Incredibly soft and speckled with color, the Bird Seed Scarf combines a classic knitting stitch and some spontanaeous embroidery.  I was inspired by a little terra cotta bird whistle I found at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England.  It reminded me of the ancient South American clay whistles at the Met here in New York, that picture all kinds of small woodland creatures that twitter and talk. 

The seed stitch texture is lightly felted to encourage the lofty fibers to open up. Then it is embellished with all kinds of embroidered birds. 

I wanted my new fall scarf to be covered in embroidered song birds, but you could choose any favorite animals or objects to decorate your next scarf!  -- Isabelle