Materials:
Worsted yarn in your choice of color
3.5 mm hook
Safety eyes
Stuffing
Scissors
Stitch marker
Yellow felt or puff paint for beak
Abbreviations and stitches:
MC: Magic Circle
Sc: Single Crochet
Slst: Slip Stitch
Inc: Increase, two single crochets in one stitch
Dec: Decrease, Single crochet two together
ScTog: Single crochet through both sides of the project.
FO: Finish off. I chain two cut yarn and pull through to create a little ‘knot’
Notes:
Pattern written in US terms
Stitch count is listed at the end of the row in []
Repeat stitches within ** for xNumber of times
Body
1. Mc 6 [6]
2. Inc x6 [12]
3. *Sc, inc* x6 [18]
4. *2 Sc, inc* x6 [24]
5-9. Sc around [24]
10. *Sc 4, Dec* x4 [20]
11. *Sc 3, Dec* x4 [16]
Insert eyes between rows 9/10, about 4 sts apart
12. ScTog both sides together [9]
13. Turn, Ch, dc, hdc, 6sc, hdc, dc, ch1 slst same
FO
Wings
1. Mc 6 [6]
2. *Inc* x6 [12]
3. ScTog both sides
FO, leaving long tail to sew