Angry Cardinal

Angry Cardinal

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Angry Cardinal This pattern is my first in honor of one of the coolest mobile device touch-screen applications ever conceived... Angry Birds by Rovio Mobile. You can find out more about the game -- including how to download a copy for your mobile device -- on their Facebook page. Check it out today! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Angry-Birds-Rovio-Mobile/314467614927 MATERIALS • • • • • • •

Worsted weight acrylic yarn in red, white, black, and orange Fiber fill Beads or beans for stuffing 9mm black plastic safety eyes (optional) Size E (3.5 mm) crochet hook Yarn needle Stitch marker

STITCHES AND ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS PATTERN: CH SC DECR ST STS MM FO

chain stitch single crochet decrease stitch stitches move marker finish off

For the project shown in the photographs, I used Red Heart Super Saver Enconomy Yarn. Colors used were: Body: Cherry Red #0319 Eyes: White #0311 Brows: Black #0312 Belly: White #0311 Note: When determining whether to use buttons or other small embellishments, keep in mind the age of the intended recipient. Doll eyes and other decorations may pose a choking hazard for children under three. A safer alternative for the very young is to sew eyes and any other decorations using embroidery thread or yarn.

PART 1: EYES (MAKE TWO) The eyes are made in circular rounds that are joined with a slip stitch (SL) to make an even transition. Use white yarn. Round 1: CH 2. 6 SC in second chain from hook. Join with SL to first SC. CH 1. Round 2: 2 SC in each ST around. Join with SL to first SC. FO, leaving a tail for sewing.

Figure 1: Eyes

PART 2: BELLY PATCH The belly patch goes back to a traditional amigurumi stitch, working in spirals to get the desired circle size. You may need a stitch marker to keep track of your rounds. Use white yarn. Round 1: CH 2. 6 SC in second chain from hook. Place stitch marker in the last SC to mark the end of the round. Round 2: 2 SC in each ST around (12 SC). MM. Round 3: *2 SC in first SC, 1 SC in next. Repeat from * around (18 SC). MM. Round 4: *2 SC in first SC, 1 SC in each of next two STS. Repeat from * around (24 SC). MM. Round 5: *2 SC in first SC, 1 SC in each of next three STS. Repeat from * around (30 SC). MM. Round 6: *2 SC in first SC, 1 SC in each of next four STS. Repeat from * around (36 SC). FO, leaving a tail for sewing.

Figure 2: Belly Patch

PART 3: BEAK Again, the beak uses a traditional amigurumi spiral. Use orange yarn and a stitch marker, if needed. Round 1: CH 2. 6 SC in second chain from hook. Place stitch marker in the last SC to mark the end of the round. Round 2: SC in each ST around (6 SC). MM. Round 3: *Work 2 SC in first ST, SC in each of the next two STS. Repeat once from * (8 SC). MM. Round 4: *Work 2 SC in first ST, SC in each of the next three STS. Repeat once from * (10 SC). MM. Rounds 5-6: SC in each ST around (10 SC). MM. Round 7: *Work 2 SC in first ST, SC in each of the next four STS. Repeat once from * (12 SC). FO and leave a tail for sewing.

Figure 3: Beak

PART 4: SMALL FEATHER The small feather is one of two chunky feathers on the cardinal’s head. Use red yarn and a stitch marker, if needed. Round 1: CH 2. 6 SC in second chain from hook. Place stitch marker in the last SC to mark the end of the round. Rounds 2-4: SC in each ST around (6 SC). MM. Round 5: *DECR across first two STS, SC in next. Repeat from * once more (4 SC). MM. Round 6: SC in each ST around (4 SC). FO, leaving a tail for sewing. Figure 4: Feathers

PART 5: LARGE FEATHER The large feather is one of two chunky feathers on the cardinal’s head (see Figure 4). Use red yarn and a stitch marker, if needed. Round 1: CH 2. 8 SC in second chain from hook. Place stitch marker in the last SC to mark the end of the round. Rounds 2-5: SC in each ST around (8 SC). MM. Round 6: *DECR across first two STS, SC in each of the next two STS. Repeat from * once more (6 SC). MM. Round 7: SC in each ST around (6 SC). MM. Round 8: *DECR across first two STS, SC in next. Repeat from * once more (4 SC). FO, leaving a tail for sewing.

