Owl Coozies

Last year I figured out double-pointed needles.  They are best for knitting things in the round that don't have as many stitches as projects such as hats where you would use a circular needle.  Here's what a project starts off looking like:

When working on double-pointed needles it is extremely important to pull the first stitch on a new needle very tightly otherwise there will be a seam.  It's also key to find a system that works for you once you have that fourth needle in your hand.  Additionally, this project requires cabling so at times I was using FIVE NEEDLES!  Making sure the stitches don't slide off the needles is another challenge.  Why would anyone think to knit with double-pointed needles with so many challenges?! 

I found this super cute coffee coozie pattern on ravelry.com.  Apparently owls are very "in" right now.  Plus, the picture looked super cute!  You already saw the start of the project on the double-pointed needles.  Here's how the project progressed:

After I did the coozie I added in little orange "beaks".  The project had to sit for a while after this because I had to special order googly eyes that could be sewn on.  I didn't want to chance hot glue on the yarn incase it didn't work.

I can not get over how cute this turned out.  There are five owls surrounding the coozie.  It's a little larger that I'd like for future coozies.  I think I'd use a different, thinner yarn so that it wouldn't be quite as tall.

If you're interested in the pattern you can find it here.  I can't wait to make more of these as well as other coffee coozies!