Chunky Pigeon began life on an ordinary afternoon, perched rather triumphantly on an electricity wire just outside my son’s bedroom window. He was the roundest, fluffiest, most self-assured pigeon we’d ever seen — a proper little character balancing on that wire as if he owned the whole street.
My son took one look at him, eyes wide with delight, and said: “Mum… can you make me one?”
And really, how could I say no.
So, Chunky Pigeon flew from a precious shared moment onto my needles, and here he is now: plump, cheerful, and full of personality.

Yarn:
Caron simply soft
30g Feathered Gray
10g Dark Sage
10g Pistachio
10g Robin’s Egg
10g Gold
Scrap amounts of white yarn for the eye detail.

Needles:
4.5mm Straight needles

Other supplies:
Toy stuffing
Tapestry Needle
Two 10 mm safety eyes

Size:
16 cm tall

Abbreviations:
x times: Knit the instructions between the brackets x amount of times.
* ; rep from * to end: Repeat the instructions between the * and ; until the end of the row.
st(s): stitch(es)
K: knit, if followed by a number, knit that amount of stitches
P: purl
St st: stocking stitch: alternate a row of knitting and a row of purling.
G st: garter stitch: knit every row
K2tog: knit two stitches together knitwise.
P2tog: purl two stitches together purlwise.
Kfb: knit in the front and back of the stitch, creating an increase.
Pfb: Purl in the front and back of the stitch, creating an increase.
Sl1: Slip the next stitch from the left hand needle to the right needle without working it.
PSSO: Pass the previously slipped stitch over the worked stitch, creating a decrease.
SSK: Slip the next 2 stitches to the right hand neelde, then knit them together, creating a
decrease.