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Learn how to make a cute plush chicken for Easter with this free amigurumi pattern! The body and head are made as one piece with chenille yarn, and the beak, comb, feet are worked separately with semi-cotton yarn. For the wings you will need some fluffy yarn. The finished size of the crochet chicken toy is about 15 cm (6″).
Designed and photos by @kolibelitoys
Translated by Amiguroom Toys
Materials:
- Yarn: YarnArt Dolce: color #771 (half a skein)
- Alize Softy: color #617 for wings
- YarnArt Jeans: color #51 (comb) and #84 (beak and feet)
- White cotton thread for eye whites
- Hook size: 3.0 mm for a body
- 2.5 mm for wings
- 1.75 mm for a beak, comb and feet
- 5 mm safety eyes
- Sewing threads in tone of the chosen yarns
- Big ear needle
- Scissors
- Fiberfill
Abbreviations:
R = row
mc = magic circle
ch = chain
st = stitch
sl st = slip stitch
sc = single crochet
hdc = half double crochet
dc = double crochet
inc = 2 sc in the next stitch
dec = single crochet 2 stitches together
F. o. = finish off
( ) = number of stitches you should have at the end of the round/row
( ) * 6 = repeat whatever is between the brackets the number of times stated
Free crochet chicken amigurumi pattern
Head and body (one piece)
With 3.0 mm crochet hook:
We will crochet from the bottom up.
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc) * 6 (12)
R 3: 3 inc, 3 sc, 3 inc, 3 sc (18)
R 4: (inc, 1 sc) * 3, 3 sc, (inc, 1 sc) * 3, 3 sc (24)
R 5: 24 sc
R 6: (inc, 2 sc) * 3, 3 sc, (inc, 2 sc) * 3, 3 sc (30)
R 7: (inc, 3 sc) *3, 3 sc, (inc, 3 sc) * 3, 3 sc (36)
R 8: 36 sc
9: (inc, 4 sc) * 3, 3 sc, (inc, 4 sc) * 3, 3 sc (42)
R 10: (inc, 5 sc) * 3, 3 sc, (inc, 5 sc) * 3, 3 sc (48)
R 11-15: 48 sc (5 rows)
R 16: (5 sc, dec) * 6 (42)
R 17: 42 sc
Do not cut the yarn. Continue crocheting:
Next, we will crochet the tail on.
Make 4 ch, from the 2nd ch from hook: 3 sc, sl st in the stitch of the body, 5 ch, from the 2nd ch from hook: 4 sc, sl st in the same stitch of the body, 4 ch, from the 2nd ch from hook: 3 sc, sl st in the same stitch of the body. (We make slip stitches into the same stitch – the next stitch after R 17).
R 18: Fold the body in half and crochet 10 sc through both layers (back).
Begin stuffing the body.
Continue crocheting the neck and head.
Place a stitch marker at the beginning of the row.
R 19: crochet 22 sc around the remaining stitches for the neck.
R 20: 22 sc
R 21: 20 sc, dec (21)
R 22: 10 sc, dec, 9 sc (20)
R 23: 20 sc
R 24: dec, 8 sc, dec, 8 sc (18)
R 25: 18 sc
R 26: (1 sc, dec) * 6 (12)
R 27: 12 sc
Insert safety eyes on the sides.
R 28: 12 sc
Finish stuffing.
R 29: (dec) * 6 (6)
F. o.
Feet (make 2)
With 1.75 mm crochet hook:
R 1: 5 sc in mc (5)
R 2: (inc) * 5 (10)
R 3-10: 10 sc (8 rows)
F. o.
Wings (make 2)
With 2.5 mm crochet hook:
Make 7 ch.
From the 2nd ch from hook: inc, 4 sc, 3 sc in last st; turn: 4 sc, 2 sc in one st – on the opposite side of the chain (14)
Place a stitch marker.
R 2: (in one st: 1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 hdc; sl st in the next st) * 3
F. o.
Comb
With 1.75 mm crochet hook:
Make 9 ch.
From the 2nd ch from hook: (in one st: 1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 hdc; sl st in the next st) * 3
F. o.
Beak
With 1.75 mm crochet hook:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: 6 sc, sl st
F. o.
Assembly
Using sewing threads in tone of the details sew the beak, comb and feet to the chicken.
Sew the wings the uneven edge down to the sides of the body.
Embroider eye whites with white thread.
Your cute chicken toy is ready!
