on saturday august 27, a flock of knitted birds mysteriously landed at a home in albuquerque and roost in the trees. later that day, there was a wedding in that same yard and curiously, the colors of the wedding were purple, orange and yellow, the same color of the birds. frightening!

thanks to eujean2 elizabeth for the purple, orange and yellow sock yarn, muddskipper kelly for the purple fuzzy/furry yarns, jerseykaryn for the purple worsted, pinkviking for the purple and orange lopi, pagoura for the purple, orange and yellow fingering, and mhenry for the assorted purples!

birds #1 & 2: purple with yellow/orange tummies (knit picks stroll tonal from elizabeth doubled) knit on 3.25mm

bird #3: orangey single sportweight (starryknit handspun) with yellow flecks and stripes (elizabeth’s KP stroll doubled) on 3mm

bird #4: orange (elizabeth’s KP stroll doubled) with yellow belly (elizabeth’s KP stroll doubled with a stripe of woolen rabbit harmony tupelo honey doubled) on 3.25mm. wings free.

bird #5: yellow (woolen rabbit harmony in tupelo honey doubled) with purple belly (elizabeth’s KP stroll doubled) on 3.25mm

bird #6: deep purple (worsted from karyn) with orange belly (220 superwash) on 4mm (too loose).

bird #7: pale yellow (knit picks swish worsted) with soft & fuzzy pale purple belly (angora from kelly) on 4mm (too loose).

bird #8: orange (220 superwash with 1 strand elizabeth’s KP tonal) with a stripey fuzzy purple tummy (suri from kelly) on 4mm. wings free.

bird #9: yellow (220 superwash) with deep purple belly (worsted from karyn) on 3.75mm (220 still a bit loose).

bird #10: deep purple (worsted from karyn) with soft & fuzzy pale purple belly (angora from kelly) on 3.75mm.

bird #11: yellow on yellow (doublestranded knit picks palette from natalia) on 3.25mm.

bird #12: dark purple (heavy worsted from marissa) with furry pale purple belly (from kelly) on 4mm. wings free.

bird #13: yellow (220 stranded with elizabeth’s KP tonal) with dark purple middle (from karyn stranded with sock yarn from marissa) and variegated purple bottom (aran from marissa) on 4mm.

bird #14: variegated purple (cabled worsted from marissa) with bright orange belly (220 heathered) on 3.25mm (very tight). wings free.

bird #15: orange (blanket 220 stranded with orange tonal fingering from elizabeth) with variegated purple (cabled worsted from marissa) on 3.5mm (very tight).

bird #16: purple on purple (double-stranded knit picks palette from natalia) on 3.25mm.

bird #17: orange with purple belly (lite-lopi from janice) on 3.5mm.

bird #18: yellow (tupelo honey harmony) with pale purple belly (fingering from marissa) double-stranded on 3.25mm. wings free.

bird #19: yellow with orange belly (double-stranded knit picks palette from natalia) on 3.25mm.

final bird #20: orange (double stranded tonal from elizabeth) with winey-purple belly (from marissa) on 3.5mm.