Angry Bird Golf Club Cover Pattern

As this is a free pattern, pattern is for personal use only and may not be sold, photocopied or copied electronically or distributed in any way.   Please don't sell the toy you've made, and please provide credit for the design of the pattern to myself (Knitterbees).

Materials:

1.       8 ply weight wool or acrylic.  

2.       3.25mm and 4mm  40cm  circular needles/ 3.25 DPN and 4mm DPN or size needed to obtain gauge. 

3.       Buttons for eyes

4.       Stitch marker

5.       Yarn needle

6.       polyester stuffing

Colours for Red Bird:

MC – red

CC1   - White

CC2   - Yellow

CC3   - Black

Knitterbees stitch dictionary:

CC: contrasting color (CC1= contrasting color 1 etc.)

dpns: double pointed needles

k: knit

k2tog: knit the next two stitches together.

Kfb: knit front and back

MC: main color

pm: place marker

rm: remove marker

ssk: slip next 2 sts knitwise onto your right needle, insert left needle purlwise into the front of the sts & knit them together.

St st: stockinette/stocking stitch. k a row, purl a row. (In the round however you must knit every round.)

st(s): stitch(es)

yo: yarn over

Let's Begin Knitting !!!!!!

With the 4mm circular needle cast on 48 stitches (CC1).  Join to work in the round, being careful not to twist the stitches. Place a stitch marker on the first stitch.

Please change to red yarn when the text is in red.

Row 1-20(CC1): (k2p2) repeat

Change to 3.25mm circular needle.  Row 21-60(CC1): (k2p2) repeat

Change to 4.00mm circular needle.  Row 61: k5, k38, k5,

Row 62: k6, k36, k6,

Row 63: k7, k34, k7,

Row 64: k8, k32, k8,

Row 65: k9, k30, k9,

Row 66: k10, k28, k10,

Row 67: k11, k26, k11,

Row 68: k12, k24, k12,

Row 69: k13, k22, k13,

Row 70: k14, k20, k14,

Row 71: k16, k16, k16,
Row 72-92: knit.  48st

Row 93: (k2tog) repeat.  24st

Row 94: knit

Row 95: (k2tog) repeat.  12st

Feathers:

With the remaining 12 stitches and 3.25mm needles, divide into 2 groups to create the 2 feathers on top of head (6 st for each feather).  I have used the first 4 and last 2 stitches for the first feather and remaining stitches for the second feather – this will result the 2 feathers to be slightly offset.

Row 1 (MC): knit in the round.  6st

Row 2 (MC): k4, kfb, k1.  7st

Row 3 (MC): knit

Row 4 (MC): k5, kfb, k1.  8st

Row 5 (MC): knit

Row 6 (MC): k6, kfb, k1.  9st

Row 7 (MC): knit

Row 8 (MC): k1, kfb, k5, kfb, k1.  11st

Row 9 (MC): knit

Row 10 (MC): k1, kfb, k7, kfb, k1.  13st

Row 11 (MC): knit

Row 12 (MC): k1, kfb, k9, kfb, k1.  15st

Row 13 (MC): knit

Row 14 (MC): k5, k2tog, k5, k2tog, k1.  13st

Row 15 (MC): knit

Row 16 (MC): k4, k2tog, k4, k2tog, k1.  11st

Row 17 (MC): knit.  Start inserting stuffing before hole gets too small.

Row 18 (MC): k3, k2tog, k3, k2tog, k1.  9st

Row 19 (MC): knit

Row 20 (MC): k2, k2tog, k2, k2tog, k1.  7st

Row 21 (MC): knit

Row 22 (MC): k1, k2tog, k1, k2tog, k1.  5st

Use tweezers to stuff stuffing but don’t stuff too firmly and bind off using kitchener stitch. 

 Repeat instruction for feather 2.

  

Beak:

Pick up 26 stitches with 3.25mm needles as indicated in Diagram 1, using CC2.  Divide stitches between 4 dpns.  Start round from the bottom mid-point of beak.

Row 1(CC2): knit

Row 2(CC2): (k1, k2tog, k7, SSK, k1) repeat once 22st

Row 3(CC2): knit

Row 4(CC2): k1, k2tog, k16, SSK, k1 20st

Row 5(CC2): knit

Row 6(CC2): (k1, k2tog, k4, SSK, k1) repeat once 16st

Row 7(CC2): knit

Row 8(CC2): k1, k2tog, k10, SSK, k1 14st

Row (CC2)9: knit

Row 10(CC2): kfb, kfb, k2, SSK, k2, k2tog, k2, kfb, kfb  16st                

Row 11(CC2): knit

Row 12(CC2): K5, SSK, k2, k2tog, k5.  Insert stuffing before hole gets too small. 14st

Row 13(CC2): knit

Row 14(CC2): k1, k2tog, k1, SSK, k2, k2tog, k1, SSK, k1 10st

Row 17(CC2): k2tog, SSK, k2, k2tog, SSK  6st

Use tweezers to stuff beak firmly and bind off using kitchener stitch.

  

Finishing:

Worked the eyes in duplicate stitches and sew in eyebrow as shown in Diagram 1.

  

Chart Rules for Diagram 1:

1. All stitches are knitted.

2. X indicates the pick up stitches.

3. Read from bottom row to top.

Diagram 1:

HAPPY KNITTING!!!

Killerbees