Sue Stratford’s Knitted Aviary

This delightful book from best-selling author and knitting designer Sue Stratford provides patterns for 21 charming birds for you to knit. Featuring beautifully clear colourwork charts that make patterns super-easy to follow, you'll be amazed at how quickly and easily you can create your own flock of characterful knitted birds. Whether you choose a seagull, puffin, flamingo, bullfinch or parakeet, your bird will take on a personality all of its own and no sooner will you finish one than you'll want to start on another little feathered friend to keep it company. As well as the birds themselves, there are ideas for how to display them, and at the end of the book are instructions for a hanging nest, a felt nest box, branches, flowers and leaves, in addition to all the templates you need to make them.  

Book Contents

Introduction 8
Tools & materials 12
Techniques 16
Projects 24

Garden birds:
Blackbird 26
Robin 30
Blue tit 36

Countryside birds:
Woodpecker 42
Kingfisher 48
Pheasant 54

Coastal birds:
Seagull 60
Puffin 64
Oystercatcher 70

Exotic birds:
Flamingo 74
Parakeet 78
Hummingbird 82

Hedgerow birds:
Wren 86
Bullfinch 90
Long tailed tit 96

Town birds:
Pigeon 100
Sparrow 106
Starling 112

Highland birds:
Crested tit 116
Capercaillie 120
Crossbill 126

Display ideas:
Hanging nest 130
Felt nestbox 132
Branches, leaves
and flowers 134
Acorns and pine cones 138
Templates 140
Index 144