Chick in an Eggshell
Free crochet tutorial for a Chick in an Eggshell by Anastasia Popova @popova_toys.
With this pattern, you can crochet a plush chick wearing eggshell shorts. Any plush yarn will work for this amigurumi project. The designer suggests making the bird with LaVita Velur. The required shades and yarn amounts are listed below. The whole toy is crocheted as one piece from bottom to top. The legs are crocheted as you go. You get a cute plush chick in little eggshell shorts, a great Easter keepsake.
Finished chick toy size: about 12 cm.
Materials and tools
- LaVita Velur plush yarn: orange (color 3012 - 15 g), white (color 1002 - 10 g), yellow (color 2026 - 20 g)
- YarnArt Jeans cotton blend yarn: white (color 01), black (color 53) for details
- 3.75 mm crochet hook
- 10-12 mm safety eyes
- Toy stuffing
- Stitch markers
- Pins
- Needle for sewing parts
- Scissors
Abbreviations
- MR — magic ring / magic circle
- ch — chain stitch
- sl st — slip stitch
- sc — single crochet
- dc — double crochet
- tr — treble crochet
- hdc — half double crochet
- puff3 — puff stitch with shared top (3 dc in 1 stitch)
- inc — increase
- dec — decrease
- FLO — front loop only
- BLO — back loop only
- (...) x n times — repeat n times
Amigurumi Chick in an Eggshell Crochet Pattern
Start with the eggshell
Stuff the toy as you crochet. With white yarn:
Row 1. 6 sc in MR
Row 2. 6 inc (12)
Row 3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Row 4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
In Row 5, crochet the legs.
Row 5. 10 sc, (on the 10th sc change color to orange) for the leg: ch 10, in the 5th ch from the hook crochet sl st, then ch 4, make sl st in the same place as before, ch 4 again, make sl st in the same place as before, then crochet 5 sl st back along the chain, change color to white and make sl st into the stitch of the row, 5 sc, (on the 5th sc change color to orange) for the leg: ch 10, in the 5th ch from the hook crochet sl st, then ch 4, make sl st in the same place as before, ch 4 again, make sl st in the same place as before, then crochet 5 sl st back along the chain, change color to white and make sl st into the stitch of the row, 9 sc (24)
Row 6. 24 sc
Row 7. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rows 8-9. 30 sc (2 rows)
Move on to the chick's body and head
Change color to yellow:
Row 10. 30 sc in BLO
Row 11. 30 sc
In Row 12, crochet the wings.
Row 12. 9 sc along the body, for the wing: ch 7, from the 3rd ch from hook crochet along the chain: tr, dc, hdc, sc, sl st, make sl st into the base, 15 sc along the body, for the wing: ch 7, from the 3rd ch from hook crochet along the chain: tr, dc, hdc, sc, sl st, make sl st into the base, 6 sc along the body (30)
Row 13. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Row 14. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Row 15. 18 sc
In Row 16, crochet the beak.
Row 16. 10 sc, (on the 10th sc change color to orange), puff3 (close with yellow), 7 sc (18)
Rows 17-19. 18 sc (3 rows)
Insert the eyes between Rows 18 and 19, with 4-5 sc between the eye stems
Row 20. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Row 21. 6 dec
Stuff the toy firmly. Cut the yarn, fasten off, pull the opening closed, and hide the tail inside the head.
Finishing the toy
- Embroider the whites on the outer sides of the eyes with white yarn.
- Embroider lines above the eyes with black thread, angled downward. Adjust the length as needed.
- Embroider eyebrows with black thread, offset 1 row above the eyes; eyebrow length is 2 sc. Leave 5 sc between the eyebrows.
- Crochet the tuft on top of the head with orange yarn: join yarn and crochet between rows: sc, hdc, dc inc, hdc, sc, sl st, bring both yarn tails out to one spot, tie a couple of knots, and hide the yarn ends inside the toy.
- Make the eggshell edging: return to the FLO in Row 10, join white yarn and crochet (hold the toy with the head up while edging): (hdc inc, sl st) x 15 (45)
Your crocheted chick is ready! Please tag the designer on social media: @popova_toys.
