Knitting Pattern for Marnie, Miranda, Matilda, and Max (Birds)

Marnie, Miranda, Matilda, and Max

These adorable birds are knitted in the round. With beaks and wings knitted separately and sewn on later.
For this group of birds I have used one skein of Bernat Softee Baby Sport DK weight 310yards/283m per 120g/4.25oz – 1 ball in Prince Pebbles #31201.
Finished toys size: Marnie and Max approximately 5” (15cm), Miranda approximately 8” (20cm) tall, Matilda approximately 9.5” (24 cm) long and 9” (23cm) height.
Yarn usage:
Marnie and Max: Approximately 46-50 yards of yarn, approximately 1.5 - 2 yards each of soft peach color medium weight yarn for the beak.
Matilda: Approximately 137 -145 yards of yarn, approximately 2.5 yards of soft peach color medium weight yarn for the beak.
Miranda: Approximately 73 - 80 yards of yarn, and 2 – 2.5 yards of soft peach color for beak.
Also you will need safety eyes or buttons for the eyes and polyester fiberfill for stuffing.
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Fun in the Sun....

Snowballs

Do you remember  my post from March 2014 about 101 knitted snowballs?

Today was the perfect day. The sky was blue, with few white puffy clouds, and sun shining down on us. The temperature was around 80 Fahrenheit  (about 26 Celsius), perhaps a bit on the warmer side, but still it was the perfect day to have a good snowball throwing party.


Bags with snowman picture (purchased after the holidays at 90% off the original price) held the party favors (snowballs) for everyone to take home.

Snowball Party

After everyone arrived the biggest snowball fight erupted. Even the adults participated.

Battlefield

As you can see the snowballs were everywhere.

We all agreed that a good snowball fight is perfect  anytime, especially when shared with friends.

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Birds

Marnie, Miranda, Matilda and Max

All of these birds were knitted from one skein of yarn.
You may wonder why did I do that. Use only one skein of yarn. I have always been curious about how many toys you can knit using one skein of yarn without doing the same type of toy over and over. The yarn I have used for this project is Bernat Softee Baby Sport DK weight 310yards/283m per 120g/4.25oz – 1 ball in Prince Pebbles #31201. I liked the color combination.

The patterns are test knitted at the moment and will be available sometime later this month.

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