Coming to the blog a little differently today with a bit of knitting. It's no secret I do enjoy making knitted creatures and since discovering Knit for Victory, birds have featured pretty heavily.
I felt I needed to record a little happy moment here as in February 2019, just before lockdown 1.0 happened, I started my little knitting journey, inspired by a couple of pigeons at the Norfolk Maker's Festival Exhibition. I reallllllllly wanted to make those pigeons.
Dreams can come true.
I've posted this picture before but I thought it was worth repeating. This was where I started :
A couple of years of practice (I can still only do basic stuff) and it turns out pigeons are a possibility! The patterns by Nicky Fijalkowska (Knit for Victory) are absolutely incredible. Firstly every single pattern is ridiculously cute. Secondly Nicky is hilarious.
These best bit of all her patterns is that they are knit flat. And simple. The instructions walk you through every line of knitting and the separate pieces of the bird are relatively straightforward, with the magic happening when all elements are stitched together at the end.
This is Bill and Albert. Check out that side eye from Bagel Cat!!!
It was a little chilly out and so they decided to take their lunch indoors.
All fueled up Bill and Albert decided to visit a gallery and see some pigeon art.
They even bought a guide book....
It may have taken a long time but I'm very happy with my two pigeons and they appear to be quite happy in their new home too, having nested in our living room.
Wishing you all happy crafting and always learning...
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