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Eek! I'm so excited to start knitting again that I had to do a fast project. I returned to a pattern that had been in my queue for ages but for some reason I had never finished: A Blue Bird.
The blue is a saturated blue Palette fingering weight wool I made in a tutorial on dying yarn with food coloring on the stove. I used size 1 (2.5 mm) knitting needles for this project.
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The hand dyed yarn used to make the bluebird.
The body of the bird was knitting up in a very pyramidal fashion. There was still a bit of a point at the bottom after I stuffed it, but this could be adjusted through blocking since I"m using 100% wool. Next time, I would increase the bottom faster.
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The point at the top is supposed to be the bottom of this bird.
I prefer projects where all of the shaping comes from the knit stitches. I was disappointed when I discovered that the head is formed by weaving yarn around the neck and then pulling it tight.
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Berroco has a lot of nice patterns, but I don't like the way they are written out. They don't provide their abbreviations (which wasn't a huge deal in this case) and they write out multiple rows on one line. It would be easy to skip some important directions! I didn't have any trouble this time, but then again it's a really simple pattern.
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The pieces to assemble into the finished bluebird.
I may have over tiny-ied myself out this time. I had trouble sewing on the wings!
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Having some fun taking pictures with my latest knit toy.
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He's so small he fits in the palm of my hand!
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The point at the top is supposed to be the bottom of this bird.
I prefer projects where all of the shaping comes from the knit stitches. I was disappointed when I discovered that the head is formed by weaving yarn around the neck and then pulling it tight.
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/-v2fJntlE1Sg/Tic672OoKGI/AAAAAAAAA9c/i3xSvKwM1sk/1311189575813.jpg)
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/-1eV4U8L04MA/TidsD4t0nuI/AAAAAAAAA-E/F7PWlVbsjVI/1311189991253.jpg)
Doesn't the body resemble an acorn (left) before the neck was formed?
Berroco has a lot of nice patterns, but I don't like the way they are written out. They don't provide their abbreviations (which wasn't a huge deal in this case) and they write out multiple rows on one line. It would be easy to skip some important directions! I didn't have any trouble this time, but then again it's a really simple pattern.
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/-1Ts8_JxFwK4/TidsMxlHBCI/AAAAAAAAA-M/3VlIAgtUtsM/1311192313546.jpg)
The pieces to assemble into the finished bluebird.
I may have over tiny-ied myself out this time. I had trouble sewing on the wings!
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Ng9XO6Coi1g/Tidr-V9BLVI/AAAAAAAAA-A/rqz6GcoB-94/1311193514198.jpg)
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/-cxv1mavsBGk/Tic63hIgRzI/AAAAAAAAA9Y/h9jyaQrNx_Y/1311193629099.jpg)
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/-kBb-UvSq_oc/Tic6_X72CoI/AAAAAAAAA9k/hX_wjhv-xYE/1311193551308.jpg)
Having some fun taking pictures with my latest knit toy.
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/-m2HBtaykl78/TidsG_Z_WOI/AAAAAAAAA-I/C6Bmiw8yXTc/1311193762548.jpg)
He's so small he fits in the palm of my hand!