This is a pattern to create a lovely hanging knitted bird decoration for a Christmas tree or a door handle. The bird is knit in 6 pieces - 4 wing pieces, the bird body, head and tail in one piece and the beak. They are knitted on straight needles and sewn together afterwards. The wings and head are decorated with beads and a small amount of emb...

This pattern is to make a decorative car and bunny ornament. It is a good stash buster as it makes use of oddments of double knit and 4 ply - orange and green for the carrot, brown or grey for the rabbit and tiny oddments of 4 ply for the scarf etc. The carrot uses approximately 35 m of yarn and the rabbit around 25 m. You can easily customize ...

The great spotted woodpecker is one of the UK’s most colourful birds, often found in gardens visiting peanut feeders. This pattern is to make a knitted model woodpecker to be used as a toy or decoration.

*Update for June 2024, £46.27 (including deductions for Ravelry sales) has been raised for Acorn Rabbit Rescue*

Dormice are tiny mammals that live in the south of England. Only 6 to 9 cm long, they can hibernate for upto 9 months of the year in a nest of leaves and grass on the ground. They often hibernate curled in to a ball with their tail wrapped around them. This pattern is to make a life size, curled up, knitted dormouse to use as a toy or decoratio...

This pattern is to make a knitted wild boar piglet to be used as a toy or decoration. When the piglets are very young, they are striped in shades of brown, like an English humbug sweet or candy, hence their nickname of Humbugs.

During the coronavirus pandemic, sewers and knitters in my village are creating blocks or patches of their houses, at a scale of 2cm to 1 m. These will be joined together later to create a patchwork of the village. The gauge used is 36 stitches and 46 rows to 4 inches in moss stitch using 2.75 mm needles but size is not very important in this w...

This pattern is to make a knitted decorative or toy newt, life sized, using stocking stitch and moss (seed) stitch. The newt in the pattern is a male great crested newt in spring when they grow a large crest to attract a mate. The crest shrinks later in the summer and is reabsorbed into the body. They have a very shiny skin when wet so using a ...

The swallow is a much loved bird in the UK, arriving at the start of spring. This pattern is to make a knitted model swallow to be used as a decorative item such as in a mobile. The bird is not suitable for young chidren to play with if it is made as instructed with wire supports in the wings.

The kingfisher is one of the UK’s most colourful birds, often just tantalisingly glimpsed as the briefest flash of electric blue as you walk along a river bank. This pattern is to make a knitted model kingfisher to be used as a toy or decoration.

This pattern is to make a lifelike model of a goldfinch, a common and distinctive bird here in the UK. Goldfinches flock together, particularly in autumn when they often feed on the seeds of plants such as thistles or cornflowers. If disturbed, the whole flock, known as a charm, will rise up from the thistles and fly off in a mass of yellow.

The red squirrel is one of the UK’s most loved small mammals. Their cheeky demeanour and charming tufted ears and tail endear them to many of us. These delightful knitted squirrel sisters are knitted using a tweedy double knit yarn and silk mohair. Extravagant Suzie sports a super tufted tail whereas thrifty Layla has a looped tail that gives h...

To celebrate 100 years since the Armistice of World

The harvest mouse is Britain’s smallest mammal; an adult weighs little more than a two pence coin. They have a prehensile tail that can be used as a fifth limb, advantageous as they build a spherical nest above the ground, supported on tall grasses and cereal crops. This is a pattern to make a decorative or toy harvest mouse in a nest. It uses ...

This is a knitting pattern to make a lifelike hare with the gangly hind legs that produce the life-saving speed they possess. Knitted on straight needles, the seams help to give your hare structure. Using fine needles gives a dense fabric and delicate look to your hare.

To celebrate 100 years since the Armistice of World