You've met the designer, now make the wonderfully joyful Bluebird of Happiness — an exclusive design just for us! It might look tricky, but Heidi's tutorial will hold your hand every step of the way van: ply Hooke 175mm Yara used 4 ball of apy yarn In four colours (Hedi recommends Using an animal fibre for easier shaping te bite) Fook 175mm) crochet hook Other supplies pelyestr oy stuting aerosas option forstuteg sossors rapes needle sewing pins seuing needle ‘curved sewing needle {optional “7inm wire foop eyes {or safety eves! cemoroiter thread for hotest ‘Sie ‘Rem tal to beak, dom ‘rom nead to bey 9 — African Flower Pentagon (make 11 multicoloured fand.2 single coloured) Make a magi ng Rnd 1: Ch 3 counts 2s frst 9, trin ring ch 1. Make * 2 tin ing, rep tom * 0 +3 times mores joint third chain of beginning ch 3 ofthe md, cut yorn and pull through. § sats of 2des separated by chan stiches fend 2: Jon next colour inthe ch 1 space (ust to the right of te previous mds ch3 beginning and ch 3 (counts 2s frst t,t in same chain space, ch 1, 2 in the same chain space, [217 ch 2a in next chain space. Repeat this in teach ofthe next 3 chain spaces. in with ss to thir chain of beginning ch 3 of the md, 5 clusters of ftch 2) Rnd 3: Continue with the seme colour ‘Ss into the chain space in the midcle of the first cluster ofthe previous rnd, Ch 3 {counts as frst), tr in same chain ‘space. 7 tr into next chain space, Repeat ‘more times, so that each cluster has 7 ‘nts chain space. on with ss to tre { thicd chain ofthe beginning ch 3. Cut Yyern and pull through. 5 sets oF? tr Rnd 4: Join new colour inthe ss of previous md’s end, and cht (eaunts a5.a dc). Dc ito each of te tof the Guster. 706 ‘Make one long tr (between clusters) that extends down into Rnd 2 of the flower, so that it separates the Rnd 2 clusters, * De into each of te 71 stitches of the next cluster Make one long tr between ‘lusters} that extends down into Rand 2 ofthe flower, so that it separates the Rnd 2 clusters: rep from* to* tree more times. $s tothe begning of the round cht stitch, Cut yarn anc! pull through. 38 de and 5 tong tr Rnd 5: Join next colour tothe ss at the fend ofthe previous rd. Ch 3 (counts 2s firstte).21%[y, ch t,t] into the next de this forms the ‘apex’ of the flower petal, 3, Make one tr into the previous Is long dc sltch.* inta each ofthe ext pata’ fst three de stitches, tr, ch 1,t] info the next de this forms the ‘apex’ ofthe petal then make one tr ino eech of the next tree cet nto the previousrnd’s long tr stitch ep from * ta* three more times. $5 tothe third chain of the ch 3 ofthe beginning ofthe rd Cut yarn and pull trough, leaving 3 wall ast African Flower Square make 2) Make a magic ing Rnd 1: Ch 3 (counts 9s fest). nto the rng tench 1,21 in the seme cha ring. 2 ch 1,2 nthe eb ng r9p from * two inoe ies Join with s to thie cain of beginning ch of ther 4 dusters of, ch, 2c} Rnd 2: Consinve withthe seme colour $s into the chain space inthe mide of the first cluster ofthe previous round ha (eountsas fst, 6 tin seme chain space, 7 trinto next chain space Repeat 2 more times. Join with sto the third chan of he beginning cha. Cut vain an pull through leaving tal 3089 of7 tr Rnd 3: Join new colour inthe ss of previous mets end nd cht (counts ‘wewpracticalpublishing.ooYou are welcome to ell items made from this pattern, not share, copy, post or distribute in any way, electronic o ‘will nfringe Hels right asthe author and creator of tis 0 Please do rot use the idea and actual bird patiern to mai ‘ater in any wey t0 create or design and sell derivative pattern into the next de tis forms the ‘apex’ of the petal 31.1 into the previous ma’s long dc siten*; rep from * to * two more times, $s tothe thca chain of the ch of the beginning ofthe rd, Cut yarn and pull througn, leaving tall. 36 7 sade dcinto each ofthe tr ofthe Cluster this makes 7 de including the ch 7), Make one long tr (between ccusters) that extends down into Rel 2 ofthe flower, so that Ie separates the Rnd 2 cluste's,* Dcinto each of the 7 tr stiches ofthe next cluster Make one long r foetween clusters) that extends down into Rnd 2 of the flower so that separates the rnd 2 clusters. * Repeat from? to two more times, $sto the beginning ofthe round ch 1 stten. ‘cut yam and pul through, leaving 2 tal 28 dcand &long er Rnd 4: Join next colour tothe ss atthe end ofthe previous md. Ch3 (counts as first, 2, 6, ch 1, de] to te next dc (this forms the ‘apex’ ofthe flower petal, 3 UT into the previous rt long de stitch * Tinto each of the next peta’s ist three se stitches, ty 4, has ati Inclusing the use ofa different hexegonal/ooiygonal moti to mal bird like this one in the pattern, Please adda cre ink to ary of you finished items that ate forsale, inkirg to Heid’ Ravelry pattern st wwwravelry.com/designers/heidl-bears African Flower © resering Triangle © thain(s) oe X rs fa SO eer aren eu scone rece tame (counts as fst, 6 trin same space, * ‘skip tr and make 7 tr int the next space; rep once mare ftom *. Jin with ss ta the third chain ofthe begrning ch 3. Cut yam and pul through. 