Owls in a Tree Blanket

Amelia (7) helped me design this blanket for her twin bed.  It is an amalgamation of a few patterns linked below.  This is completed in Single Crochet with an F Hook (although I crochet with little tension so for "normal" crocheters it may be more like an H hook).  I learned a lot about graphs, colour changes and bobbins.  I'm planning on adding a border but Zoe (3) is insisting I work on her blanket so that's taking precedence for now ;).Please note that this is an untested design and I don't claim to be an experience pattern designer.

Materials:  (Vanna's Choice Yarn)
White (dyed with glow in the dark acryllic paint using this method - http://hodgepodgecrochet.net/2014/09/diy-glow-in-the-dark-yarn/) - for the stars and moon
Navy - sky
Raspberry - bottom left owl, hearts
Aqua - letters & top owl
Eggplant - right owl
Oatmeal - inside of owls
Black - owl eyes
Silver Heather - tree
Orange (from my stash) - owl beaks
F/5-3.75mm Hook

Graph:

Notes:
I actually just did 3x3 squares for each of the stars as this X design did not work well in SC.
I highly recommend using bobbins.  These are just small ones I picked up from Target but I've since purchased the huge ones you can find at Dollar Tree.  They should make for less knots when the bobbins run out.  I also learned to change color every time there was a color change more than a couple of stitches.  It made for a much cleaner finish without carrying yarn across different colors, especially with the big difference between the Navy and Silver Heather.























I experimented with a few different joining techniques but settled on this one by the end of the project.  I only used it when joining two strands of the same color though.  http://jennybellairs.blogspot.com/2010/01/fast-pictorial-guide-to-weavers-knot.html?m=1

Sources:
Owl - https://www.pinterest.com/pin/297800594089339342/
Tree - https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/cf/85/b5/cf85b5362bdfab2e4c718c07e10d2c99.jpg
Alphabet - https://www.pinterest.com/pin/297800594089335917/

You are welcome to sell what you make from this pattern, but please link back to this blog to credit the pattern.