Some friends bought a Harry Potter advent calendar for work. Each day in December they would open a door and find a new Harry Potter figurine. They wanted to continue enjoying it in the new year so I suggested that I make new figures to go behind the doors. So I kinda signed myself up to design 24 Harry Potter figurines :/ We’ll see how we go.

This pattern is written in American crochet notation. It uses a 2mm hook and yellow, orange, red and blue 4 ply wool.

Fawkes can transform from an egg to a phoenix and back again 🙂

Head

With orange wool

Round 1: 6sc in a magic ring (6 stitches)

Round 2: increase in every stitch (12 stitches)

Round 3: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (18 stitches)

Round 4: sc in each stitch (18 stitches)

Round 5: sc in the first stitch, decrease the next two stitches together – repeat (12 stitches)

Round 6: decrease around (6 stitches)

Stuff the head

 

Body

Round 7: increase in each stitch (12 stitches)

Round 8: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (18 stitches) (7 orange, 4 yellow, 7 orange)

Round 9: sc in the first two stitches, increase in the next stitch – repeat (24 stitches) (9 orange, 6 yellow, 9 orange)

Round 10: sc in the first 9 stitches, increase in the next 6 stitches, sc in the final 9 stitches (30 stitches) (11 orange, 8 yellow, 11 orange)

Rounds 11 – 13: sc in each stitch (30 stitches) (3 rounds) (11 orange, 8 yellow, 11 orange)

Round 14: (decrease two stitches together) x 3, sc in the next 18 stitches, (decrease two stitches together) x 3 (24 stitches) (7 orange, 6 yellow, 11 orange)

Round 15: (decrease two stitches together) x 3, sc in the next 12 stitches, (decrease two stitches together) x 3 (18 stitches) (4 orange, 6 yellow, 8 orange)

Round 16: (decrease two stitches together) x 3, sc in the next 6 stitches, (decrease two stitches together) x 3 (12 stitches) (2 orange, 5 yellow, 5 orange)

Stuff

Now with just orange

Round 17: decrease until the hole closes. Fasten off, weave in end.

 

Wings (make two)

With red 4 ply wool

Round 1: 6sc in a magic ring (6 stitches)

Round 2: sc in each stitch (6 stitches) (1 red, 2 yellow, 1 red, 2 orange)

Round 3: increase, sc 2, increase, sc 2 (8 stitches) (1 red, 3 yellow, 1 red, 3 orange)

Round 4: increase, sc 3, increase, sc 3 (10 stitches) (2 red, 3 yellow, 2 red, 3 orange)

Round 5: increase, sc 4, increase, sc 4 (12 stitches) (2 red, 4 yellow, 2 red, 4 orange)

Round 6: increase, sc 5, increase, sc 5 (14 stitches) (1 orange, 2 red, 5 yellow, 2 red, 4 orange)

Round 7: sc 2, increase, sc 6, increase, sc 4 (16 stitches) (2 orange, 2 red, 6 yellow, 2 red, 4 orange)

Rounds 8 – 9: sc in each stitch (16 stitches) (2 orange, 2 red, 6 yellow, 2 red, 4 orange) (2 rounds)

Round 10: sc 2, (decrease the first two stitches together) x 2, sc 4, (decrease two stitches together) x 2, sc 2 (12 stitches) (2 orange, 2 red, 4 yellow, 2 red, 2 orange)

Round 11: (decrease the first two stitches together) x 2, sc 2, (decrease two stitches together) x 2, sc 2 (8 stitches) (1 orange, 1 red, 3 yellow, 1 red, 2 orange)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Sew onto the body.

 

Beak

With 4 ply red wool

Round 1: 4 sc in a magic ring (4 stitches)

Round 2: sc in each stitch (4 stitches)

Fasten off, leave a long tail for sewing. Sew onto the head.

 

Head feathers

Hold yellow and red wool together, join to the head and chain 4. Fasten off and weave in the ends.

Then for the middle feather, do the same thing but chain 6 this time.

Then make another smaller feather on the edge.

 

Embroider blue eyes.

 

Tail/Egg

With yellow 4 ply wool

Round 1: 6sc in a magic ring (6 stitches)

Round 2: increase in every stitch (12 stitches)

Round 3: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (18 stitches)

Round 4: sc in the first two stitches, increase in the next stitch – repeat (24 stitches)

Round 5: sc in the first three stitches, increase in the next stitch – repeat (30 stitches)

Round 6: sc in the first four stitches, increase in the next stitch – repeat (36 stitches)

Round 7: sc in the first five stitches, increase in the next stitch – repeat (42 stitches)

Round 8: sc in the first six stitches, increase in the next stitch – repeat (48 stitches)

Rounds 9 – 14: sc in each stitch (48 stitches) (6 rounds)

Round 15: sc in the first six stitches, decrease the next two stitches together – repeat (42 stitches)

Round 16: sc in each stitch (42 stitches)

Round 17: sc in the first five stitches, decrease the next two stitches together – repeat (36 stitches)

Rounds 18 – 21: sc in each stitch (36 stitches) (4 rounds)

Round 22: sc in the first four stitches, decrease the next two stitches together – repeat (30 stitches)

Fasten off, weave in ends.

 

Using orange and red 4 ply wool work chains into the tail to look like feathers. Weave in the ends.