
And the knitting pattern said it was a duck, then it must be a duck.  I checked the book Knitted Toys by Fiona McTague out  from the library.  I thought the duck was cute, and  I had yarn  in my stash that would work.  Of course I didn't follow the instructions exactly because I wanted to avoid  sewing seams.  That made it much more difficult than the skill level 1 assigned to the pattern.  The only sewing involved was in attaching the arms.  A knitting challenge!