Washington Birds

Perching Birds Scarf (double-knit)

I am sharing my pattern for the Perching Birds Double-knitted Scarf. You can find the bird chart here.

Just google double knit if you've never done it before, it's not too hard, this was my first project. The scarf will end up being about 5 1/2” wide if you use 28 stitches, as I did (you can add more stitches to each side to make it wider if you prefer) and you can adjust the length by removing some of the birds or repeating some of them. Gauge isn’t all that important on this project.

I used two different sock yarns and size US 4 straight needles. The yardage needed is about 275 yards of each of two yarns. I purchased two skeins of each of my colors. Any sock yarn will do. Make sure the colors are not too similar or the birds won’t show up very well.  I used the long tail cast on and knit bind off, but feel free to use your favorites.  Also, I knitted my beginning and end stitches when working from top down, and purled those two stitches when working from the bottom up - again feel free to do your edges as you please.  If you decide to make one, I would love to see your finished scarfs!

Getting things done

With a view like that from one of my sewing room windows is it any wonder I don't get much done?  I swear I have just been sitting watching birds for the last hour.  Mostly black throated sparrows this morning, but also a few white-breasted nuthatches, goldfinches, house finches, mourning doves, and even a rose-breasted grosbeak.  You can't see it very well but there's a painted birdhouse hanging in the pines and  a sparrow couple are building in it, they are so funny to watch.  Off to the left of the last tree is a platform feeder too.  (While I was typing this I scared off a red squirrel from it.)

 



I did finish up this fabric basket yesterday though. :0) (Sorry for crappy picture - taken with cell in near dark)



Also made the canvas seat and back for this vintage director's chair.  Today I'm hoping to work on one of the quilts.  Maybe I should cover my windows, lol.

Camera Shy

Singing his little heart out!





Some birds cooperate fully, while others. . .

Happy Father's Day!

Hope all the fathers out there have a wonderful Father's Day!



These are just some more birds I found while poking around in Louisiana, lol.



Most of these I don't find up in Wisconsin.

New Orleans River Walk

While walking around the river walk in New Orleans I saw this cute restaurant, it wasn't open that early in the morning though.





Kinda makes you not want to eat them, lol.



Is that supposed to be an octopus?



I think these guys wanted a crumb or two, little beggars.

Little town

Haswell, Colorado is one of those towns that if you blink you'll miss it, but if you do blink, trust me it is still there. The post office looks freshly painted and well kept, but the building right next to it, is falling down.





A girl rides a horse slowly by the road sign graveyard.



Hey pretty singing yellow flower, warble to me. :0)



I'm not so sure of this, I thought we saw the smallest one in Wyoming last year.





Some cutie little flycatcher?





Not sure what this long nosed fellow is.



The road goes on forever.

New Orleans City Park

When we visited City Park in February there wasn't much greenery yet but there were plenty of birds. :0) Above you can see an Egret (or Ditch Chicken, lol) and some Ibis.



I think this is a Grebe.



A coot.



Some sort of Louisiana ducks.



A wood duck and some other fellows.







A warbler?







A bluebird.



This fellow tried to hide. :0)





A wonderful fountain!