My daughter’s name is Bluebird and she wanted to be a bluebird for halloween. I knit several balaclavas before I found this pattern. Perfect! The gusset was confusing for me though… so I drew a diagram and just centered the gusset over the corners of the gusset.6 above the “corner”, six below. Hope this helps! The beak was improvised and the eyes embroidered. Blogged at www.lusaorganics.typepad.com

This became her everyday winter cap for one full winter and was wearing it daily this fall as well. Sadly I think our little bird migrated away. Lost on a walk, and not seen since. She’s asked for another one with “more realistic colors because a bluebird doesn’t have a black beak.” Oh, the child of a naturalist…