Materials:
– Yarn: YarnArt Jeans (55% cotton, 45% acrylic)
– Hook size: 2.5 mm
– Black embroidery floss or yarn for eyes
– Sewing needle and scissors
– Fiberfill
Abbreviations:
R = row
mc = magic circle
ch = chain
st = stitch
sl st = slip stitch
sc = single crochet
inc = 2 sc in the next stitch
dec = single crochet 2 stitches together
F.o. = finish off
( ) = number of stitches you should have at the end of the round/row
( ) *6 = repeat whatever is between the brackets the number of times stated
Wings (make 2)
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc) *6 (12)
R 3: (2 sc, inc) *4 (16)
R 4-6: 16 sc (3 rows)
R 7: 2 sc, 2 dec, 4 sc, 2 dec, 2 sc (12)
R 8: 2 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 2 sc (10)
R 9: 10 sc
Stuff gently with fiberfill.
R 10: 1 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 2 sc (8)
R 11: (dec) *4 (4)
F.o.
Tail
Make 7 ch.
Make an oval starting from the 2nd ch from hook, work on both sides of the chain.
R 1: 5 sc, 3 sc in one st, turn and crochet on the opposite side of the chain: 4 sc, inc (14)
R 2: 6 sc, inc, 6 sc, inc (16)
R 3: 7 sc, inc, 7 sc, inc (18)
R 4-5: 18 sc (2 rows)
R 6: dec, 7 sc, dec, 7 sc (16)
R 7: 16 sc
R 8: 6 sc, dec, 6 sc, dec (14)
R 9: 5 sc, dec, 5 sc, dec (12)
R 10: 4 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec (10)
Stuff gently with fiberfill. Fold top of tail flat and 5 sc through both sides across.
F.o.
Head and body
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc) *6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc) *6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc) *6 (24)
R 5: (3 sc, inc) *6 (30)
R 6: (2 sc, inc, 2 sc) *6 (36)
R 7: 36 sc
R 8: (5 sc, inc) *6 (42)
R 9-10: 42 sc (2 rows)
R 11: 5 sc, join a tail: 5 sc together with sc of the tail, 32 sc (42)
R 12-14: 42 sc (3 rows)
R 15: (1 sc, dec) *5, 27 sc (37)
Change color:
R 16: (1 sc, dec) *4, 23 sc, dec (32)
R 17: (6 sc, dec) *4 (28)
R 18: (5 sc, dec) *4 (24)
R 19: (3 sc, inc) *6 (30)
R 20-22: 30 sc (3 rows)
R 23: (3 sc, dec) *6 (24)
R 24: (2 sc, dec) *6 (18)
R 25: (1 sc, dec) *6 (12)
R 26: (dec) *6 (6)
F.o.
Beak
R 1: 3 sc in mc (3)
R 2: (inc) *3 (6)
R 3: 6 sc, sl st.
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Embroider eyes with black yarn on the level of R 18-19.
Sew a beak and wings to the body.
