Free Easter chicken amigurumi pattern

 

You Will Need:

• YarnArt Jeans yarn (55% cotton, 45% acrylic; 50 g/160 m)
• 1.75 mm crochet hook
• Black embroidery floss
• Needle and scissors
• Stitch marker
• Fiberfill

Free Crochet Chicken with Eggs Pattern

Abbreviations:

• R - Row
• ch - Chain
• sl st - Slip Stitch
• sc - Single Crochet
• inc - Increase (2 sc in one stitch)
• dec - Decrease (2 sc together)
• [..] - Number of stitches at the end of the row
• (…) - Repeat between the brackets the given number of times

Body and Head (One Piece)

Start to crochet in any color:

1. R1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
2. R2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
3. R3: (1 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
4. R4: 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) repeat 5 times, 1 sc [24]
5. R5: (3 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [30]
6. R6: 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc) repeat 5 times, 2 sc [36]
7. R7: 36 sc
8. R8: (5 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [42]
9. R9-R16: 42 sc (8 rows)
10. R17: 21 sc, connect with the loop marked with a marker using sl st.
11. R18: 19 sc, dec [20]
12. R19: 20 sc
13. R20: dec, 16 sc, dec [18]
14. R21: 18 sc
15. R22: (4 sc, dec) repeat 3 times [15]
16. R23: (3 sc, dec) repeat 3 times [12]
17. R24: (dec) repeat 6 times [6]

Cut the yarn and fasten off. Pull the opening closed. Weave in the thread ends inside of the piece. Fill the toy with fiberfill and sew the back behind the front loops. Crochet the tail with the same thread using the pattern below:

1. Make 4 ch
2. Crochet from the second ch from the hook: 3 sl st, 6 ch, 5 sl st, 4 ch, 3 sl st; sl st in the back of the toy.

Cut the yarn and fasten off. Weave in the thread ends inside of the piece.

Paws (Make 2)

With red yarn:

1. Make chain 9 ch, crochet from the second loop from the hook: 3 sl st, 4 ch, 3 sl st, 4 ch, 3 sl st, 5 sl st along the main chain.

Crochet the second foot in the same way. Sew as shown in the photo.

Crest

With red yarn:

Visually distribute the crest so that it is located in the center of the chicken's head. Follow the pattern:

1. sl st, 3 ch, sl st, 4 ch, sl st, 3 ch, sl st.

Cut the yarn and fasten off. Weave in the thread ends inside of the piece. Use contrasting yarn to embroider checkmarks on the body of the chicken in a chaotic manner.

Egg

1. R1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
2. R2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
3. R3: (1 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
4. R4: 4 sc, inc, 8 sc, inc [20]
5. R5: (9 sc, inc) repeat 2 times [22]
6. R6: 22 sc
7. R7: (9 sc, dec) repeat 2 times [20]
8. R8: 20 sc
9. R9: 4 sc, dec, 8 sc, dec, 4 sc [18]
10. R10: (4 sc, dec) repeat 3 times [15]
11. R11: (3 sc, dec) repeat 3 times [12]

Stuff with fiberfill.

1. R12: (2 sc, dec) repeat 3 times [9]

Pull the opening closed into the front loops using a needle. Weave in the thread ends inside of the piece.