Knitted eggs and nest

Just finished a little knitted nest and eggs - the pattern will be in my knitted birds book. Both are knitted on 2 needles (I hate knitting in the round! ).

Little knitted bird's nest

Little knitted bird's nest in the spring sunshine - just the right size for a blackbird or a thrush. I was trying to capture the atmosphere of William Henry Hunt's painting Primroses and Bird's Nest.

I'll be making some larger bird's nests later in the year - but first I need to finish knitting an avocet and working out a simpler way to make it stand up than my current ungainly system of wires and weights. It's a bit of a challenge, this one...

Make a nest

Love this idea from Tali at Growing Up Creative - how to make your own bird's nest out of bits and pieces that you find around you, just like a bird would. Gather bits of interesting string, yarn, leaves, rags and create a little nest of your own. It's a great way to get kids to welcome in the spring.