Piu Piu the chick free crochet pattern

Piu Piu is a lilltle sweet chick, which you can made by youself using this free crochet plush pattern. Piu Piu is Molang’s best friend, who sometimes needs help seeing the bright side of life. The size of finished amigurumi Piu Piu is about 8 cm (3.1″) tall.

Designed and photos by @zhilka_toys
Translated by Amiguroom Toys

Materials:

• Yarn: YarnArt Dolce #761 (yellow), #778 (orange) and some pink color for embroidering cheeks
• Hook size: 4.0 mm
• 10 mm safety eyes or black beads
• Tapestry needle
• Scissors
• Stitch marker
• Sewing pins
• Fiberfill

Abbreviations:
R = row
mc = magic circle
ch = chain
sl st = slip stitch
sc = single crochet
hdc = half double crochet
inc = 2 sc in the next stitch
dec = single crochet 2 stitches together
dec3 = single crochet 3 stitches together worked in front loops only
(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
F.o. = finish off

Free crochet plush Piu Piu pattern

Head-body (one piece)
With yellow yarn:
Crochet from the bottom up.
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 6-7: 30 sc (2 rows)
R 8: 3 hdc in one st, 29 sc (32)
R 9: 3 hdc, 29 sc (32)
R 10: dec3, 28 sc, skip last st, move a stitch marker to the beginning of the next row (29)
R 11: dec3, 2 sc, dec, (5 sc, dec)×3, 2 sc (24)

R 12: FLO 24 sc (24)
R 13: 24 sc (24)
R 14: (2 sc, dec)×6 (18)
Insert safety eyes between R 12 and R 13 at the distance of 6 stitches from each other.
Stuff with fiberfill.

R 15: (1 sc, dec)×6 (12)
Finish stuffing.
R 16: (dec)×6 (6)
F.o.

Wings (make 2)
With yellow yarn:
R 1: 2 ch, 5 sc on the 2nd ch (5)
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Sew the wings to the body between R 10 and R 11 at the distance of 14 stitches from each other.

Crest
With yellow yarn:
Make 3 ch.
R 1: From the 2nd ch from hook: 1 hdc, 1 sl st
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Sew the crest on the top of the head a little forward from the center, to the face.

Beak
With orange yarn:
Make 2 ch.
R 1: From the 2nd ch from hook: 1 sc, 1 sl st, 1 ch, 1 sc, 1 sl st
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Sew the beak between the eyes, grabbing with a needle only sides of the beak.

Feet (make 2)
With orange yarn:
Make 2 ch.
R 1: From the 2nd ch from hook: 2 sc, cut the yarn and stretch it through the ch, where 2 sc were crocheted.

Sew the feet to the body between R 4 and R 5 at the distance of 6-7 stitches from each other.

Embroider the cheeks near the eyes using pink plush yarn.