3 sets of 7° Rnd 3: Join new colour inthe slp st of previous rnd’s end, ana ch 1 (counts ‘88 0). De Ito each af thet ofthe Guster {tis makes 7 dc including t rt), make one long t (between CGusters) that extends down into Rad + roto ad ‘cange ca‘of the flower, so that t separates the rd? clusters * Dc into each of the 7 ‘itches ofthe next cluster, make one long tr between clusters thet extends ‘dovin into Rn 1 ofthe flower, so that i separates the Rnd 2 clusters" rep from* 10 orice more. Ss tothe beginning of the round cht stitch. Cut yarn ane pull through. 21 0¢ ana 4 long tr Rnd 4: Join next colour to the sip stitch atthe end ofthe previous rnd,ch3 (counts as first 2, ty chit treo the next de (this forms the ‘apex’ of the ‘lower neta) 3 Trinto the previous rouna’s long t.* 7 into each ofthe next peta’ frst three dc stitches, then It, ch, eLinto the nest de this forms the "apex of the petal, then make one t info each ofthe next three oc. Make ‘one tr into the previous roun's long tr tit; ep from * to * once more. $s {0 the thie chain of the cn 3 of the beginning cf the round. Cut yarn ared pull through.27tr aie Making up Body Note! 8 motisicerefersto the ‘stance from one petal apex to the next petal apex, fe from the chain space between the tr ofthe (rch, tr thet forms a point of @ motif tthe next chain space ofthe next-along [tic] pont. Place three pentagons together as sftown in image 1, Sew them together as incicated by the coloured lies, ‘matching each colour together Your ‘workewill]ook Ike image 2 when the ‘ses have been sewn up. Ishas formec ‘the back pat of the bird, and you ate left a triangle shaped space atthe tall end Flatten your bitte tall end so that you ‘can see a full pentagon and a halfof a pentagon as inimage 3, Sewin a pentagon on two sides as shown in imege 4. Again, tne coloured lines show the corresponding sides that are sewn ‘together. Your work willook ke te Image 5 when the pentagon has beer joined, Fold the work so that you can only s half of the previously joined nentsaon Aipcicated with a black arrow in image 6) wall ia eenJain a pentagon on three sides ths time, ‘again using the coloured lines as guides ta which sices are sewn together, sin image 7, shown joined in image 8 pen uo the work as seen in imewe 9 ‘The pentagon you jined inthe previous step is incicated by the black arrow. Now you need to join a pentagon to the ‘work, on three sides (image 10), In image 11, the pentagon has been sem in and your work row o0ks ike ‘this Again, the pentagon you just ined Is incieated by the black arrow when looking atthe top of the work, you wil see a v-shaped gap between the pentagons, as in image 12. Place your work in sucha way that you are looking directly face-on to the front ‘end vith the v-shaped gap (image 12. Notice the three sides indicated by the black lines. Yu will now sew in 2 € ” eS aa ia bali ai vi trending pentagon, joining it to these thre sides. In image 14, this pentason has been sewn in and the blak ines indicate the same sides asin image 13, At this stage, the body shouls ook a8 8 In image 15 you can see the left-hand side ofthe bits, and in imege 16 you can ‘see the view from abave, The black arrow shows the last pentagon you joined in the previous step. To oin the head, place your birdie so that you ae looking t he right-hand ‘de of te body (image 17) Join @ one ‘colour pentagon to the body as shown, (on tw0 sides. Your work should look ike image 12 once It has been joined. Fllp te birdle ver so that you are looking atthe left-hand side ofthe boy (image 19) Sew ina pentagon fone colour to al ve sidas as Shown in image 20 Two sides are sewn tothe ” & & o> body anc! three sides are sey tothe ‘other pentagon ofthe head. Your birdie now looks ike image 21, Careful stuff the birdie using poWester surfing, Use small amounts of stuffing at atime end make sure you stutf the booy ‘moderately fmly and symmetricaly from the neacito the tal, You wil see that there isa single triangular apering ‘eft at tn tall end image 221.Sew na triangle motlf to this opening on al tree ies, Wan the triangle opening has bbeen sewn upto within 2om trom being complete, stuff the ite tala bit mare, ‘agen being careful to keep the stufing leven and the tall snape symmetrical Finish sewing the ast bitof seam and te off and hide the yarn tal. Your birdie body now looks ike images 23 and 24 Star by placing two pentagons together [WS facing mage 25, overleaf), Sew side view @, Ifyouneed afte rove nelp with creatingthe african Flower Peniagons, take a look at Heil bleg for ful tuocal — wwwheidibears creative.blogspot. co.uk jew from above tail end coches