Drinking Bird Pencil Cover by Heather Steedman

Drinking Bird Pencil Cover

Crochet
March 2022
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
8 stitches and 8 rows = 2 inches
in ch9, turn, *sc 8, turn*
3.5 mm (E)
20 - 21 yards (18 - 19 m)
US
English
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The favorite of most young science enthusiasts, drinking bird is now in non-fragile plush form! Never fear dropping your beloved bird and watching it shatter into thousands of tiny pieces any longer. It’s embroidered googly eyes will stare straight into your science-loving soul and you will form a bond forever.

Materials
Yarn: Lily Sugar ‘n Cream in Red, Dazzle Blue, White, Mod Green, and Black
Hook size: 3.5mm
Scissors
Yarn needle
Stitch marker

Yardage
White = 6 yards
Red = 5.5 yards
Blue = 8 yards
Green = 1.5 yards
Black = tiny amount, just for eyes

Terminology
US Terms
mc - magic circle
ss - slip stitch
sc - single crochet
inc - increase
invdec - invisible decrease
invisible finish
FLO - front loop only
BLO - back loop only

Drinking bird is 6.5 inches from the top of his hat to the bottom of his body.