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#Birbfest, Day 15: A Short Eared Owl

#illustration #sketchbook #birds
Digital illustration of a Short-eared Owl sitting on a tree stump. It has got bright yellow eyes in a round light grey face, and a mostly grey-brown body with darker streaked wings.
January 15, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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Today's #Birbfest prompt is Silver-eared Mesia, so here you go. You can tell it's a female by the orange butt (males have red ones).
Digital illustration of a Silver-eared Mesia female. This is a small bird with a bright yellow chest and beak, a greeny-grey belly and an orange bum. The wings are grey-green, getting darker towards the tips, with a bright red patch near the top and golden edges to the flight feathers. On its head it's got a black hood with white cheeks.
January 14, 2026 at 10:34 AM
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#Birbfest continues... today with a White-Eared Pheasant. So pretty!

#illustration #sketchbook #Birds
Digital illustration of a White-Eared Pheasant for #Birbfest. The bird is mostly white, with a black tail of big droopy iridescent feathers, and dark grey iridescent edges to its wings. It's got a curved pale pink beak, a black cap and a bright red patch around its yellow eyes. Its white ear tufts is where it gets its name from. The legs are a dark pink and fairly short.
January 13, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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Surprisingly, I'm still going, so here's today's #Birbfest post: A Common Redpoll

#illustration #sketchbook #bird
Digital illustration of a Common Redpoll, a small brownish red bird with a bright red patch on its forehead and lighter red patches on its chest. It's got a stubby yellow beak, like the finch that it is.
January 12, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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Here's a Mountain Bluebird for #Birbfest - I mean, the males are great, but 😍 those flashes of turquoise on the females' wings

#illustration #Bird #sketchbook
Digital illustration of a Mountain Bluebird female sitting on a little branch. The bird has a tiny pointy beak and is mostly grey and brown, but has bright blue and turquoise streaks on her wings.
January 11, 2026 at 8:42 AM
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More info: www.monkeymintaka.com/birbfest
An informational graphic titled "Birbfest 2026 Prompt List" for the month of January. The challenge is hosted by @monkeymintaka. The graphic features 31 daily drawing prompts, each corresponding to a different bird species. The prompts are: Bronzewing Pigeon Phaps chalcoptera Many-coloured Rush Tyrant Tachuris rubrigastra Razorbill Alca torda Golden-headed Manakin Ceratopipra erythrocephala King Eider Somateria spectabilis Northern Emerald-Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus Steller’s Sea Eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruvianus Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea White-eared Pheasant Crossoptilon crossoptilon Silver-eared Mesia Leiothrix argentauris Short-eared Owl Asio flammeu Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope Spangled Cotinga Cotinga cayana Tufted Jay Cyanocorax dickeyi Red-legged Seriema Cariama cristata Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Ornate Fruit Dove Ptilinopus ornatus Galah Cockatoo Eolophus roseicapilla Nuthatch Sitta europaea New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Red-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis amictus Little Penguin Eudyptula minor Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus Oyster Catcher Haematopus ostralegus Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus At the bottom, the text includes the website link www.monkeymintaka.com/birbfest and the hashtag #Birbfest.
January 10, 2026 at 9:23 AM
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TIL that #Birbfest is a thing, so here's an American Purple Gallinule for your exercise and amusement.

#illustration #sketchbook #Bird
Digital illustration of an American Purple Gallinule in front of a light green background. The bird has a purple and blue body, greeny-blue wings and a bright red beak. The tip of the beak and his legs are bright yellow.
January 10, 2026 at 9:12 AM
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Last chance before #Christmas - if you're still looking for a #gift for the crocheter in your life, feel free to have a gander at my shop for some hand-carved #crochet hooks: folksy.com/find/shop/ca...

I'll close up for the year on Thursday, 18 December at 3pm, so get your orders in quick!
Photo of a chunky crochet hook made from lime wood. It's sitting on a dark surface between a crocheted star made from natural coloured wool and some greenery. Photo of a chunky crochet hook made from larch wood. It's sitting on a dark surface between a crocheted star made from natural coloured wool and some greenery. Photo of a small crochet hook made from lilac wood. It's sitting on a dark surface between a crocheted star made from pink yarn and some greenery.
December 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Thanks everyone who came along and was nice to us. We had a lovely day!

#fairsaturday #edinburgh #edinburghopenworkshop #shoplocal #buyhandmade
Collage of photos showing different views of our Knot Unknot/ Carmenland stall at the Edinburgh Open Workshop on 29 November. On the left, there's a view of a display of wooden crochet hooks, on top of that sits a vase with sticks holding star-shaped ornaments, and there are twinkly lights hanging from the ceiling. Top middle shows a selection of Knot Unknot's Rule 30 scarves in different colours. Top right shows a display of paper goods from Carmenland, including the teeny tiny advent calendar that proved quite popular. Bottom right shows a close up of one of Knot Unknot's headbands knitted from chunky pink and navy yarn in one of her Game of Life Fair Isle patterns. In a background, there's a display of Christmas cards.
November 30, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Heads up, I'm coming out of retirement for my first market in probably ten years. Come see!

