This lovely little one is Frater the puffin. Frater can move its nest and egg at a moment’s notice and carry large starfish on its back so he’s ready to move in with you if you like! The body, head and beak of the puffin are knit as one piece with the wings and legs sewn on afterwards. I provide row-by-row instructions and pictures and tips throughout the pattern. Instructions for the puffin, the nest, the egg, the starfish and the strap are included.

Finished Dimensions: Sitting: 18 cm or 7 inches. Standing: 30 cm or 12 inches.

Materials required:

• Yarn: 1 ball (50g) * of white, black, orange, light brown and yellow yarn.

• Sewing needle made for thread.

• Thin yarn or thread for eyes.

• Size 4 mm knitting needles.

• Size 4 mm double pointed needles (2): if you have some great, if not, don’t worry I’ll explain what you can do instead.

• Poly-fill stuffing.

• I ask for 50g of yarn of each colour but all the pieces in this work were created using left over yarn from other projects and it took less than half a ball of any colour to complete each piece. It’s always nice to use something you already have lying around! Feel free to change the colours of the yarns used.

Gauge: 20 stitches and 28 rows = 4 x 4 square using stockinette stitch and 4 mm knitting needles. This gauge is an approximation. I used a medium (worsted) weight yarn. Since this is meant to be a toy, I wouldn’t worry too much if your gauge is off by a few stitches – it may simply make your puffin a bit smaller or larger depending on the yarn and needles you use.

Techniques Used:

• Stockinette stitch: knit the right side, purl the backside.
• Garter stitch: knit all rows.
• Increase 1 stitch by knitting once in the front of the stitch and once in the back of the stitch.
• Decrease 1 stitch by knitting two stitches together.