Festive Birdies

These Festive Birdies in their winter hats make a fun and colourful alternative to a boring bauble! Two hat styles are included… a Santa style sorting hat and a bobble hat, decorated with pompoms. Designed by Amanda Berry @fluffandfuzz, the birds and hats are knitted in acrylic DK yarns on single pointed needles (not in the round). The eyes are small black buttons on top of white felt fabric circles, but you could also use toy safety eyes, wobbly stick-on eyes, or embroider them in yarn. For confident beginners and above, other techniques used include casting on and off, knits, purls, increases and decreases, knitting stripes, and seaming to finish.