Are we ready to make free amigurumi toys on the subject of chicken in the shell crochet? The height of the crocheted chicken toy is about 6 cm. To make such small chickens, the designer used YarnArt Jeans yarn and a 2 mm hook. The head and body of the toy are crocheted as a single piece, the wings and crest are crocheted, and there are no sewn parts. From the description of the pattern you will also learn how to make a shell in which you can hide a toy or a chicken egg. Crochet chicken will be a great souvenir for Easter.
Chicken in an Egg Crochet Pattern
Chick amigurumi toys are among the most preferred toys for Easter and you can find countless examples of them, but today we see that the crocheted chick I am sharing is in an egg. Details on how to make this egg are in the last section of the amigurumi pattern.
Designer: dobraiagrushka
Materials Used
- Any suitable yarn (I use YarnArt Jeans and hook #2)
- A crochet hook suitable for the selected yarn
- Holofiber filler
- Needle
- Scissors
- Button
- Decor for decoration as desired
Abbreviations
- sc: Single Crochet
- inc: Increase
- dec: Decrease
- st: Stitch
- hdc: Half Double Crochet
- sl-st: Slip Stitch
- ch: Chain
- ..inc: Make increase into the same stitch as many times as given (e.g., 3inc = 3 increases in the same stitch)
- FLO: Crochet into front loops only
- BLO: Crochet into back loops only
Head – Body
1. 6 sc in MR 2. (inc) x6 (12) 3. (1 sc, inc) x6 (18) 4. 18 sc 5. (2 sc, inc) x6 (24) 6–7. 24 sc 8. (3 sc, inc) x6 (30) 9–11. 30 sc 12. (4 sc, inc) x6 (36) 13–17. 36 sc 18. (4 sc, dec) x6 (30) 19. (3 sc, dec) x6 (24) 20. (2 sc, dec) x6 (18) 21. (1 sc, dec) x6 (12) 22. 6 dec Stuff as you crochet, giving shape but not stretching the toy. Close the hole with a needle and tuck the tip of the yarn inside.
Wings (Make 2)
1. Attach body-colored yarn between rows 11 and 12, crochet 5 sc, turn 2. ch, 5 sc, turn 3. ch, dec, 1 sc, dec (3), turn 4. 2 sc, sl st Fasten off, cut the yarn, and tuck the tip inward.
Comb
1. Attach comb-colored yarn at the crown, crochet 4 sc, turn 2. ch, 2 hdc, sc, sl st Fasten off, cut the yarn, and tuck the tip inward.
Assembly
- Embroider eyes on row 6
- Step back 2 rows from the eyes and embroider the beak with a few stitches
- Embroider paws
- Embroider feathers
Shell (Egg)
1. 6 sc in MR 2. (inc) x6 (12) 3. (1 sc, inc) x6 (18) 4. (2 sc, inc) x6 (24) 5–6. 24 sc 7. (3 sc, inc) x6 (30) 8. 30 sc 9. (4 sc, inc) x6 (36) 10. 36 sc 11. (5 sc, inc) x6 (42) 12. 42 sc 13. 21 sc, 3 ch, skip 1 st, 20 sc 14. 5 sc, 32 ch, skip 32 sts, 5 sc 15–19. 42 sc 20. (5 sc, dec) x6 (36) 21. (4 sc, dec) x6 (30) 22. (3 sc, dec) x6 (24) 23. (2 sc, dec) x6 (18) 24. (1 sc, dec) x6 (12) 25. 6 dec Pull the hole closed, cut the yarn, and tuck the tip inside on the wrong side.