...the beak goes on....

....having sewn the teeny tiny beaks on the smaller birds, these larger breeds had theirs crocheted directly

Sewing the beaks gave more flexibility for positioning - 

a small stitch one way or the other makes a big difference to the personality of an individual!

However crocheting directly saved some time!

Some backside views....

Love chunky upsizing with multiple yarns and a larger hook!

Free(form) Bird!

It all began with a spiral....

after a conversation with my friend...

about her appreciation of my Easter makes...

and my love of freeform!

after a couple of prototypes the spirals resembled hearts...

Each is unique - no stitch count - just going with the shape...

 

The tiny crochet triangle beaks took much longer than the heart shaped body...

...maybe it was the sewing!!

 Each one unique!

All flown to new homes with Happy Easter wishes!

Happy Easter tweetings to you all!

 X

Poppy Penguin!

This little penguin has just popped in hoping you are all enjoying the Christmas holiday time!

With a modified crocheted cylindrical body and needlefelted features she is stuffed with short ends of projects gone by and a present for my niece with a penguin passion!

The beautiful curly locks are mohair...and she has needlefelted feet too! 

A little posterior needling gave her a tiny tail!

She would like to share my December stashbusting totals with you 

including her 10g ...

the total is  265g.......

........there may be some more if I get a couple of items finished over the holidays.....

Hope you are finding some time to relax and create!

x

A Round of Robins!

At last.... the big Christmas project is revealed!

It all began this time last year when I hooked this little chap...

followed by my Springtime birds.

Each Robin began as a circle of crochet...everyone different

 

Each has a yellow beak, sewn onto the back made from wet felt and a tail from offcuts of wet felt used in this Christmas project!...

....a customary needlefelted eye....

 and rosy red buttons

or a needlefelted red breast of Teeswater or Wensleydale curls.

Some are smaller than others...

...many are winging their way around the country...wrapped in stripey paper bags!

130g of browny wool busted on Christmas tweets!