Are you still looking for some adorable Easter decoration? Then this free amigurumi chicken pattern is exactly what you need!
In this article you’ll find a step-by-step description and tutorial to crochet this chicken. This is a translation of the Youtube video tutorial you can find at the bottom of the page.
So here we go, enjoy crocheting this cute amigurumi chicken!
To make these amigurumi chickens you’ll need:
- 2mm crochet hook
- A rest of red cotton
- A rest of yellow cotton
- White cotton for the chicken
- 2 x 8 mm beads for the eyes
- Hot glue gun
Crochet Stitches used in this pattern in US terms:
Chain stitch (ch) = Yarn over, pull through
Slip Stitch (sl st) = Insert hook, yarn over, pull back, pull through loop
Single Crochet (sc) = Insert hook, yarn over, pull back,yarn over, pull through 2 loops.
Half double Crochet (hdc) = Yarn over, insert hook, yarn over, pull back, yarn over, pull through 3 loops.
Double crochet (dc) = Yarn over, insert hook, yarn over, pull back, yarn over, pull through 2 loops, yarn over, pull through remaining 2 loops.
Single crochet increase (sc inc) = Insert hook, make single crochet, insert the hook in the same stitch and make a second single crochet.
Single crochet decrease (sc dec) = Insert hook, yarn over, pull back, (2 loops on the hook), insert hook in the next stitch, yarn over, pull back, yarn over, pull through 3 loops on the hook
Double crochet increase (dc inc) = Make 2 double crochet stitches in the same stitch
Bobble Stitch 3 (Bo) – 3hdc cluster = Yarn over, insert hook, yarn over, pull back yarn over, insert hook, yarn over, pull back, yarn over, insert hook, yarn over, pull back, yarn over, pull through all the loops, close the stitch with a chain.
Start this pattern by the head
Table of Contents
Head of the Amigurumi Chicken
Magic ring, ch3, 15 dc in the magic ring, sl st in chain
Cast off
Repeat but don’t cast off.
Row 1: ch 1, insert hook through both circles 10 sc inc = 20 (wrong sides against each other), ch 1, now only work in the top circle 5 hdc inc = 10 sc, turn your work and now work 5 hdc inc = 10 st in the other circle, sl st in the first ch.
You now closed the head AND created a new round you’ll start working in for the rest of the body of the chicken.
Body of the Amigurumi Chicken
The new round you’re working in has 20 stitches
Row 2: Ch 3, (3hdc cluster,ch)*9 work the first 3hdc cluster in the same stitch as the ch3, (3hdc cluster 3 tog -You’ll have 19 loops on the hook before pulling though -, ch), (3hdc cluster,ch)*8, sl st in ch
Row 3: Ch 3, (3hdc cluster,ch)*9, (3hdc cluster 2 tog, ch) , (3hdc cluster,ch)*8, sl st in ch
Row 4-6: Ch 3, (3hdc cluster,ch)*9, (3hdc cluster 2 tog, ch), (3hdc cluster,ch)*9, sl st in ch
Row 7: ch 3, (3hdc cluster 2 tog, ch)*9, 3hdc cluster, sl st in ch
Fill the body with fiber fill and sew the opening flat together.
Tail of the Amigurumi Chicken
Work in the third stitch of the back counting from the back of the chicken.
Insert hook, pull yarn and ch 2, starting in the same stitch work (3hdc cluster, ch)*3
Turn work, sc, ch 2, (3hdc cluster 2 tog, ch), ch 3, sc, cast off
Beak in yellow yarn
In the head, count 3 stitches up from the body
Insert hook, yarn over, pull through, chain 2, hdc in the next stitch, ch2, sc in the next stitch, cast off
Top of the head in red yarn
Insert the hook in the third stitch after the beak.
Pull through the red yarn, ch 2, hdc, ch2, sl st all in the same stitch, sc, *(sl st, ch 2, hdc, ch2, sl st) all in the same stitch, sc, repeat from *
Now hot glue the eyes on and you’re done!
Free Video Tutorial Amigurumi Chicken
Here’s the full video tutorial for this cute crochet project.
The video is in Chinese, which is why I created this written explanation to go with the video. I hope you appreciate it!
Go ahead and read the pattern, then if you have a doubt you can watch the video and get unstuck.
Note: This pattern is made by Xiaoshimei and this written tutorial is a translation, based on her video tutorial.
Copyright and credits Xiaoshimei.
