Chicky ChicksCopyright 2020 Beverly A. Qualheim
Many charities would love some of these little cuddly chicks, or set up a
Cuddle Box in your town.
Materials: Size G (4 mm) crochet hook
Yellow WW (#4) yarn and 2" of another color for head feathers
Small pice of orange felt for beak, Craft Glue
Black puffy pain
Polyester fiberfil for stuffing
AbbreviationsCh = chain
Sl = slip stitch
Sc = single crochet
Rnd = round
Sk = skip
Start: Leaving a 6" tail... chain 30 and join with a single crochet.
Rnds 1-3: sc around
(do not join, but you can place a marker at the beginning of each round. I just note where the starting tail of yarn is.)
Rnd 4: *sc 7, skip st, repeat from * around, sc in last few sts. (26 sts)
Rnds 5-6: sc in each sc around.
Rnd 7: *sc 5, skip st, repeat from * around (22 sts)
Rnds 8-9: sc around
Rnd 10: *sc 3, skip 1 st; repeat from * around. (15 sts)
Rnds 11-13: sc around
Rnds 14-15:
*sc, skip 1 sc; repeat around. This 2 rounds should leave you with 3 or
4 sts . End off. Sew the top together to close the hole. Weave
yarn back and forth and then inside.
Place a small amount of
fiberfil inside chick.
Using
a yarn needle, gather base of chicks by weaving in and out of each
stitch in the starting chain. Pull yarn gather tightly to close
opening. Weave yarn back and forth a few times to end off, then stitch
thread inside chick.
Cut a small orange felt
V shape for beak and glue this on.
Use puffy paint to make eyes.
Tie the alternate color yarn piece to top of head, and unravel yarn to make it fuzzy.
(Make more!!)
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