Materials
The size of the finished chick is about 22 cm (8.6″) height
Yarn: Himalaya Dolphin Baby #80313 yellow (0.5 skein), Yarnart Dolce #778 orange
YarnArt Jeans (black) for embroidering eyelid
Hook size: 4.0 mm
10 mm safety eyes
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Fiberfill
Abbreviations
AR – Amigurumi Magic ring
MC – Amigurumi Magic ring
MR – Amigurumi Magic ring
App – application
ll – lift loop
sc : Single Crochet
inc : Increase
dec : Decrease
tr : Triple Crochet/ Treble Crochet
st: Stitch
dc : Double Crochet
hdc: Half Double Crochet
sl-st : Slip Stitch
ch : Chain
..in : make increase into same stitch as many as the number which is given in front of “inc” abbreviation (exp; 3inc, 4inc..).
FLO : Crochet into front loops only
BLO : Crochet into back loops only
BL : Bobble Stitch – do 5dc all in the same stitch and then yarn over and pull through all the loops on your hook (the original loop + 1 loop for each partially completed dc).
Head
With yellow yarn:
R 1: 2 ch, 6 sc on the 2nd ch (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
R 5: (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
R 6: 30 sc
R 7: (4 sc, inc)*6 (36)
R 8: 36 sc
R 9: (5 sc, inc)*6 (42)
R 10-12: 42 sc (3 rows)
R 13: (5 sc, dec)*6 (36)
R 14: (4 sc, dec)*6 (30)
R 15: (3 sc, dec)*6 (24)
Insert safety eyes between R 9 and R 10 at the distance of 10 st from each other.
R 16: (2 sc, dec)*6 (18)
R 17: (1 sc, dec)*6 (12)
Stuff with fiberfill.
R 18: (dec)*6 (6)
Fasten off.
Body
With yellow yarn:
R 1: 2 ch, 6 sc on the 2nd ch (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
R 5: (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
R 6: (4 sc, inc)*6 (36)
R 7-9: 36 sc (3 rows)
R 10: (4 sc, dec)*6 (30)
R 11: 30 sc
R 12: (3 sc, dec)*6 (24)
R 13: 24 sc
R 14: (2 sc, dec)*6 (18)
Stuff with fiberfill.
Fasten off.
Wing (make 2)
With yellow yarn:
R 1: 2 ch, 6 sc on the 2nd ch (6)
R 2: (inc, 2 sc)*2 (8)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*4 (12)
R 4: 12 sc
R 5: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
R 6-9: 18 sc (4 rows)
R 10: (1 sc, dec)*6 (12)
Don’t stuff with fiberfill.
Fold top of wing flat and 6 sc through both sides across.
Fasten off. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Tail
With yellow yarn:
R 1: 2 ch, 4 sc on the 2nd ch (4)
R 2: (inc)*4 (8)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*4 (12)
Don’t stuff with fiberfill.
Fold top of tail flat and 6 sc through both sides across.
Fasten off. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Legs (make 2)
With orange yarn:
R 1: 2 ch, 6 sc on the 2nd ch (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3-4: 12 sc (2 rows)
R 5: (dec)*6 (6)
Stuff with fiberfill till R 5 only.
R 6-10: 6 sc (5 rows)
Fasten off. and leave a long tail for sewing.
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Beak
With orange yarn:
R 1: 2 ch, 4 sc on the 2nd ch (4)
R 2: (inc)*4 (8)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*4 (12)
Stuff with fiberfill.
Fasten off. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Assembly
1. Sew beak on R 10, 11, 12.
2. Embroider eyelid with black yarn.
3. Embroider crest with orange yarn. Make 4-5 long loops.
4. Sew head to the body.
5. Sew wings on R 14 of the body.
6. Sew tail on R 6-7 of the body.
7. Sew legs on R 4-5 at the distance of 3-4 st from each other.
