One for Sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy, five for silver, six for gold!
If you do knit six, let me know how it goes! !

Yes - it’s a magpie - Feb’s Freebee and the first of the year.

Mine is knitted on very fine needles (1.8mm) which surprisedly I found really easy to knit with (thought I’d struggle - eyes, age etc - but no!)

Knitted up Magpie measures, from tip of tail to tip of beak, approx. 19cm/ 7.5in; 10cm/ 4in tall
Half-life sized, so if you want to knit a life-sized one I’d recommend maybe a 4-ply or sport-weight on 3.5mm

As with all of my patterns:
. Knitted flat
. Plenty of images throughout
. it’s modular so bits joined as you go with pick up stitches
. short row shaping

… And for a change I’ve a YouTube video to share with you here!
Watch it and see the beak which worked sooo well!

Hope you like it.
Claire
xx