Materials
Hook size: 2.10 mm
Yarn colors: Main 1, Main 2, Accent
12 mm safety eyes
Abbreviations
R = row
mc = magic circle
ch: chain
sc: single crochet
inc = increase (2 sc in the next stitch)
dec = decrease (single crochet 2 stitches together)
ss: slip stitch
( )* 6 = repeat whatever is between the brackets the number of times stated
Head and Body
Start with main 1
R1: 6sc in mc (6)
R2: 6 inc (12)
R3: (sc, inc)*6 (18)
R4: (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
R5: (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
R6: (4 sc, inc)*6 (36)
R7-11: sc in each st around (36)
R12: Change with main 2, 36 sc (36)
R13: (4 sc, dec)*6 (30)
R14: (3 sc, dec)*6 (24)
R15: (2 sc, dec)*6 (18)
Place eyes between rounds 11th and 12th, leaving 11 sts between them.
R16: (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
R17: (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
R18: (4 sc, inc)*6 (36)
R19: (sc, inc)*3, 24 sc, (sc, inc)*3 (42)
R20: (2 sc, inc)*3, 24 sc, (2 sc, inc)*3 (48)
R21: sc in each st around (48)
R22: (7 sc, inc)*6 (54)
R23: sc in each st around (54)
R24: 3 dec, 36 sc, 3 dec (48)
R25: Change color to accent, (5 sc, dec)*3 (42)
R26: (sc, dec)*3, 6 sc, 6 dec, 6sc, (sc, dec)*3 (30)
R27: (3 sc, dec)*6 (24)
R28: (2 sc, dec)*6 (18)
R29: 9 dec (9)
Stuff and Fasten off.
Feathers (make two)
Start with main 2
R1: 6sc in mc (6)
R2: 6 inc (12)
R3: (sc, inc)*6 (18)
R4: sc in each st around (18)
R5: Change color to main 1, (4 sc, dec)*3 (15)
R6: sc in each st around (15)
R7: (3sc, dec)*3 (12)
R8: sc in each st around (12)
R9: (2 sc, dec)*3 (9)
R11: sc in each st around (9)
Stuff and leave a length of yarn for attaching to the top of the head.
Wings (make two)
Start with accent
R1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R2: (sc, inc)*3 (9)
R3: (2 sc, inc)*3 (12)
R4: (3 sc, inc)*3 (15)
R5-6: sc in each st around (15)
R7: (sc, dec)*5 (10)
Leave a length of yarn for attaching to body, starting at 17th round and sewing down over the span of fifth rnds.
Tail
Start with main 1
R1: 6sc in mc (6)
R2: 6 inc (12)
R3: (sc, inc)*6 (18)
R4: sc in each st around (18)
R5: Change color to accent, (4 sc, dec)*3 (15)
R6: Change color to main 2, sc in each around (15)
R7: sc in each around (15 )
R8: (3 sc, dec)*3 (12)
R9: sc in each around (12)
R10: (2 sc, dec) (9)
R11: sc in each around (9)
Leave a length of yarn for attaching to body, at the center between 22th and 23th rounds.
Beak
Thread accent color through yarn needle, from one eye count four sc’s to the center of the head and insert needle, run needle behind the next three sc and then pull through. Loop through this span twice, and then begin looping yarn through the ‘stitch’, keep building it up, focusing more on the center, till it looks like a rounded beak.
Congratulations
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