My crochet hooks will be sharing a stall with @studioknotunknot.bsky.social
Festive Makers Market Saturday 29th November 10:00 - 16:00 £1 Donation Entry Edinburgh Open Workshop 39-41 Assembly Street, Leith EH6 7BQ (Part of the Fair Saturday Edinburgh initiative)
November 27, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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#folktaleweek2025, day 5: #charm (I suppose there's more than one way to interpret this prompt...)

#illustration #sketchbook #vampire
Digital illustration of a vampire lady with hypnotic red eyes.
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Yesterday got away from me, but here's today's doodle for #folktaleweek2025: #book #illustration #sketchbook #witch
Digital illustration of a witch with bright orange hair and a purple hat, looking at a big book
November 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Day 2 of #folktaleweek2025: Echo. #illustration #sketchbook #loreley
Digital illustration of a woman with long blonde hair sitting on a rock above a river, singing. In the background the sun is setting. The story of the Loreley is not technically a folk tale, but was based on a ballad that was written in the early 19th century, and quickly became (falsely) known as a folk tale.
November 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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It's the first day of #folktaleweek2025! #night #illustration #sketchbook
Digital illustration showing a little creature with moth wings dancing in the light of a big smiling moon in a field of red flowers
November 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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It's that time of year again, so I ordered a couple of turnips for carving tumshies, and this is what I got... (Homegrown apple for comparison) I s'pose, challenge accepted, @sainsburys.bsky.social ! (Though tbh, I'm not entirely sure how to make a hole big enough to stick a candle in these. 🤔)
Photo of two turnips, plus an apple for comparison, sitting on a black surface in front of a blue background. The turnips are very tiny!
October 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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#FolktaleWeek2025, you say? Sure, I'll play!
Digital illustration of a little half-timbered house with a red door and a straw roof. It's surrounded by bushes bearing red berries, and a crow sits on top of the roof. At the bottom of the picture, it says 'Folktale Week 2025' in big red handdrawn letters, and www.carmenland.com below that in grey.
October 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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I interrupted the incessant crochet hook carving to finally make a decent sized spoon that's short enough to go in my salt cellar.

#spooncarving #carving
Photo of a small wooden spoon on a stove background. The wood is don't and reddish with lots of colour variations. Photo of a small wooden spoon on a stove background. The wood is don't and reddish with lots of colour variations.
September 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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I went on a rampage in my garden recently, which provided an opportunity for carving some fuchsia wood for the first time. Very silky stuff!

#crochet #crochetersofbluesky
Photo of a wooden crochet hook on a dark background, next to a lilac coloured crochet star and some fuchsia blossom
September 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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It's been a bit of a sticker-heavy week, and I'm told I'm going too hard on the autumn theme, but I wouldn't want you to think I'm not prepared.

# illustration #stickers
September 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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And now there are two sticker sheets. Look, there's even an early bird tumshie! 😆🌰🍁🍂🍄🍎

#illustration #stickers
Photo of a pile of sticker sheets in two different designs, both with illustrations of witches, leaves and other autumnal bits and bobs Photo of a detail of one of the sticker sheets showing an illustration of a tumshie.
September 6, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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GASP! - Sticker sheets! 😝
Photo of a pile of sticker sheets with digital illustrations of a witch, a cat, a pumpkin and a bunch of leaves (and one mushroom).
September 1, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Am I too early?

#sketchbook #illustration #doodles
Digital illustration of a little witch holding a steaming cup, sitting on a rock.
August 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Don't worry, I won't mention the dreaded C-word yet, but for those whose minds have turned to cozy autumn crafting, I've updated the selection of hand-carved crochet hooks in my folksy shop.

folksy.com/shops/carmen...
Photo of a hand-carved crochet hook on a dark grey background, next to a crochet star and some greenery.
August 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Looks like I'm sticking with the mushroom folks for a bit. #sketchbook #illustration #doodles
Digital pencil drawing of a fantasy character. She is standing with her hands on her hips, smiling. She's got dark skin and black, curly hair, and a bright red amanita mushroom cap on her head. She's wearing a light beige top and trousers and has a light grey frilly ruff around her neck.
June 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Couple of mushroom person portraits for ya. #sketchbook #doodles
Pencil portrait sketch of a fantasy character. They've got pointy ears, wavy hair and an amanita mushroom cap on their head. They're smiling and looking to the side. Pencil portrait sketch of a fantasy character. They've got pointy ears, curly short hair and a bolete mushroom cap on their head, as well as a bow tied around their neck.
June 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM