Round Robin or Blue Tit

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1	Round Robin or Blue Tit Knitting Pattern
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3	Use 3.25 or 3.5mm (10 or 9 imperial) needles and double knitting yarn or any yarn and the appropriately sized needles. As you are stuffing this bird it may be better to use a smaller needle than you would normally use. Start with brown yarn for the robin and change to red where indicated. Start with blue yarn for the blue tit and change to yellow where indicated. You will also need a small amount of yarn for the beak and legs (orange or brown for the robin, navy or black for the blue tit)
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5	Row No.	Body	No of stitches
6		Cast on 8 stitches
7	1	Purl	8
8	2	Knit through the front and back of the next stitch to increase the number of stitches (KFB) x 8	16
9	3	Purl	16
10	4	(KFB , Knit 1 ) x 8	24
11	5	Purl	24
12	6	(KFB , Knit 2 ) x 8	32
13	7	Purl	32
14	8	(KFB , Knit 3 ) x 8	40
15	9	Purl	40
16	10	(KFB , Knit 4 ) x 8	48
17	11	Purl	48
18	12	(KFB , Knit 5 ) x 8	56
19	13	Purl	56
20	14	Purl	56
21	15	Purl	56
22	16	Knit two together, Knit 5 x 8	48
23	17	Purl	48
24	18	Knit two together, Knit 4 x 8	40
25	19	Purl	40
26	20	Change yarn colour at the start of this row - Knit two together, Knit 3 x 8	32
27	21	Purl	32
28	22	Knit two together, Knit 2 x 8	24
29	23	Purl	24
30	24	Knit two together, Knit 1 x 8	16
31	25	Purl	16
32	26	Knit two together x 8	8
33	27	Purl	8
34		Cut a long tail of yarn and thread through the remaining stitches, pull tight and secure. Use this yarn to sew up the side to the colour change.
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36		Beak
37		Use orange or brown yarn for the robin and navy or black yarn for the blue tit
38		Cast on 4 stitches
39	1	Knit	4
40	2	Purl 2 together x 2	2
41		Cut a long tail and thread through remaining stitches. Pull up and sew up the side and use the remaining yarn to stitch in position
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43		Right Wing
44		Cast on 9 stitches
45	1	Purl	9
46	2	Knit 2 together , knit to end	8
47	3	Purl to last 2 stitches, purl 2 together	7
48	4	Knit 2 together , knit to end	6
49	5	Purl to last 2 stitches, purl 2 together	5
50	6	Knit 2 together , knit to end	4
51	7	Purl to last 2 stitches, purl 2 together	3
52		Cast off
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54		Left Wing
55		Cast on 9 stitches
56	1	Purl	9
57	2	Knit to last two stitches, knit 2 together	8
58	3	Purl 2 together, purl to end	7
59	4	Knit to last two stitches, knit 2 together	6
60	5	Purl 2 together, purl to end	5
61	6	Knit to last two stitches, knit 2 together	4
62	7	Purl 2 together, purl to end	3
63		Cast off
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65		Legs
66		Crochet, finger knit or plait 20cm of yarn the same colour as the beak. At each end of the leg tie 3 knots on top of each other for the foot. Weave in any yarn ends.
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68		Making up
69		Sew up the coloured breast of the bird. Stitch the beak in position in line with this seam towards the top of the breast. Add some button eyes or stitch some yarn eyes above the beak at the very top of the breast colour. Using the main body colour stitch up the body adding the legs just below the coloured breast. Continue up the back. Add some toy stuffing. Finish stitching up the back. Thread yarn through cast on stitching pull up and secure. Stitch the wings at either side, to the raised row marking the edge. The top of the wings should be just below the beak - or where looks most appropriate.
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71		Variations
72		You could knit your bird all in one colour or make up a fantasy bird with the colours of your choice.
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