Love Crochet

Birds of a feather

You will need

■ Wendy Supreme Luxury Cotton DK, 1 ball each in:

Chai (shade 1973)

Driftwood (shade 1950)

Cream (shade 1851)

Very Small amounts in: Asparagus (shade 1970)

Flame (shade 1971)

Nude (shade 1969)

Sorbet (shade 1962)

Cyclamen (shade 1967)

Apple Blossom (shade 1964)

Black (shade 1833)

■ Any cotton DK yarn in: Pale Blue and Mid Blue

■ 3.5mm (UK 9 or 10, US E/4) hook

■ 3mm (UK 11, US C/2) hook

■ Safety stuffing

■ 4 x 10mm safety eyes

■ 2 x 7mm safety eyes

Measurements

■ Small: 5cm (2½in) tall

Medium: 11.5cm (4½in) tall

Large: 14cm (5½in) tall

Tension

■ Tension is not critical for this project but stitches should be tight so that stuffing does not show through

Abbreviations

■ For standard abbreviations see page 82

About this yarn

Wendy Supreme Luxury

Cotton DK

100% cotton

201m per 100g

Machine wash at 30°C

£3.95, for stockists call 01943 872

264 or visit www.tbramsden.co.uk

Too-wit too-woo! This cheerful family of owls will bring a smile to anyone’s face with their wide eyes and cute characteristics. The body and head of each owl is worked all in one piece, and then the other parts are made separately and stitched on. You’ll need lots of different coloured cotton yarns to create the fun accessories on each bird

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