mee‘together four sides as shown by the black lines in image 26 ‘This ill leave you with two free sides {one on each pentagon. in image 27,1 have inserted a crochet hook into the ‘opening that remains at ths point and indicated this open edge with a black atrow. Sew a square motif to the one free side, as shown by the green lines In mage 28. Be sure not to catch any stiles ofthe other free edge It should now look ike image 29 Flip the work over so that you are facing the WS ofthe square motif (image 30). Fold the square in hal as shown, matching the yellow dots, then sew together the two sides indicated! by the green lines. In image 31 the square fas been folded and you are ready to sew up the two green lined Sh opcterais ‘Sew up the remaining two fee sides of the square image 32. Make a second wing in exactly the same way. Pin a ‘wing tothe birdie body as shown in Image 33, and sew itt0 te body along the edge of the pentagon. Repeat for the other wing as in image 34 Heidi has used wired looped glass eyes ‘mm, but these are not considered safe for toys mace for babies and chien, so f you are making the birdie fora young recipient we would suggest using safety eyes or embroidering the ‘eyes. You can sil sculpt the eye sackets Sculpting the eye sackets isa very quick «and easy thing to do and cds a lovely, realistic ook to your birdie. \nimage 35, the pin shows you the position the eye will be placed. Start by taking a metre-long piece of spare yarn, which you Told in hat, Thread the two ends through the eye of 2 tapestry needle. This wll leave you will aloop at the cistant end, Place the birdie so iat you are facing staigr= (nto the front ofthe head. nse the tapestry needle atthe position previously shown by the pin and pus all the way across the head to the ~wHeReerinee‘corresponding oapasite point forthe right eve mage 36), Pul the yarn through the head, making sure to leave the small amount of loop ‘atthe lft eve area as seen in image 37 Now re-Insert your needle just tothe side of whore the needle exited {catchingaa sttch or two of crochet fabric), and push all the way through the head tothe let eye area, again exiting just tothe side of wnere the needle was inserted in the beginning ‘Make sure that you place the needle to through the lite loop image 38}. Gently tug the yarn to pull ttn, an watch as the eye sockets indent slightly Don't pul too hard or the eves wl look ‘unnatural Thread the tapestry needle through the wire loop ofa glass eve. Push the eye all the way to the head, then re-insert your needle into the litle ® “wwew practicalpublishing co.uk trending Indert al the way across tothe right eye area, again exiting in the mide of te right eye indent. Before you pull your yarn tight, use fine-nosed pliers to ‘squash the wire loop fat this helps tolet the eye sink into the heed) 'As you now pull on the yarn, you'll see the left eye sink into the eye socket Gmage 41) nsert your needle into the right eye wire loop. Push the eye al the way to the head, Re-insert your needle Into the eye indent and push all the Way through the head, exting under the right eye, and once again pinch the wire loop fat before pulling te yarn all the way through, when your needle point exits under the right eye, ale it slightly so that you can sip it out from tnder the glass eye. Make a secure couble stich under the left eye, then sink and hide the yar inthe body and snip oft, ® Aiding the Beale Using sal erent yr hs cobur your cove rote elite bak as ‘elo Strona mage Rnd 1-ch et rote magicrng Tomo sto thet chan he root te beghningcf the ind 2: chit the sore space 3s fhecha Zur hier remain sch Ct fon waa stot techn Gitte ote begmnngot te Cutyeur ym and pal rough, tenet catyarnallngeroush ib oow tre beat te bo Use te photos eee fo placement fortentte pea and sew tothe front ofthe ead son the outer eoge crite teak bs Sie Se, OSS CRS HOO Hh 0 HID x Tog oO x a a EOS oS Ox xO eX xO Xx BO peo 0 <4 =new colour at ret ae 3x — 8b hae 2 You wil need a small amount of yarn, asthe tll slit Row 1: Leaving a long tal for sewing, cha, Row 2: 0¢ into the 2nd ch fromm hook, dc into each of the remaining st 7 a Row 3: Turn your work. Ch9, De Into 2nd ch from the hook. Dc inta each of the next 7 chain stitches Skip the last Chain stitch andl de int the de stitch of Row 2 $s into the next-slong dc of Row 2.* ch& De into the second chain from the hook. Make asc into each ofthe ext chain sitenes. Skip the last chain stitch and de into the de stitch of Row 2 Ss nto the next-along se of Row Repeat fram * ance more Row 4: Change colour, Ch 1, *dc.3 ht, 2 6¢ 6 into the next ‘along chain space. Nowy you will work down the other side, 2d¢,3 hr, 2.0 then ss into Row 2at the very botiom of the feather Repeat irom * twee more You now have three ‘eaters cut your yarn and pul through the last sti, Sew i this end, Crochet Gits |