Bird Keychains

Free crochet tutorial for a Bird by Marina Melnichuk.

With this pattern, you can crochet a bird-shaped keychain. Any acrylic, cotton, or blended yarn in any colors will work for this amigurumi project. The heart is made from felt, but you can also decorate the bird with a button or embroidery if you like.

Materials and Tools

• Yarn
• Crochet hook
• Safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Keychain hardware
• Felt
• Needle for sewing on the pieces
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR — magic ring
• sc — single crochet
• inc — increase
• dec — decrease
• (...) x n — repeat n times

Crochet Amigurumi Bird Keychain Pattern

Body

1: 6 sc in MR
2: inc (12)
3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6-9: 30 sc
10: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
11: 24 sc
12: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
13-16: 18 sc, stuff
17: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
18: dec (6)

Pull the opening closed.

Wings (2 Pieces)

1: 6 sc in MR
2: (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3: (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
4-6: 12 sc
7: dec (6)

Leave a yarn tail for sewing.

Beak

1: 4 sc in MR
2: (1 sc, inc) x 2 (6)
3: (2 sc, inc) x 2 (8)

Leave a yarn tail for sewing.

Assembling the Toy

• Cut a heart out of felt and sew it on with 4 stitches
• Sew on the beak
• Sew on the bead eyes
• Sew on the wings
• Make a "tassel" from 15 strands of yarn in any colors and sew it to the bird
• Attach the keychain clasp