Here's a cute, quick and easy Valentine's Day pattern for you, hope you like it :)
What you need:
3.75mm & 4mm crochet hooks
Bulky weight yarn in red, pink and brown
Scraps of orange felt
Two pairs of eyes (8-10mm)
Stuffing
The birds:
With red yarn & 3.75mm hook,
6 sc in ring
6 inc - 12 sts
*1 sc, inc* six times - 18 sts
*2 sc, inc* six times - 24 sts
Sc around 8 rounds
If you're using safety eyes, attach them now. Insert them between rounds 6 and 7, counting up from the edge
*3 sc, inc* six times - 30 sts
Sc around 4 rounds
*3 sc, dec* six times - 24 sts
*2 sc, dec* six times - 18 sts
*1 sc, dec* six times - 12 sts
Stuff the bird
*1 sc, dec* four times - 8 sts
Break yarn, weave end through the front loops of the remaining sts and pull tight to close the hole. Weave in end.
Make the pink bird like the red. If you want it shorter, like mine, just drop one straight round in the head and one in the body.
Beaks:
Cut small triangles of felt and glue them to the birds' faces.
Nest:
With brown yarn and 4mm hook,
make ring, chain 3, 11 dc in ring, sl st in top of chain to join - 12 sts
Chain 3, dc in same space as joining, dc inc in each st around, sl st in chain to join - 24 sts
Chain 3, dc inc in next, *dc, dc inc* eleven times - sl st to join - 36 sts
Chain 3, dc in next, dc inc, *2 dc, dc inc* eleven times - 48 sts
Chain 3, *front post dc, back post dc* around, front post dc in last st, sl st in chain to join
Chain 3, dc around
Chain 3, *back post dc, front post dc* around, back post dc in last st, sl st in chain to join
Chain 1, sc around, sl st in chain to join
Break yarn, weave in ends
Place the love birds together in the nest, and they're done :)
