TOM TURKEY is a small bird standing 5 inches tall, 4 inches wide and almost 6 inches from front to back. He has quite a bit of growing up to do before he’s ready to serve for Thanksgiving dinner, or at least, that’s what he will tell you!

Materials:
Red Heart Super Saver: white, cornmeal, black, Periwinkle blue, small amount of red for
gobbler; Lions Brand Heartland Mt. Ranier
Red Heart with Love: chocolate
black embroidery for eyes or fake eyes, small size

3.75 mm hook (F)
3.25 mm hook (D)
2.75 mm hook (C) for eyes
Polyester fiber fill for stuffing
Darning or tapestry needle
Row Marker

HINTS:
To change colors, put hook through stitch where color changes. Pull through first portion
of single crochet, then pull through new color on second half (2 loops on hook) of single
crochet. Proceed to next stitch with new color. Single crochet a few stitches. Cut end of
old color leaving about 2 inches of yarn. This can be knotted to new color end.
Rows are numbered. Number in ( ) is number of stitches in that row.
… means repeat that sequence

Abbreviations:
MC - Magic Circle
SC - Single Crochet
HDC - half double crochet
DC - double crochet
2 TOG - next 2 stitches together (decrease)
SLST - slip stitch
CH - chain stitch
ST - stitch
FLO - front loop only
BLO - back loop only
changing color counts as a stitch