Little chicken amigurumi in Christmas hat
A festive Christmas chicken wearing a Christmas hat is made using plush yarn. Crochet your own adorable little Christmas chicken with this easy-to-follow amigurumi pattern. Your finished amigurumi toy size depends on your tension and materials you use.
Designed by @beary_bearnita_
Supplies
- Yarn: chunky yarn size 4mm
- Crochet hook: 3.5mm – 4.0mm
- Black yarn or black embroidery thread for decorating
- Yarn needle
- Red pastel crayon for cheeks
- Stitch markers (if you need)
- Fiberfill
Additional information
Skill level: beginner
Size: 3.5″ (9cm) without hat
Free amigurumi chicken in Christmas hat pattern
Abbreviation used (US terms)
- ch – chain
- sl st – slip stitch
- sc – single crochet
- st – stitch
- inc – increase (2 single crochet in one stitch)
- dec – decrease (use invisible decrease)
- hdc – half double crochet
- hdc-inc – half double crochet increase (2 half double crochet in one stitch)
- dc – double crochet
- dc-dec – double crochet decrease
- dc-inc – double crochet increase
- (…) – total number of stitches you should have at the end of the round
- (…)* 6 times – repeat the instructions between the brackets the indicated number of times
Head and body (one piece)
With white yarn:
Rnd 1: 7 sc in a magic ring (7)
Rnd 2: (inc)* 7 times (14)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc)* 7 times (21)
Rnd 4-6: 21 sc (3 rounds)
Rnd 7: (2 sc, inc)* 7 times (28)
Rnd 8-11: 28 sc (4 rounds)
Rnd 12: (2 sc, dec)* 7 times (21)
Rnd 13: (1 sc, dec)* 7 times (14)
Rnd 14: (dec)* 7 times (7)
Cut the yarn. Close the remaining gap.
Arms (make 2)
With white yarn:
Rnd 1: ch 4, (1 sc, 2 hdc) on chain (3)
Cut the yarn. Leave a long tail.
Sew to the body at round 7.
Legs (make 2)
With yellow yarn:
Rnd 1: 4 sc in a magic ring (4)
Cut the yarn. Leave a long tail.
Sew to the body at round 13.
Hat
Red and white yarn.
Start with red:
Rnd 1: 4 sc in a magic ring (4)
Rnd 2: (1 sc, inc)* 2 times (6)
Rnd 3: (2 sc, inc)* 2 times (8)
Rnd 4: 8 sc
Switch to white yarn:
Rnd 5: (ch 3, sl st to the next st)* 8 times
Cut the yarn. Leave a long yarn tail.
Sew the hat on the top of the head.
Embroider eyes at round 6 with 4-stitch space between them.
Then embroider a beak at round 7.
