Blue Spruce

Just outside my office window is a mature blue spruce. When I'm working, I often pause to look at it - not only because it's beautiful, but because a family of house finches have nested here, and I see them all the time, popping in and out to feed their chicks. The finches aren't the only birds to frequent the spruce, though. Just a moment ago, bushtits (the smallest non-hummingbird bird in North America) were swarming all over it, and every day, a white-capped sparrow sits at the top, chirping away in its role as flock alert bird. And, since I wrote the original version of this pattern romance, the house finch chicks have hatched and are currently peeping away. It's a busy place, our blue spruce, and that is a happy thing for me.

Yarn Requirements Size Small 400-425 yards/366-388 metres fingering weight yarn Size Medium 650-675 yards/594-617 metres fingering weight yarn Size Large 875-925 yars/800-846 metres fingering weight yarn