PART 6: EYE BROWS (MAKE TWO) The eye brows are made from afew simple rows of single crochet stitches. The trick to making them look nice is weaving in your ends neatly! Row 1: CH 8. SC in second ST from hook and in each across (7 SC). CH 1 and turn. Row 2: SC in each ST across (7 SC). CH 1 and turn. Row 3: SC in each of the first four STS. FO, leaving a tail for sewing. Note: Using the tail you left for sewing, weave the yarn in and out of the stitches toward the point (the end of row 1). See Figure 5.

Figure 5: Eye brow

PART 7: BODY The cardinal’s body is a little flatter on the bottom to allow it to sit better. It is made in a spiral with red yarn. Round 1: CH 2. 6 SC in second chain from hook. Place stitch marker in the last SC to mark the end of the round. Round 2: 2 SC in each ST around (12 SC). MM. Round 3: *2 SC in first SC, 1 SC in next. Repeat from * around (18 SC). MM. Round 4: *2 SC in first SC, 1 SC in each of next two STS. Repeat from * around (24 SC). MM. Round 5: *2 SC in first SC, 1 SC in each of next three STS. Repeat from * around (30 SC). MM. Round 6: *2 SC in first SC, 1 SC in each of next four STS. Repeat from * around (36 SC). MM. Round 7: *2 SC in first SC, 1 SC in each of next five STS. Repeat from * around (42 SC). MM. Round 8: *2 SC in first SC, 1 SC in each of next six STS. Repeat from * around (48 SC). MM. Rounds 9-16: SC in each ST around (48 SC). MM. Round 17: *DECR across first two STS. SC in each of the next six STS. Repeat from * around (42 SC). MM. Rounds 18-19: SC in each ST around (42 SC). MM. Note: Stop at this point to work on preliminary Figure 6: Belly placement assembly. You do not have to finish off or cut the yarn, but be careful while sewing so as not to sew your working yarn to the inside of the cardinal. That might make him mad... and we wouldn’t want that now, would we?

PART 8: PRELIMINARY ASSEMBLY 1. Turn the body upside down and identify the center. Using the tail left over from finishing off the belly patch, begin stitching the white belly to the cardinal. See Figure 6 for reference. 2. Use the beak to help measure the distance between the belly patch and the eyes. Just hold the beak above the center of the belly patch — where the top of the beack falls is also where you will put the bottom of the eye white. 3. Attach the eyes. If using plastic safety eyes, push the shaft through both the white crocheted piece and the red portion of the body. Sew around the outside of the eyes witht he tail left over from crocheting.

Figure 7: Belly patch, eyes and beak attached

4. Attach the beak using the tail left over from crocheting. Your partially-finished not-so-angry-bird should look like the bird in Figure 7. 5. Continue with Part 9.

Figure 8: Eyebrow placement

PART 9: FINISHING THE BODY Round 20: *DECR across first two STS. SC in each of the next five STS. Repeat from * around (36 SC). MM. Round 21: SC in each ST around (36 SC). MM. Round 22: *DECR across first two STS. SC in each of the next four STS. Repeat from * around (30 SC). MM. Note: Stop here and sew the eye brows on. See Figure 8 for placement. Note: You can also stuff your bird now (LOL... get it? Stuff? ... the bird? I crack me up!) I used surplus beads to give my bird a little heft (see Figure 9) but you could use beans or just plain fluff if you want a softer bird.

Figure 9: Stuffing with surplus beads

Round 23: *DECR across first two STS. SC in each of the next three STS. Repeat from * around (24 SC). MM. Round 24: *DECR across first two STS. SC in each of the next two STS. Repeat from * around (18 SC). MM. Round 25: *DECR across first two STS. SC in next ST. Repeat from * around (12 SC). MM. Round 26: DECR around (6 SC). FO, leaving tail to gather remaining STS.

PART 10: FINAL TOUCHES 1. Using the tail left over from round 26, gather the remaining stitches and close up the hole in your bird’s head. 2. Attach your two feathers as shown in Figure 10 and...

Prepare for Battle!

Figure 10: Feather placement