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November 29, 2009

From Susan — Which Came First…?

Filed under: Completed Projects — lv2knit @ 12:32 pm

…the cardinal or the egg?  In this case, the egg!  This is another of the cute toys from Itty-Bitty Toys (Susan B. Anderson).  This was the last toy in the book, but one of the cutest!  I made it for my great-niece (if she can pry it away from me!).

Here is what you see at first:


Cute lil egg in rustic “nest”

Turn the egg inside out and voila:

Out pops the baby bird!

This is clever!  The original pattern has a bluebird, but I had red yarn in stash so I made a cardinal.  I added the little “faux-hawk” and a tail.  I made my nest out of bulkier Lopi yarn, so I cast on 48 sts instead of 60 and it is the perfect size.  This project was far less putsy than the Santa and takes almost no yarn!

Pattern: Egg to Bluebird and a Little Nest, Too from Itty-Bitty Toys
Grade: A
Yarn: Cascade 220 in Red and Natural; Lopi Bulky in Dark Brown
Needles: US 3 or 4 dpns (?) — can’t remember!
Changes: very few, though next time I will sew the head and wings to the body before joining the egg to the body

PS — Ann said, “Alright… that might be the cutest thing ever.  I’m a sucker for the nesting toys that hide something else.  You know, like those Russian Dolls?  Oooo, maybe someone will make a pattern for those too….”

Well, they’re in there, too! 


Matryoshka Nesting Russian Dolls

11 Comments »

  1. Adorable!

    Comment by kmkat — November 29, 2009 @ 1:13 pm

  2. These toys are the cutest ever. I’m not really into knitting toys, but your little tempting tidbits are making me rethink the whole idea. And I have a huge stash of yarns, and all those leftovers that were being saved for something….

    Comment by Sigrun — November 29, 2009 @ 4:23 pm

  3. Alright… that might be the cutest thing ever. I’m a sucker for the nesting toys that hide something else. You know, like those Russian Dolls? Oooo, maybe someone will make a pattern for those too….

    Comment by Ann — November 29, 2009 @ 6:43 pm

  4. Nora thought it was adorable. “But I still want that Santa with the cute butt.” Le sigh.

    Comment by surly — November 29, 2009 @ 7:14 pm

  5. cutest ever!

    Comment by delores — November 29, 2009 @ 7:31 pm

  6. OMG, that’s cute!

    Comment by Romi — November 29, 2009 @ 7:45 pm

  7. Oh – Santa was cute, but I think this one may have me sold. I love your modifications!

    Comment by twinsetellen — November 30, 2009 @ 12:06 am

  8. Oh! How cute!!!!

    Comment by vicky — November 30, 2009 @ 4:41 am

  9. Hmmm … no little ones to knit for, unfortunately, but I so want to make/have that little birdie! And he’s so sweetly Christmassy in red.

    Comment by Judi P — November 30, 2009 @ 1:55 pm

  10. So cute! I love it in red!

    Comment by Kym — November 30, 2009 @ 5:44 pm

  11. OMG that is so CUTE!! I need to make some of those for my birding blogger friends.

    Comment by RuthieJ — December 1, 2009 @ 3:30 pm

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