Yarn Along- almost a nest of birds

A quick post for yarn-along this Wednesday. Busy clearing my desk before the children break up from school on Friday for two weeks. I love joining in and hopping over to see what everyone else is reading and knitting, on a Wednesday evening.

I finished the little robin. He has twigs for legs, beads for eyes and I needle felted the red and white on his tummy.

I’m surprised how well he is balanced, as he prefers to sit rather than fall on his beak. More the result of luck than my amazing talent for making knitted things that stand up. I love how the needle felted tummy turned out.

Now knitting yellow chicks using Sirdair Snowflake. The combination of slippy needles, unforgiving yarn and a fiddly, small pattern is not good, but they do knit up surprisingly quickly. Good job as these are heading for the children’s Easter baskets, so I need three. I’m planning on adding feather markings with needle felting again. Umming and ahhing about whether to use twigs or pipe cleaners for the legs.

Just one book on the go this week, which means I’ve read more of Hard Times. I’m dreaming of sitting in the garden this holiday, reading my book while the children play quietly. Hmm. We’ll see!

If you’re looking for fresh knitting/crocheting and book inspiration, why not check out Ginny‘s yarn along. Save me a seat. I’ll be along later, once I’ve cleared my desk some more…..

Edited: the pattern for the robin and the chicks can be found here.

36 comments

  1. I have to say that I dream of the same things…and we are getting a fence to hopefully help that along! My kids are almost 4 and 19 months, and while they love playing outside, they also enjoy wandering into my neighbors very large garden, or trying to go to their Nana’s house who lives down the street…

    1. Golden rule in this house. Never let the children look over my shoulder when I’m looking at other people’s craft blogs. They see it is a pick list!

    1. The needle felting does give it that lovely organic, fuzzy look. A bit like downy feathers. I’m going to use this method again.

  2. Oh my! That robin is just the sweetest thing! So good to cross something else off the list. Hope your Easter dream comes true xx

    1. The chicks may morph into yellow hammers (bird, not a building tool!), by the time I’ve added the cream stripes, but we will see. I’m loving the needle felting onto knitted. So easy.

  3. That little robin is so cute! The felted stomach looks awesome. And what pattern are you using for the chicks? I was thinking about knitting up some too…

    1. I miss sitting down for an hour or so and concentrating on Dickens. I seemed to have more time as a teenager to just sit and read.

  4. oh how adorable, love your little birds so much! i used to have fairly good luck sitting and reading or knitting at the beach while my children played (as long as they weren’t in the water!)

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