Chick

Author: @julia_knitting11
Difficulty Level: intermediate

Amigurumi crochet chick with eggshell and hat

Free Chick crochet tutorial by Yulia Gavrilova @julia_knitting11.

With this pattern, you can crochet a chick in an eggshell with a hat. For this amigurumi project, you can use any cotton blend yarn: YarnArt Jeans, Alize Cotton Gold, Gazzal Baby Cotton. The pattern includes instructions for the bird, the hat with a flower, and the eggshell. The toy can also be finished as a keychain.

Materials and Tools

  • YarnArt Jeans yarn: 35-yellow, 36-pink, 23-orange, 62-white, black
  • 1.75 mm crochet hook
  • 6 mm safety eyes
  • Toy stuffing
  • Stitch markers
  • Pins
  • Sewing needle for attaching parts
  • Scissors

Abbreviations

  • MR - magic ring
  • sl st - slip stitch
  • ch - chain stitch
  • sc - single crochet
  • dc - double crochet
  • hdc - half double crochet
  • inc - increase
  • dec - decrease
  • (...) x n - repeat n times

Amigurumi Chick in Eggshell with Hat Crochet Pattern

Wings

Use yellow yarn.

1. 6 sc in MR
2. (1 sc, inc) x 3 times (9)
3. (2 sc, inc) x 3 times (12)
4. 12 sc
5. (2 sc, dec) x 3 times (9)

Fold the wing in half and crochet 4 sc through both layers. Cut yarn and hide the tail.

Body

1. 6 sc in MR
2. inc x 6 times (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 times (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 times (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 times (30)
6-8. 30 sc (3 rounds)
9. (8 sc, dec) x 3 times (27)
10. 27 sc
11. (7 sc, dec) x 3 times (24)
In the next round, crochet in the wings
12. 4 sc, 4 sc together with wing, 8 sc, 4 sc together with wing, 4 sc (24)
13. dec x 12 times (12)

Head

14. inc x 12 times (24)
15. (3 sc, inc) x 6 times (30)
16. (4 sc, inc) x 6 times (36)
17-19. 36 sc (3 rounds)
20. (10 sc, dec) x 3 times (33)
21. 33 sc
22. (9 sc, dec) x 3 times (30)
23. 30 sc

Insert eyes between rounds 20 and 21, with 5 sc between them.

24. (3 sc, dec) x 6 times (24)
25. (2 sc, dec) x 6 times (18)
26. (1 sc, dec) x 6 times (12)
27. dec x 6 times (6)

Cut yarn and pull the opening closed.

Beak

Use orange yarn.

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

Cut a longer tail for sewing.

Eggshell

Use white yarn.

1. 6 sc in MR
2. inc x 6 times (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 times (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 times (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 times (30)
6. 30 sc
7. (sl st, 2 ch, then crochet 2 dc together with one top: make the first dc in the same stitch as the 2 ch, the second dc in the next stitch, 2 ch, sl st in the next stitch) x 10 times

Cut a longer tail for sewing.

Feet

Use orange yarn.

1. 6 sc in MR
2. (1 sc, inc) x 3 times (9)
3. 9 sc
4. (2 sc, inc) x 3 times

Fold in half and crochet through both layers (hdc, sl st) x 3 times.

Hat

1. 6 sc in MR
2. inc x 6 times (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 times (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 times (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 times (30)
6-7. 30 sc
8. in front loops only (inc, 2 sc) x 10 times (40)
9. (inc, 3 sc) x 10 times (50)

Sew to the head.

Flower

Use yellow yarn.

1. 6 sc in MR
Switch to white yarn
2. (sl st, ch, 2 dc, ch, sl st) x 6 times

Sew to the hat.

Your crocheted chick is ready! Please tag the author on social media: @julia_knitting11.

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