Snowy Plover Amigurumi Pattern

Make 1 Right and 1 Left
[All in Sonoma Beige]
Magic loop

Rnd 1: sc 3 in the magic loop (3)

Rnd 2: turn, ch 2, hdc 2 (inc) in each st around (6)

Rnd 3R: turn, [ch 3, slst 1] 3 times, slst in last 3 sts (6 slsts)

Rnd 3L: turn, ch 1, slst 3, [ch 3, slst 1] 3 times (6 slsts)

Cut the yarn, and pull through. Use the two tail ends to sew onto the body before you sew closed.

[All in Sonoma Beige]
Magic loop leaving a long end

Rnd 1: Working into the magic loop, sc 1, hdc1, dc 1, tr 1, ch 2, slst 1, ch 3, tr 1, dc 1, hdc 1, sc 1 (8 not including chs and slsts)

Cut the yarn, and pull through. Don’t ch. Use the two ends to sew these onto the butt.

[All in Black]
Ch 3

Rnd 1: hdc 1 in the 3rd ch from the hook

Cut the yarn, ch 1 and pull through.

[Start in Sonoma Beige]
Magic loop

Rnd 1: sc 6 in the magic loop (6)

Rnd 2: inc in each st (12)

Rnd 3: [sc 3, inc] 3 times (15)

Rnd 4: sc 5, sc 6, sc 4 (15)

Rnd 5: sc 5, sc 7, sc 3 (15)

[Cut off Sonoma Beige. Continue working with White only.]

Rnds 6-7: sc in each st (15 x 2)

Rnd 8: working into the FLO, [ch 1, slst 1] in each st (15 slsts)

Add eyes into Rnd 5 into sts 7 and 12.

Using Black, embroider on a small line on the forehead between stitches 3 – 5 between the Rnds color changes, and on each cheek just under the eyes slightly angled up and out.

Add the beak between the eyes (see next section).

To make the head attached to the body instead of a Birb underneath (secret agent bird), continue in White from Rnd 4 stitch 9 on the Body (see page 9), working in the unused BLO from Rnd 7 above.

To make the head separate (aka a Birb), slst 1, cut the yarn, pull through and hide the end.

To make the beak, cut a black pipe cleaner in half, and then half again. Fold in half and place a needle in the end and spin around leaving 2 small pointed ends to add into the face and a small loop on the end that you can fit your needle through.

Attach to the face by sticking the two pointed ends between the eyes (around stitch 9 in Rnd 5) and twist on the inside to secure. Then, using a strand of Black yarn on a needle, exit the face from one side of the pipe cleaner and begin wrapping up the pipe cleaner to cover it.

When you get to the tip, insert the hook into the loop at the end and wrap around a few times to secure before wrapping back down the beak to the base. Try to wrap so that it is slightly thicker on the base. Insert into the stitch at the base opposite from where you entered and double knot on the inside to secure.

[Start in White]
Magic loop

Rnd 1: sc 6 in the magic loop (6)

Rnd 2: inc in each st (12)

Rnds 3-4: sc in each st (12 x 2)

Rnd 5: sc 3, inc 1, sc 3, inc 1, sc 3, inc 1 (15)

Rnd 6: sc 4, inc 1, sc 3, sc 1, inc 1, sc 4, inc 1 (18)

Rnd 7: sc 1, sc 8, sc 2, inc 1, sc 2, inc 1, sc 2, inc 1 (21)

Rnd 8: sc 2, sc 8, sc 11 (21)

*Skip the following if you made the head attached.

Sew on the Birb beak in Rnd 4 using the tail ends into st 3 and 5.

Add the eyes 1 st away from the beak, into sts 2 and 6.

Using the tail end pull through the very center of the head and cut close to create a little tuft of hair at the top.

Rnd 9: sc 1, sc 10, invdec 1, sc 2, invdec 1, sc 2, invdec 1 (18)

[Continue in all White]

Rnd 10: [sc 1, invdec] 6 times (12)

Sew on the wings onto the side of the body.

Sew on the tail onto the back into Rnd 9.

Using Black embroider on two lines on the sides of the body just in front of the wings.

Rnd 11: dec in each st (6)

Stuff fully, add in a magnet before stuffing closed so that your Plover can attach to metal!

To make your Plover “pooping“ use a long strand of white yarn with knots on both ends pulled through the Birbs body, through the head, and hidden under the fake head. Pull the end coming from the butt to make him poop!

The feet are made (somewhat) similarly to the beak. Cut a pipe cleaner in half and fold that in half. Fold out and back down to make a small “W” at the end with 3 loops. Twist at the intersection of the long ends of the pipe cleaner all the way up. Use a needle in the loops and twist leaving a small loop at the tip just big enough to fit your needle through.

Insert this into the bottom of the body after it’s been sewn closed. Using a strand of Black yarn on a needle. Insert in an adjacent stitch on the bottom, and out through where the pipe cleaner was inserted.

Wrap up the pipe cleaner towards the toes (aka 3 loops at the end). When you get to the toes, wrap around and insert the hook into the loop at the end and wrap around a few times to secure, repeat for each toe.

Finally, wrap back down the leg to the base. Try to wrap so that it is slightly thicker on the base. Insert into the stitch in an adjacent stitch from where you entered and exit where the tail end is. Double knot to secure and stuff the knot back into the body.