some FO and WIP

first, a stuffed owl that i finished today: hard to tell, but it is about 12" tall. my own design! adella's fascinated by the button eyes. "it has buttons on it!" she says. so i tell her they are the eyes and then she says, "no mom - they buttons!" and some WIP: the cardigan - i'm almost ready to bind off the bottom edge and start on the sleeves. after the sleeves, i go back and pick up all along the front for the collar/buttonband. adella's blanket - still growing: and the knitted rug i was talking about? here's the yarn i picked out: can you see the picture? the white part of the rug will be the variegated green/white yarn, and the contrast color (in the pattern it is actually fabric rag strips) will be the red, yellow, and blue held together. does that make sense? i'll post pictures of it once i get started. well, better go. the neighbors think i'm crazy, by the way. i'm always outside taking close-ups of yarn, and then adella comes running out in her birthday suit.