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SQUEEE!

Both versions of the Itty Bitty Birdies are now available for download as part of the Knit Picks Independent Designer Program! For the moment, Knit Picks is the only place the birdie patterns are available – and they are just $1.99 each.

I’ve even got a profile! Makes me feel all legitimate. And really really silly excited!

I had great time with this project from start to finish. Many many thanks to my test knitters. If you (the Birdie Test Knitters) don’t have copies of both finished Birdie PDFs in your in-boxes by tomorrow evening, please let me know (I was having server issues this morning).

Eyes Have It

knitty peacock

There are beads in his tail!

First:
The Fancy version of the Itty Bitty Birdie pattern is almost ready for test knitting (the Plain version is already being tested)! Anybody want to try it? The fancy birds (robin, cardinal and peacock) are more fiddly than the plain ones. (Test Knitters Aquired – thank you. I always say that I’m going to make a test knitter pool, but it’s kind of fun to have volunteers every time.)

Second:
Overwhelming Enthusiasm has carried the day, Dish Rag Tag will happen this year! It will be a scaled back version, but I think that will really be OK. Especially since I realized that with fewer teams, I can knit the starting dish rags! Which means at the end of the race, I will get new dish rags! I really need some so this is working out quite well for me personally.

I’ll tell you about The Plan later, we’re going to the zoo!

Like Chips

I’ve been working on a little something. Several little somethings.

ittybittybirdiefaces

Itty Bitty Birdies

I really wanted a toy that I could produce more quickly and price a little lower. Something fun – silly even – that has a lot of possible variations and maybe a little collectibility. Something where you can’t knit just one.

ittybittybirdiebottoms

There are more tail feathers planned!

Pattern Pending. Until then, there are a few Itty Bitty Birdies in the shop.

Oh hey, don’t worry – the pattern will have an i-cord variation for the legs (which are crocheted in the pictures). It bugs me when knitting patterns aren’t just knitting patterns.

I really thought my next pattern would be an alligator. Judi sent me some bumpy, green hand-dyed yarn for my birthday that wants to be an AL-GAH-YAYA (what Ellie calls them, she’s a big fan of alligators). Shows what I know.