Crossbills get their name from their unusual wonky beak, which looks strange but it is actually adapted to help extract seeds from pine cones.

The colours used in this pattern will make a male crossbill with his distinctive red torso - to make a female, use greenish-brown colours instead.

Materials:
10m (11yd) in brown
10m (11yd) in orange
10m (11yd) in cream
1m (1yd) in grey
Two 5mm (1/4in) black safety eyes
Toy filling