Easter Chick

Free crochet tutorial for an Easter Chick by Tatyana Kostochenkova @tkostochenkova.

With this pattern, you can crochet an Easter chick in a dress. Any cotton blend yarn will work for this amigurumi: YarnArt Jeans, Gazzal Baby Cotton, Alize Cotton Gold, and others.

The finished toy is about 18 cm tall.

Materials and Tools

• YarnArt Jeans yarn: 67-yellow, 75-blue, 79-green, 62-white, orange, pink
• 2 mm crochet hook
• Black thread for embroidering the face
• 10 mm safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Glue
• Needle for sewing pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Crochet Amigurumi Easter Chick Pattern

Legs (Make 2)

Use blue yarn. Stuff firmly as you crochet.

Make a chain of 5 ch + 1 tch:
1: 4 sc, 3 sc in 1 stitch, 3 sc, inc (12)
2: inc, 3 sc, (inc) x 3, 3 sc, (inc) x 2 (18)
3: sc, inc, 3 sc, (sc, inc) x 3, 3 sc, (sc, inc) x 2 (24)
4: BLO 24 sc
5-6: 24 sc (2 rounds)
7: 2 sc, dec, (sc, dec) x 5, 5 sc (18)
8: 5 sc, (dec) x 3, 7 sc (15)
Change to yellow yarn.
9: BLO 4 sc, (dec) x 3, 5 sc (12)
10-15: 12 sc (6 rounds)

Cut the yarn and fasten off. Crochet the second leg in the same way, finishing the round by working 4 additional sc. Join blue yarn to the first free loop of round 8 and crochet the top of the boot in a spiral.

1: 15 sc
2: 15 sl st.

Cut the yarn and fasten off.

Body

From the second leg, make a chain of 6 ch, insert the hook into the 11th stitch of the last round of the first leg, and crochet in the round.

16: 12 sc around the first leg, 6 sc along one side of the chain, 12 sc around the second leg, 6 sc along the other side of the chain (36)
17: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
18: 14 sc, (sc, inc) x 3, 15 sc, (sc, inc) x 3, sc (48)
19: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
20-21: 54 sc (2 rounds)
Change to blue yarn.
22: 54 sc
23: BLO 54 sc
Change to green yarn.
24: BLO 54 sc
Change to white yarn.
25: (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
Change to blue yarn.
26: 48 sc
Change to green yarn.
27: 3 sc, dec, (6 sc, dec) x 5, 3 sc (42)
Change to white yarn.
28: 42 sc

Change to blue yarn.
29: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Change to green yarn.
30: 36 sc
Change to white yarn.
31: 5 sc, dec, (10 sc, dec) x 2, 5 sc (33)
Change to blue yarn.
32: 33 sc
Change to green yarn.
33: (9 sc, dec) x 3 (30)
Change to white yarn.
34: 30 sc
Change to blue yarn.
35: 4 sc, dec, (8 sc, dec) x 2, 4 sc (27)
Change to green yarn.
36: 27 sc
Change to white yarn.
37: (7 sc, dec) x 3 (24)
Change to yellow yarn.
38: BLO 24 sc
39: 24 sc

Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Head

Crochet with the main color yarn. Stuff firmly as you crochet.

1: 6 sc in MR
2: (inc) x 6 (12)
3: (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4: sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) x 5, sc (24)
5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6: 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc) x 5, 2 sc (36)
7: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
8: 3 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc) x 5, 3 sc (48)
9-12: 48 sc (4 rounds)
13: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
14: 4 sc, inc, (8 sc, inc) x 5, 4 sc (60)
15-19: 60 sc (5 rounds)
20: 4 sc, dec, (8 sc, dec) x 5, 4 sc (54)
21: (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
22: 3 sc, dec, (6 sc, dec) x 5, 3 sc (42)
23: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
24: 2 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec) x 5, 2 sc (30)
25: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
26: sc, dec, (2 sc, dec) x 5, sc (18)
27: (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
28: (dec) x 6 (6)

Pull the opening closed and hide the yarn tail inside the piece.

Make the Eye Indentations

Mark points 1 and 2 between rounds 14 and 15, with 10 sc between them, and points 3 and 4 between rounds 15 and 16, directly below points 1 and 2 (as shown in the photo).

Now insert the needle into the head, secure the thread, and bring it out at point

1. Then insert it into the head at point 3 and bring it out at point 2. Pull the thread tight. Insert the needle into the head again at point 4 and bring it out at point 1. Pull the thread tight. Repeat this movement 2-3 times, secure the thread, cut it, and hide it inside the head.

Next, I glue on the eyes with a hot glue gun. Then I embroider the whites of the eyes with white thread and the eyelashes and eyebrows with black thread.

Beak

Use orange yarn.

1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 sc
3: (sc, inc) x 3 (9)

Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing between rounds 15 and 18.

Cheeks (Make 2)

In MR, crochet 2 tch, 10 hdc, sl st into the 2nd tch.

Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing between rounds 17 and 21. Embroider the smile with black thread.

Tuft

Insert the needle into the lower part of the head, secure the thread, and bring it out at the top of the head in the magic ring. Insert the needle into the head again through the magic ring and bring the thread out at the lower part of the head, leaving a small loop on top. Secure the thread at the lower part of the head so the loop stays in place. Repeat this movement 2 more times.

Bow

Make a magic ring, crochet 3 tch, 3 dc, 3 ch, sl st, 3 tch, 3 dc, 3 ch, sl st, pull tight, wrap the bow a little in the center, and sew it to the head.

Skirt

First crochet the lower skirt with green yarn. To do this, join the yarn to the last free loop of round 22.

1: 3 tch, dc in the same base stitch, then work dc increases into each stitch to the end of the round, finish the round with sl st into the 3rd ch
2: 3 tch, dc inc, (dc, dc inc) x 53, finish the round with sl st into the 3rd ch

Cut the yarn and fasten off.

Now crochet the upper skirt with blue yarn. To do this, join the yarn to the last free loop of round 23.

1: 3 tch, dc in the same base stitch, then work dc increases into each stitch to the end of the round, finish the round with sl st into the 3rd ch.

Cut the yarn and fasten off.

Collar

Use green yarn. Join the yarn to the last free loop of round 37.

1: tch, sc in the same base stitch, 23 sc, finish the round with sl st into the tch
2: BLO tch, (sc, dc, sc) in the same base stitch, sl st in the next stitch, (sc, dc, sc) in 1 stitch, sl st in the next stitch, alternate to the end of the round.

Finish the round with sl st. Cut the yarn and fasten off.

At this stage, place the finished head against the body to check the fit and start sewing it on. As you sew, stuff the neck firmly so the head does not wobble under its own weight.

Wings (Make 2)

Crochet with the main color yarn. Do not stuff.

1: 6 sc in MR
2: (sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3: 9 sc
4: sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) x 2, sc (12)
5: 12 sc
6: (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
7-14: 18 sc (8 rounds)
15: (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
16: (sc, dec) x 4 (8)

Fold the piece in half and join the edges by crocheting 4 sc. Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing. Use pins to position the wings on the body and sew them on at the level of round 35.

All that is left is to embroider the shoelaces with white thread, and our chick is ready!