Chick

Free Chick crochet tutorial by Yana Emets @plyusha32.

With this pattern, you can crochet a large plush chick with a bow. Any plush yarn / velvet yarn and a suitable crochet hook will work for this amigurumi project. The author used Himalaya Dolphin Baby and YarnArt Dolce (they are interchangeable). All parts are worked in a spiral. All parts are sewn on. For decoration, you can crochet a scarf or tie a bow around the neck.

The finished chick toy size is about 22 cm.

Materials and Tools

• Himalaya Dolphin Baby plush yarn / velvet yarn 80313 yellow (for the body)
• YarnArt Dolce plush yarn / velvet yarn 778 orange (for the beak, legs, and comb)
• Acrylic or cotton yarn color black (for eye detailing)
• 4 mm crochet hook
• 10 mm safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Stitch markers
• Pins
• Ribbon
• Sewing needle for attaching parts
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Large Plush Chick with a Bow Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

Head (use yellow yarn)

Ch 2, work into the second chain from the hook:

1. 6 sc (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6. 30 sc (30)
7. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
8. 36 sc (36)
9. (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
10-12. 42 sc (42) - 3 rounds
13. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
14. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
15. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Insert the eyes between rounds 9 and 10 with 10 sc between them.
16. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Stuff the head.
17. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
18. 6 dec

Close the opening. Hide the yarn tail.

Body (use yellow yarn)

Ch 2, work into the second chain from the hook:

1. 6 sc (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
7-9. 36 sc (36) - 3 rounds.
10. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
11. 30 sc (30)
12. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
13. 24 sc (24)
14. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)

Fasten off. Stuff the body.

Wing (make 2) (use yellow yarn)

Ch 2, work into the second chain from the hook:

1. 6 sc (6)
2. (inc, 2 sc) x 2 (8)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 4 (12)
4. 12 sc (12)
5. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
6-9. 18 sc (18) - 4 rounds
10. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
11. Fold in half, crochet 6 sc through both layers.

DO NOT stuff. Fasten off, leave a long tail for sewing.

Tail (use yellow yarn)

Ch 2, work into the second chain from the hook:

1. 4 sc (4)
2. 4 inc (8)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 4 (12)

Fold in half, crochet 6 sc through both layers. Do not stuff. Fasten off, leave a long tail for sewing.

Leg (make 2) (use orange yarn)

Ch 2, work into the second chain from the hook:

1. 6 sc (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3-4. 12 sc (12)
5. 6 dec (6)
Stuff the leg. Do not stuff further.
6-10. 6 sc (6) - 5 rounds.

Fasten off, leave a long tail for sewing.

Beak (use orange yarn)

Ch 2, work into the second chain from the hook:

1. 4 sc (4)
2. 4 inc (8)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 4 (12)

Stuff. Fasten off, leave a long tail for sewing.

Toy Assembly and Finishing

1. Sew the beak approximately across rounds 10, 11, and 12.
2. Make eye indentations.
3. Embroider the eyelid with black yarn.
4. Embroider the comb with orange yarn. To do this, make 4-5 elongated stitches at the center top of the head.
5. Sew the head to the body.
6. Sew on the wings in round 14 of the body.
7. Sew on the tail in rounds 6-7 of the body.
8. Sew on the legs in rounds 4-5, spacing them 3-4 sc apart.

Your plush chick is ready! Please tag the author on social media: @plyusha32.