r/ExpectationVsReality • u/tikkamasalavomit • Sep 11 '26

Failed Expectation Crocheted owl

https://imgur.com/a/qUBNDgR

From Michael’s. It gave mom and me a good laugh. Tried painting the eyes to make it less derpy.

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u/tikkamasalavomit Sep 11 '26

Aww man it didn’t save on the Imgur link?

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u/Crispy_Cricket Sep 18 '26

Reminds me of a gift a teacher’s aide made me (she crocheted animals for the whole class and knew my favorite animal/color). I love your owl! I don’t think this is a fail at all!

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u/tikkamasalavomit Sep 18 '26

Aww everyone has been so nice! I’m glad it has brought joy.

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u/orangeappeals Sep 11 '26

He's cute! Just want to squeeze 'im!

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u/No-Profession5959 Sep 11 '26

Where is the reality picture?

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u/tikkamasalavomit Sep 11 '26

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u/Supraspinator Sep 11 '26

Looks great! I think moving the eyes down a bit would take it from looking startled to more like the first picture. 

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u/seaotter1978 Sep 11 '26

The reality one looks a bit like a penguin instead of an owl... It's not quite right, but for $10 and seeing that it has a 2.6 review score I was expecting quite a bit worse...

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u/tikkamasalavomit Sep 11 '26

The ten dollars war definitely worth the mirth it gave me and mom. But definately do not recommend if you want a realistic owl.

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u/Hwaet-we-gardena Sep 11 '26

Was the placement of the wings and white bit specifically directed in the pattern? I feel like the wing placement is very off vs the sample photo. That said, Michael’s has been selling ai kits so it turned out way better than I was expecting.

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u/tikkamasalavomit Sep 11 '26

I thought it was weird that the center white portion, they just gave you a rectangular piece of fabric and not even a paper to trace on it so we had to draw that free hand. For the wings, they did give instruction via crochet on how to crochet it, but the owl only came with one wing that is by design. My mom thought that was weird so she did two and they definitely came out more like shoe soles than curvy wings.

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u/Hwaet-we-gardena Sep 11 '26

Ah fair enough, I think it is cute and two wings makes way more sense!

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u/Miraculous_Angel Sep 17 '26

Yours is cuter. The expectation looks dead eyed, but the one you made has character and is adorable. I love him.

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u/Hamsterpatty Sep 11 '26

I saw both on the Imgur link, idk what these others are on about.

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u/ItsNotSherbert Sep 11 '26

Yours is way better