Happy New Year!

Happy New Year and belated Happy Christmas everyone! Due to my usual last minute Christmas panic I didn't manage to find the time to write a post about these little Christmas Robins that I made as gifts this year. They really were a last minute thing with me deciding to make them up with only one day before going off to my parent's home for Christmas.

You may find that they remind you of something, and that is probably because they do... yup these little robins are a variations on my first pattern and are much closer to what I originally intended when I first came up with the idea for them. These little guys are smaller than the original robin and much rounder - and so look a lot more like tree baubles which is how I wanted them to look. You can find the original pattern on the CrochetMe website, but the revised version for these little guys is below:

Use a slip stitch to join each row
Start with brown wool

2 ch, 5 sc in 2nd ch from hook
ch 1, 2 sc in each sc (10 sc)
ch 1, *2 sc in first sc, sc in next sc* repeat 5 times (15 sc)
ch 1, *2 sc in first sc, sc in next 2 sc* repeat 5 times (20 sc)
ch 1, *2 sc in first sc, sc in next 3 sc* repeat 5 times (25 sc)
ch 1, sc in each sc
ch 1, sc in each sc

Join in red wool
with red work the following:

ch 1, sc in each sc
ch 1, sc in each sc
ch 1, *2sc tog, sc in next 3 sc* repeat 5 times (20 sc)
ch 1, *2sc tog, sc in next 2 sc* repeat 5 times (15 sc)
ch 1, *2sc tog, sc in next sc* repeat 5 times (10 sc)

stuff with fiberfill

ch 1, 2sc tog in each sc (5 sc)

finish off with a long end - use this end to close off the circle

For the wings (with brown wool):

ch 2, 3 sc in 2nd ch from hook
ch 1, 2 sc in 1st sc, sc, 2 sc in last sc (5 sc), turn
ch 1, sc across, turn
ch 1, sc across, turn

finish off

make two wings

For the tail:

ch 2, 3 sc in 2nd ch from hook, turn
ch 1, 2sc in each sc (6 sc)

finish off

Attach wings on the halfway point of the body, add beads for eyes, add yellow felt for beak and attach tail to the back.