Blue Jay. Thick and Quick

The pattern was initially written for sport weight or thicker yarn. Later, I decided to add a wider, 60-st. version. That second version can be knitted with fingering-weight yarns.
The very tip of the bird’s tail can be knitted black, or embroidered with duplicate stitch later, there’s just a few stitches.
The pattern is in pictorial form with very clear, full-color charts for both hands and thumbs; there is no written instructions.
 
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Materials:
250-300 sportweight yarn
2.5 - 3.0 mm short circular needles
stitch holders (optional)
Gauge:
 28 X 32 = 10cm in stranded colorwork, knit in the round.
Size:
size depends on gauge.