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We are almost to the end of the Pond Pals Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along, we are already to Day 10, only two more days to go after today. Day 10 is another little bird, the last bird of the set, this time a little Bitty Bluebird.

I knew I wanted to include another bird in addition to the hummingbird and duck, but I had kind of a hard time deciding what kind of bird I wanted to make. I wanted to do something that would be easy to make look at least somewhat identifiable and I ended up landing on a bluebird. Just by making it the color blue it makes you think bluebird, but it is also a generic enough bird shape that you could change the color to turn it into a different bird. Brown with a red belly for a robin, or a white belly for a sparrow, or I'm sure there are lots of other combinations you could make.

I wanted my little bluebird to look like it was tweeting so I made 2 little triangles for the beak and sewed them on so they looked like an open beak, but you could easily just use one triangle for a little beak.

The Bitty Bluebird is made similar to the other birds, with the same body style. I didn't include the tail in the picture but I made the same sort of tail that I made for the duck, which is just kind of my usual bird tail to get the shape of the body. The wings and belly are also the same as the other birds.

The finished bluebird is a little under 4 inches tall, and joins the Dragonfly, Ant, Hummingbird, Worm, Turtle, Bee, Mallard, Butterfly, and Frog. Only two more to go!

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How to Crochet a Bitty Bluebird

Finished Size about 4" tall

You will need:

Worsted weight yarn in blue, orange, and yellow (Sample made with Loops and Threads Impeccable in Peach Pink, Red Heart Super Saver in Light Blue, and Loops and Threads Soft Classic in Butter)
G crochet hook (4/4.25 mm)
2- 6mm safety eyes
stuffing
yarn needle
stitch markers
scissors

Instructions:

All of the pieces except the feet and beak are made beginning with a magic ring. Only the body/head and tail pieces are stuffed, the others are flattened and sewn on.

Body/Head

Make 1 with blue yarn, beginning with magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)

Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)

Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (18 sc)

Rounds 4-8: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)

Round 9: sc2tog around (9 sc)

Begin stuffing and continue stuffing as you work

Round 10: 2 sc in each st (18 sc)

Round 11: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (24 sc)

Rounds 12-15: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)

Round 16: [sc2tog, sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (18 sc)

Insert safety eyes between rounds 13 and 14 about 3 stitches apart

Round 17: [sc2tog, sc in next st] repeat around (12 sc)

Round 18: sc2tog around (6 sc)

Finish off, weave in ends

Wings

Make 2 with blue yarn, beginning with magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)

Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (9 sc)

Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (12 sc)

Round 4: sc2tog around (6 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

Flatten the wings and sew one to each side of the body

Beak

Make 2 with yellow yarn, beginning with magic ring

ch 2, sl st in ch closest to hook, sc in last ch (1 sl st, 1 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing

Sew the beak pieces below the eyes on the head to make an open mouth

Tail

Make 1 with blue yarn, beginning with magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 4 sc (4 sc)
Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (6 sc)
Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (9 sc)
Round 4: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (12 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn, leaving long tail for sewing

Add stuffing to the tail and sew on the bottom back of the body

Feet

Make 2 with yellow yarn, beginning with magic ring

*the feet are made by crocheting a chain and slip stitching in some of the chains to make each of the "toes" similar to a picot, at the end you will single crochet in the first chains that you made

ch 5

turn, sk the first 2 ch from hook, sl st in next ch, [ch 3, sl st in the first of the 3 ch you just made] 2 times, 1 sc in each of the last 2 ch from the starting ch

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

Sew the feet to the bottom of the body

Bitty Bluebird- Pond Pals Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Day 10