Amigurumi chick crochet pattern
This free amigurumi chick crochet pattern is all you need to decorate your home this spring. This also makes a fun Easter project to fill the kids’ baskets with. The height of the amigurumi chick is about 10 cm (3.9″) tall with ears, if you use the same yarn and hook.
Designed and photo by Lyudmila Kuropatova
Instagram: @smila_toys
Translated by Amiguroom Toys
Materials:
- Yarn: Alize Cotton Gold or YarnArt Jeans
- Hook size: 1.5 mm
- 5-6 mm half beads for eyes
- Black embroidery floss for eyebrows
- Sewing needle and scissors
- Fabric glue
- Fiberfill
Abbreviations:
R = row
mc = magic circle
ch = chain
st = stitch
sc = single crochet
inc = 2 sc in the next stitch
dec = single crochet 2 stitches together
(12) = 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 amigurumi chick pattern
Head and body
Start crochet from the head in yellow:
Stuff as you go.
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
R 5: (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
R 6: (4 sc, inc)*6 (36)
R 7: (5 sc, inc)*6 (42)
R 8: (6 sc, inc)*6 (48)
R 9: (7 sc, inc)*6 (54)
R 10: (8 sc, inc)*6 (60)
R 11-18: 60 sc (8 rows)
R 19: (8 sc, dec)*6 (54)
R 20: (7 sc, dec)*6 (48)
R 21: (6 sc, dec)*6 (42)
R 22: (5 sc, dec)*6 (36)
R 23: (4 sc, dec)*6 (30)
R 24: (4 sc, inc)*6 (36)
R 25: (5 sc, inc)*6 (42)
R 26: (6 sc, inc)*6 (48)
R 27: (7 sc, inc)*6 (54)
R 28-33: 54 sc (6 rows)
R 34: (7 sc, dec)*6 (48)
R 35: (6 sc, dec)*6 (42)
R 36: (5 sc, dec)*6 (36)
R 37: (4 sc, dec)*6 (30)
R 38 (3 sc, dec)*6 (24)
R 39: (2 sc, dec)*6 (18)
R 40: (1 sc, dec)*6 (12)
R 41: (dec)*6 (6)
F.o.
Beak
With orange yarn:
R 1: 5 sc in mc (5)
R 2: 5 sc
R 3: (inc)*5 (10)
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Wings (make 2)
With yellow yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (1 sc, inc)*3 (9)
R 3: 9 sc
R 4: (2 sc, inc)*3 (12)
R 5: 12 sc
R 6: (3 sc, inc)*3 (15)
R 7-10: 15 sc (4 rows)
Don’t stuff.
Fold top of wing flat and 7 sc through both sides across.
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Crest
With red yarn:
(make 5 ch, from the 2nd ch from hook: 4 sc)*3
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Feet (make 2)
With orange yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (1 sc, inc)*3 (9)
R 3-4: 9 sc (2 rows)
Don’t stuff.
Fold top of foot flat and 4 sc through both sides across.
F.o.
Cheeks (make 2)
With pink yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Assembly
Glue the half beads for the eyes between R 13 and R 14 at the distance of 5-6 st from each other.
Sew on the beak below R 15 of the head.
Sew the cheeks to the head.
Embroider eyebrows in black (use three floss threads).
Embroider eye whites using a white yarn.
Sew the crest on the top of the chick’s head.
Sew the wings to the body between R 25 and R 26.
Sew the feet as shown in the picture above.