Tweet-Tweet Bird Mobile by Monica Rodriguez Fuertes

Tweet-Tweet Bird Mobile

Knitting
January 2011
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
19 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 6 - 4.0 mm
4.0 mm (G)
1000 yards (914 m)
one size, 24" high
English

“The “aww”s could be heard all the way to Spain, where this mobile was designed and made. It’s a crowd-pleaser. Knit each motif individually as decoration, or put them all together into the mobile.

Yardage Requirements:
All solids except Greentones (E)
1 ball #907 Burgundy (A)
1 ball #887 Royal Blue (B)
1 ball #001 White (C)
1 ball #205 Golden Yellow (D)
1 ball #625 Brite Green (F)
1 ball #252 Brite Orange (G)
1 ball #910 Wood Violet (H)
1 ball #965 Greentones (E) (Print)

Notions:
1 Metal ring, 2”/5cm diameter
8 black 5mm glass eyes
4 black 3mm glass eyes
2 blue 5mm glass eyes
Royal blue and pink felt
Fiberfill
Black embroidery thread
Wire, 5”/12.5cm long
2 pieces of wood, each 8”/20.5cm long by .5”/1.5cm thick
1 wooden skewer, 5”/12.5cm long
4 wood or plastic beads, 5mm
Stiff cardboard (optional)
Clear nylon thread
Yarn Needle