period of time, this caused a lot of damage to people's property and caused chaos on the roads for around 24 hours. By far one of the saddest stories was of a local owl centre that also doubles up as a wildlife rescue/recuperation. They ended up under 4 foot of water within a matter of minutes and didn't have time to rescue all of the birds in their care - the result was the sad loss of 9 birds. They also lost all of their stores of bedding, feed etc. The plea went out for assistance in cleaning up the centre and donations of items lost. Us North East people are known for our generosity and the centre was inundated with much needed replacement items but the centres cash reserves have also been drained.
I unfortunately could not assist financially but I have cupboards and boxes full of yarn and fabric so set about making something that they can sell in the little shop at the centre when they re-open.
Hence the creation of the Fun Fur Owl, he took a bit of time to get right and their are a few 'oddities' that now live in my daughters bedroom (she has taken it upon herself to adopt all the mistakes I make). Eventually the vision I had in my head appeared and I want to now introduce them.
I have 8 at the moment made and they also seem to adopt their own personality. I have managed to get 3 out of one 50g ball of fun fur.
The creation of these little guys has also brought about a new 'It's By Clare' knitting pattern, which will be available shortly, I have just had one more idea that I want to try and may add to the pattern before release.
Cost of pattern will be £2.00 if ordered as the PDF version and £2.50 if ordering as a printed version (postage extra). This is a special price to celebrate it's release. It would be nice if any pattern buyers could make one up and send it to the centre so that they can sell it. I can give you the details on purchase if you want them or if you would just like to donate to the Owl centre
