Crochet Rock Chicks!

I have been crocheting more Easter Eggs to hide fill my basket.  Then imagine my surprise when I looked more closely and saw I was lucky enough to have a hatchling!

Well, well, well.  I was delighted with this surprise.  Never can have too many chicks.  A little later in the day, I looked again and imagine my astonishment. . .

Rock Chicks!  They are going to fit in just fine in this house.

This little fella is sporting a fine Mohawk;

This little fella is more of a Hippy Chick.
I am secretly hoping for more hatchlings of the cool and groovy kind.

They were great fun to make using the 'Easter Egg Pattern'.  Then before they were stuffed I attached two 6mm 'Toy' eyes.  The beak was a little bit tricky:

The Beak:
I used DK worsted weight Orange yarn and a 1.75 mm hook.
4ch, draw a loop through the second loop from the hook then the 3rd loop from the hook and the 4th loop from the hook, you should have 4 loops on the hook pull yarn through all of the loops and fasten off.  I sewed the end in and firmed up the beaky shape with the stitches.

The Wings:
Pick up 3 double crochet in the position you would like the wing to be in.  In the first DC work 1dc and 1tr, in the 2nd dc work 3 tr, in the 3rd dc work 1tr and 1dc.

The Hair:
I used a fine crochet hook to draw short strands through the head into position and fasten off with a slip stitch.  I snipped to the required length and separated the strands of yarn.

Groovy Chicks

Crochet 'Granny Chic' Chicken - Free Pattern

There is only one thing better than a crochet chicken and that is more crochet chickens.  These are great fun to make for Easter.  

Crochet 'Granny Chic' Chicken

Materials: Scraps of Double knit Yarn in the colours you require for your chicken.  I chose red and brown.

Hook Size:  4mm

6mm Pair Safety Eyes

Abbreviations: UK Terminology

Chain - ch

Double Crochet – dc

Treble Crochet – tr

Treble Cluster – tr cl

Sl – slip stitch

Instructions:

For The Body:

Make 6 CH.  Join in a loop and work CH. 2TR, 1 CH, ‘3TR 1CH’ four times into the loop.   Join the round with a SL ST

Round 2:   Continue for the second round working 3CH 2TR into the CH space below the 3CH, 1CH, TR CL into the CH spaces of the previous round.   (You should have five clusters in total this round).  Join the round with a SL ST

Round 3: As Row 2   

Round 4:  3CH 2TR into the space directly below the three CH 1CH 3TR (2 TR CL in the same space), 1ch 3TR into the next CH space twice, 1CH 3TR 1CH 3TR into the next CH Space.   Join the round with a SL ST.  Fasten off.

For The Head And Beak:

Make two the same:

Make 2 CH, work 8DC into the 2^nd CH from the hook.  Join the round with a SL ST.

Round 2:  3CH, work 1TR into each DC, do not join the round and join in red yarn for the beak.  Work 2TR into the same DC as the last ‘brown’ TR.  Fasten off.

For the Tail and the Wings:

The tail and the wings are worked the same.  The tail is worked into the TR stitches of the 3^rd TR CL on the 2^nd Round of the body.   The wings are worked into the TR stitches of the 3^rd and 5^th TR CL on Round 1 of the body.

Work as follows:

Into the first TR work 1DC and 1TR, into the 2^nd TR work 3TR, into the 3^rd TR work 1 TR and 1DC.

Making Up:

Sew in the ends on the body, tail and wings.  Place an eye in the centre of each half of the head.  Pad out the head by stuffing in the ends, align the head and beak and stitch the two halves together.  Sew the head onto the top of the body.

For the Comb:

Using red Yarn for the comb:  Join yarn into the 3^rd TR from the beak.  CH3, 2TR, 1DC, work 3TR and 1DC into the 4^th TR from the beak, work 3TR and 1 DC into the 5^th TR form the Beak.  Fasten off and sew in the ends.