Mummy and baby ostrich

Sachiyo Ishii

Finished Size

Mummy 12cm, baby 8cm tall sitting height

Tools

Bamboo Knitting Needles Takumi Single Pointed 23 cm / 3.00 mm

Gold Eye Chenille Needles(No. 18)

Patchwork Scissors(Mini)

Materials

• [A] 7g felted tweed black DK

• [B] 5g white DK

• [C] 3g pale pink DK

• [D] 3g honey yellow DK

• [E] A small amount of yellow DK

• [F] A small amount of orange DK

• Stuffing

• Two pairs of 4mm eye beads

• Black cotton thread

About yarn used for samples

• [A] Rowan Felted Tweed DK Treacle (145) – 50% wool, 25% viscose, 25% alpaca, 175m per 50g

• [B] Rowan Superwash DK Enamel (013) – 100% wool, 125m per 50g

Practical tips

• Leave a long end at the beginning and end of each piece for sewing.

• Sew seams with RS facing, using mattress stitch.

Tension

24 sts and 30 rows for 10 x 10cm tension square over St st (not essential).

Abbreviations

RS: right side

WS: wrong side

RH: right hand

St st: stocking stitch

St(s): stitch(es)

K: knit

P: purl

Kfb: k one through the front then through the back (same stitch)

K2tog: knit two together

P2tog: purl two together

Skpo: slip 1 stitch, k1, pass slipped stitch over

Project sheet (pdf)

Making

Mummy: Body

With yarn A, cast on 10 sts.
Row 1 (WS): Purl.
Row 2: [Kfb] 10 times. 20 sts
Row 3 and every odd-numbered row: Purl.
Row 4: [Kl, kfb] 10 times. 30 sts
Row 6: [K2, kfb] 10 times. 40 sts
Row 8: [K3, kfb] 10 times. 50 sts
Row 10: [K4, kfb] 10 times. 60 sts
Rows 11-25: Starting with a prow, work 15 rows in St st.
Row 26: [K4, k2tog] 10 times. 50 sts
Row 27 and every odd-numbered row: Purl.
Row 28: [K3, k2tog] 10 times. 40 sts
Row 30: [K2, k2tog] 10 times. 30 sts
Row 32: [Kl, k2tog] 10 times. 20 sts
Row 34: [K2tog] 10 times. 10 sts
Break yarn, thread through sts, pull tightly and fasten off.

Mummy: Neck

Mummy: Head

Mummy: Beak

Mummy: To make up

Baby: Egg shell

Insert sewing needle through first st from right to left and pull through, then bring the needle round and insert it from right to left again through the same st and pull through.

Drop st from knitting needle.

*Insert sewing needle through next st from right to left and pull through, then bring the needle round and insert it from right to left again through the same stand pull through.
Drop st from knitting needle. Repeat from * to end.

Baby: Neck

With yarn D, cast on 10 sts.
Rows 1-5: Starting with a p (WS) row, work 5 rows in St st.
Row 6: [K3, k2tog] twice. 8 sts
Rows 7-10: Starting with a prow, work 4 rows in St st.
Cast off.

Baby: Head

With yarn D, cast on 7 sts.
Row 1 (WS): Purl.
Row 2: [Kfb] 7times.14sts
Rows 3-9: Starting with a prow, work 7 rows in St st.
Row 10: [K2tog] 7 times. 7 sts
Break yarn, thread through sts, pull tightly and fasten off.

Baby: Beak

With yarn F, cast on 4 sts.
Row 1: Purl.
Row 2: [K2tog] twice. 2 sts
Row 3: P2tog and fasten off.

Baby: To make up

With cast-on yarn end of shell, work a gathering thread along cast-on edge and draw tightly. Sew seam to finished edge and stuff. Make up neck and head as for Mummy. Insert neck into shell opening and secure neck to shell.