Clifford measures approximately 25cm/10in from the tip of his beak to the end of his tail feathers and is around 20cm/8in tall when seated. With his turquoise body, blue wings and contrasting stripes, Clifford is the cute and colourful budgie you’ve always dreamed of! Better still, you’ll never need to clean out his cage!

You’ll be pleased to know that this pattern has been reviewed by professional technical editor to ensure that it’s super-easy to follow!

To make this pattern accessible to newer knitters, all the pieces are knitted flat on straight needles and seamed afterwards. To avoid being left with a mountain of sewing at the end, it’s a good idea to seam and stuff the pieces as you go along. Alternatively, with the exception of the beak, every piece can be knitted in the round.

Materials
100g/3½oz/250m/273yds turquoise DK yarn
50g/1¾oz/125m/137yds blue DK yarn
25g/1oz/63m/69yds white DK yarn
25g/1oz/63m/69yds yellow DK yarn 8m/9yds DK yarn in each of the following colours: fuchsia pink, green and lilac
1m/40in black DK yarn
A pair of 3mm straight needles
Toy stuffing
A tapestry needle and large-headed pins for sewing up

The boring bit…
This pattern is intended for personal use so it’s fine to print it out but please don’t sell it, share it on the internet or make multiple copies. What you can sell (more money for yarn – YAY!) is finished items made from this pattern so long as you’ve made them yourself and it’s not on a commercial basis. Please remember to credit me as the designer!