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.

Crochet Easter Eggs and a Crochet 'Little Red Hen'

I have been busy making Crochet Easter Eggs.  They are healthier than Chocolate Eggs right?  I have my self made basket to hide decorate and what better to fill it with?  I have put all of my eggs in one basket and rather pretty they look too.  I was aiming for a dozen.  There is life in the old dog yet and the night is young, I think, this hour forward has thrown me.  I can't work out weather I am going to bed early or late and if I am waking up early or late, it hurts my head to think about it.  I will probably lie awake trying to fathom it all out.  I have plans to have a crowded Easter Basket of Crochet Easter Goodies.  I asked Euan what he thought about my Crochet Egg Creations and he answered immediately and emphatically with one word 'Weird'!  Charming, it is a good job they make me happy.  There are many 'Easter Egg' patterns out there, I did not find any in UK Crochet Terms.  I chose this one, as the pattern is very quick and easy, here is the pattern I used in UK Crochet Terms:  I am hoping to use my eggs for an Easter Egg Hunt and will exchange them for 'Mini Chocolate Eggs', we do get rather swamped with chocolate at Easter.

Crochet Easter Egg Pattern

Materials:

4mm Crochet Hook

DK Yarn,

I used Stylecraft Special DK (Left overs from my Attic 24 'Lucy Pack' the colours are so cheerful) 

Soft Toy Filling

Stitch Marker 

Darning Needle

Notes: Pattern is worked in the round.   Using a stitch marker will help to keep your place. 

Ch 2

Rnd 1 – work 8dc in 2^nd ch from hk. (8)

Rnd 2 – (dc in next 3, 2dc in next) around. (10)

Rnd 3 – (dc in next 4, dc in next) around. (12)

Rnd 4 – (dc in next 2, 2dc in next) around. (16)

Rnd 5 – (dc in next 3, 2dc in next) around. (20)

Rnd 6 – dc in each st around. (20)

Rnd 7 – (dc in next 4, 2dc in next) around. (24)

Rnd 8 – dc in each st around. (24)

Rnd 9 – (dc in next 10, dc2tog) around. (22)

Rnd 10 – (dc in next 9, dc2tog) around. (20)

Rnd 11 – (dc in next 8, dc2tog) around. (18)

Rnd 12 – (dc in next, dc2tog) around. (12)

Stuff your 'Egg' and squish it into an egg shape.

Rnd 13 – sc2tog around to close the hole at the bottom of the egg. 

I have been hankering after a crochet chicken for ages.   You can never have too many chickens.  I am ridiculously pleased with this little creation:

She is a perfect little Egg Cosy and would also sit nicely over a 'Cream Egg'.  She has a little tail and wings and everything a chicken should have.  Good old Crochet 'Granny' stitch gives her an almost feathery looking texture.  I would like to have three crochet 'Little Red Hens', Poppy, Daisy and Rose.  I will work on writing out the pattern and hopefully the world can be populated with more Crochet Chickens.  Photographing sunbathing chickens (real ones) has proved to be easier said than done, but I won't give up trying.  Every time I go out with the camera they like to sprint towards me and investigate, so I disturb them.  I have high ambition, to crochet more eggs and chickens and to photograph a chicken sunbathing. . . . . I hope you achieve your goals this week too.  XXX

Crochet chickens and more...

I have two things to share with you today.  I saw a gorgeous Birdie decoration pattern  on Attic 24 blog  and have been meaning to make one for ages.  Then I found Modena's Ravelry project pages and saw these beauties adapted from Attic 24.
Modena's beautiful crocheted Chickens
I got busy straight away and made this...

I am very proud of her.  Although I think she needs a fluffy tail.  She has little bells on her feet so she can chirp!  My son said she looks like a Crispy Pancake!  Kids!  Who'd have em.  I now intend to crochet myself a small flock!  Very cute for Easter and Spring. 
We also collect Playmobil.  (Ahem, well my youngest son does!)  He has had four operations on his foot, as he was born with Talipes (a Clubfoot) and has had numerous plaster casts since he was six days old.  (He is all good for now and very mobile).   To help prepare him for his hospital visits I bought playmobil nurses, surgeons, hospital bed, playmobil people with plaster casts, crutches and a wheelchair.  It was all very normal to him to play hospitals, wheelchairs and plaster casts.  He also has lots of Playmobil animals, children, cars and bikes.  Today this arrived...

He has a Playmobil fox and is having great fun as I type.  I think there may be a Policeman involved too. When he goes to bed I may have a little play myself!