Head and body
Use an F/5-3.75mm hook
and dark brown worsted weight yarn.
Do NOT join rounds.
Work in a spiral instead.
Make slip knot then
chain 2.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in 2nd
ch from hook. Catch in the tail as you go.
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc
around – 12 sc
Rnd 3: *Sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc; rep from*
around – 18 sc
Rnd 4: *Sc in each of next 2 sc, 2 sc in next sc; rep
from* around – 24 sc
Rnd 5: *Sc in each of next 3 sc, 2 sc in next sc; rep
from* around – 30 sc
Rnds 6-9: Sc in each sc around
Rnd 10: *Sc in each of next 3 sc, sc2tog; rep from*
around – 24 sc
Rnd 11: *Sc in each of next 2 sc, sc2tog; rep from*
around – 18 sc
Rnd 12: *Sc in next sc, sc2tog; rep from*
around – 12 sc
Rnd 13: Sc in each sc
around
Stuff head firmly.
Rnd 14: *Sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc; rep from*
around – 18 sc
Rnd 15: Sc in each sc
around
Rnd 16: *Sc in each of next 2 sc, 2 sc in next sc; rep
from* around – 24 sc
Rnd 17: Sc in each sc
around
Rnd 18: *Sc in each of next 3 sc, 2 sc in next sc; rep
from* around – 30 sc
Rnd 19: Sc in each sc
around
Rnd 20: *Sc in each of
next 4 sc, 2 sc in next sc; rep from* around – 36 sc
Rnds 21-25: Sc in each
sc around
Rnd 26: *Sc in each of next 4 sc, sc2tog; rep from*
around – 30 sc
Rnd 27: *Sc in each of next 3 sc, sc2tog; rep from*
around – 24 sc
Rnd 28: *Sc in each of next 2 sc, sc2tog; rep from* around – 18 sc
Rnd 28: *Sc in each of next 2 sc, sc2tog; rep from* around – 18 sc
Rnd 29: *Sc in next sc, sc2tog; rep from*
around – 12 sc
Stuff body firmly.
Rnd 30: Sc2tog around,
sl st in next sc; fasten off leaving 12” yarn tail – 6sc.
Finish stuffing head
and body. Thread yarn tail through yarn needle and weave through each stitch.
Pull tightly to close opening. Knot yarn securely and thread yarn inside the
body.
Tail
Do not join rounds.
Slip knot. Ch 3. 7 hdc
in 3rd chain from hook – 8 hdc
Rnd 2: working in back
loops only. 2 hdc in each ch around – 16 hdc
Rnd 3: working in back
loops only. 1 hdc in next hdc, 2 in next – 24 hdc
Sl st in next sc.
Fasten off leaving long tail.
Feathers
Skip 4 stitches and
attach red yarn with slip stitch through back loop only of the tail piece. Ch1,
HDC in same loop. Hdc in next 2 stitches again in back loops only.
Row 2: Ch1 and turn.
2hdc in 1st stitch through both loops. 1 hdc in next stitch, 2 hdc
in next stitch, Ch 1 and turn – 6 hdc including the ch1
Rows 3-7: HDC in each
stitch across, ch1 and turn
Row 8: hdc2tog, 1hd in
next stitch, hdc2tog, ch1 and turn
Row 9: hdc2tog slip st
in next stitch and fasten off.
For the next feather
start in the next space on the main tail piece and attach the yarn through the
back loop only. I did red then blue, yellow, green and orange.
After you have done
all five feathers. Take the brown colour you used for the main tail piece and
attach with a slip stitch through the front loop only 2 stitches before where
the red/first feather starts. Sc in each front loop stitch around to 2 stitches
after where the orange/last feather finishes. Slip stitch and fasten off. Sew
tail on to body.
Beak
With yellow yarn, ch2.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in 2nd
ch from hook.
Rnds 2-5: Sc in each
Sc around. At the end of rnd 5 sl st in next sc and fasten off.
For the snood, attach
red yarn with slip stitch, sc in same stitch, sc in next stitch, ch 4, sc in 2nd
ch from hook, sc in next ch then sl st in next space on the beak and fasten
off. Sew beak to face.
Wings (make 2)
With body colour, ch 2
Rnd 1: 6 sc in 2nd
ch from hook
Rnd 2: *Sc in each of next 2 sc, 2 sc in next
sc; rep from * around – 8 sc
Rnd 3: sc in each sc
around
Rnd 4: *Sc in each of
next 3 sc, 2 sc in next sc; rep from * aroud – 10 sc
Rnds 5 and 6: Sc in
each sc around, at the end of rnd 6, sl st in next sc, fasten off. Pinch rnd 6
closed flat and sew wings to body.
Feet (make 2)
With orange yarn.
Row 1: *Ch 3, dc in 1st
ch, ch 1, slip stitch in 1st chain; rep from * 2 more times so you
have 3 toes.
Row 2: ch 1, turn, 1
sc in the base of each of the 3 toes, ch 3
Row 3: 1 sc in each of
the 3 sc across the foot, 3 sc in ch – 6 sc in a round
Rows 4-9: 1 sc in each
sc around. Slip stitch and fasten off at the end of row 9. Sew feet to body.
Eyes
Using black yarn start
with a magic ring, chain 1 then 5 sc in the ring. Pull up a loop of white yarn
and slip stitch through the back loop only to join. Continuing with white, slip
stitch again in same loop. Then go around the circle making two slip stitches
in every back loop of the single crochets. Slip stitch through both loops of
the first white slip stitch to join. Fasten off leaving enough black yarn for
sewing. Sew the eyes to the head.
