Angry birds

For these adorable hats I just made a basic hat but varied my colwots to match the colors of the desired bird.

Cast on 80 stitches. I used a size 8 16" circular needle.
Knit 2x2 ribbing for about 2 inches, but your ribbing can be more or less. It's sorta a personal preference.
Switch to stockinette stick. Knot until hat measures 5 to 5.5 inches from cast on for an adult.
Then begin your decreases. I began by knitting 7 then slippinging as if to knit, then knitting one and then binding off the stitch that I slipped right before. You could just knit 2 together as well. I repeated this all the way around. Then on next round I decreased my number of knit stocked betwee the decrease by one. So I knit six and then decreases. Then next row I knit 5 and then decreased and so on until I only had 5 stocked left. I used a tapestry needle and threaded my yarn through these last stitches and finished it off.
As you begin to decrease you will need to switch to double pointed needles.

For the beak, cast on 24 stitches to size 7 double pointed needles. Knit two rounds. On the third round begin by knitting 2 together, then knit 10, then knit 2 together, then knit 10. On next round knit 2 together, then knit 9, decrease, knit 9. Continue alike this until you have 4 stitches remaining and finish off using a tapestry needle.

For the feathers ontop of the head I cast on 8 to size 7 double pointed needles and knitted until the desired height was reached. Then I decreased to 4 stitches and finished it off.

The eyes are made from felt.

Hello Kitty

Here is the Hello Kitty that I recently made for my kids. The dress I have here in the picture is a little bit too long. I'm also planning on redoing it with a little hole in the back for her tail to fit through. For now though this will work. Here is the pattern for Kitty and her dress.


Round Number of stitches in round
Head
1
6
2 12
3 18
4 24
5 30
6 36
7 42
8 48
9 54
10-12 60
13-20 66
21 60
22 54
23 42
24 36
25 24
26 18
27 12

Ears
Make 2
1 4
2 8
3 12
4-5 16

Body
1
6
2 12
3 18
4 28
5 30
6 36
7 42
8-11 48
12-14 42
15-16 36
17-18 30
19-22 24
23-24 18

Legs
1 Make 2
6
2 12
3 18
4-5 24
6-8 30
9-13 24
14-16 20
17-20 16

Arms
1 Make 2
6
2 12
3-4 18
5-6 24
7 18
8 Sc twice in first sc, sc 4 times in next sc, sc twice in next sc, sc rest of the way around.
9 Sc in first 3 sc, 2 sc in each of the next 5 sc, sc rest of the way around.
10 Sc in first 3 sc, dec 5 times, sc rest of the way around.
11 Dec, dec 4 sc all at the same time, dec, sc rest of the way around.
12 18

Tail
1
6
2 12
3 18
4-8 24
9 18
Bow Not worked in rounds
1 Chain 11, sc in second chain from hook, sc across.
2-3 Ch 1, turn, sc across
Sc around the outside of the rectangle for two rounds. Finish off.
Next make 6 sc in a loop.
Then 2 sc in each of the six sc. Finish off. This will be the circle you place in the middle of the bow or you can just wrap the center of the bow in yarn.


Kitty is crocheted by working rounds based on increases and decreases that occur six times per round. If you have never followed a crochet pattern from a chart like this you should think of it like this:

Round 3/ 18 stitches = (sc, 2 sc in next sc) x 6

(Number of stitches desired) divided by 6 = (number stitch you will increase or decrease on) + 1

If you know the round has 42 stitches then divide 42 by 6 to get 7 so you know you will increase of the sixth stitch to make 7 stitches x 6 = 42 stitches.

I hope that made a little bit of sense.

The only time in this pattern that this will not work is on the legs. On round 14 I decrease by 4 rather than by 6. I decreased every 5th stitch. Then on round 17 I decreased every 4th stitch.


Hello Kitty’s dress

Cast on 40 stitches onto a 16 “ circular needle size 8
Knit in garter stitch, turning and not joining for about an inch.
In this garter stitched portion about 3 rows in you need to knit 3 stitches at the beginning of the row and then yarn over and knit the next 2 stitches together. This will create a button hole.
Knit 5, cast off 10, knit 10, cast off 10, knit 5, turn
Knit 5, cast on 10, knit 10, cast on 10, knit 5, turn
Knit all the way across, turn.
Knit in front and back of stitch all the way across so that you have increased from 40 to 80 stitches. Join this time instead of turning.
Knit all the way around.
Begin stockinette stitch and continue in this manner for 3”, then garter stitch for another inch. Then cast off project.

Owl Pattern

This is a pattern I came up with when I was looking for an owl for my daughter for Christmas. It's my first pattern so bear with me! Thanks.

Body (make 1)
Round/ # of stitches
1/6
2/12
3/18
4/24
5/30
6/36
7/42
8/48
9/54
10/60
11/66
12/72
13-27/72 here change colors
28-50/72
51/66
52/60
53/54
54/48
55/42
56/36. Begin stuffing owl and continue to stuff as you decrease
57/30
58/24
59/18
60/12
61/6 finish off

Wings (make 2)
1/4
2/8
3/12
4/16
5/20
6/24
7/28
8/32
9/36
10-14/36
15-16/32
17-18/28
19-20/24
21-22/20
23-24/16 finish off

Ears (make 2)
1/4
2/8
3/12
4/16
5/20. Fold in half and sew to top of body

Eyes (make 2)
1/6
2/12
3/18
4/ on this round crochet 2 sc into each of the next 6 sc then turn
5/ crochet 12 sc finish off 

Beak 
1/ sc into body at position where you want the top right of the beak to begin. 5 more sc into body. Turn.
2/ 6 sc turn
3/ dec, 2 sc, dec turn
4/ dec, dec finish off. You can tack down end of beak or leave it loose

Feathers on body
I did these by crocheting into the body like I did the beak on the first row then turning.
1/3 sc into body, turn
2/1 sc, 2 sc into space between next 2 sc, then one more sc into body, turn
3/2 sc in each sc, 1 sc into body, turn
4/ sc all the way across, sc into body, tie off. 

I used buttons for the center of the eyes.