Fuzzy chicken!
I made a chicken for donnavieve .
Some vague notes in case I (or you, if you’re so inclined) want to make another one. Daughter wants another one, for instance.
Yarn and notions:
Bernat boucle-something, 1 melon-sized skein in soft white
Lion Brand fun fur in Lava
five size 8 bamboo dpns
Lion Brand Microspun in orange
a lot of size 2 dpns
Caron Simply Soft in red
size H crochet hook
buttons for eyes
NOTE: Leave long tails in places where they will be useful for sewing on/making up later.
Body:
With yarn held double, CO 40 stitches on four size 8 dpns. Realize that acrylic boucle yarn may be of diabolical origin since you can’t crochet it without threat of madness, and holding it singly makes too open a fabric whether knit or crochet. :P
Knit in round for about 5 inches. Decrease four stitches, for next three rows, twelve stitches total, to form shoulders. 28 stitches left on needles. Knit another 3 inches for neck/head. Decrease four stitches per row until four stitches remain. Cut yarn, pass end through stitches and draw closed.
Beak:
CO 18 in Microspun on size 2 dpns. Decrease every other row. Cut yarn and pass through last 3 stitches. If you turn it inside out, the decreases don’t show. At all. Stuff and sew to head.
Comb:
Chain about 14. Turn and single crochet for two rows. Turn and *sc 1, dc 3 in 1 stitch, sc 1* to form waves for comb. Sew on head.
Wattles:
Chain 3. Hdc 1, chain some, make another hdc. Fold in half and sew under beak.
Eyes:
Try to sew buttons on without making the chicken wall-eyed.
Wings (make 2):
CO 7 with boucle yarn held double. Knit flat in stockinette for 4 rows. Knit 2 row with 2 boucle and 1 fun fur. Knit remaining rows with 1 boucle and two fun fur. Decrease 2 stitches (beginning and end of row) on RS rows until 1 stitch remains. BO. Sew on to body.
Tail:
CO 10 with 2 fun fur and one boucle. Decrease 2 stitches (beginning and end of row) on RS, purl wrong side.
Change to 2 boucle, 1 fun fur. Decrease 2 stitches (beginning and end of row) on RS, purl wrong side.
Change to 2 boucle. Knit in stockinette for four rows. BO. Sew to body.
Feet (make 2):
CO 6 in Microspun using Emily Ocker’s circular cast-on. Increase over several rows to 21. Add more dpns to a group of 7 to knit stitches in round for first toe. Knit for an inch, cut yarn and pass through stitches. Join yarn to knit next 7 and last 7 stitches to knit toes in a similar manner.
Be sure to arrange stitches so that toes are in a row, not in a tripod. Sew to body.
Bottom:
CO 40 with 2 boucle. Join to knit in round and decrease four stitches every row until four stitches remain. Pass yarn through.
Stuff body. Sew bottom on.
Squeeze. :)
Daughter wants one now, of course.
Some vague notes in case I (or you, if you’re so inclined) want to make another one. Daughter wants another one, for instance.
Yarn and notions:
Bernat boucle-something, 1 melon-sized skein in soft white
Lion Brand fun fur in Lava
five size 8 bamboo dpns
Lion Brand Microspun in orange
a lot of size 2 dpns
Caron Simply Soft in red
size H crochet hook
buttons for eyes
NOTE: Leave long tails in places where they will be useful for sewing on/making up later.
Body:
With yarn held double, CO 40 stitches on four size 8 dpns. Realize that acrylic boucle yarn may be of diabolical origin since you can’t crochet it without threat of madness, and holding it singly makes too open a fabric whether knit or crochet. :P
Knit in round for about 5 inches. Decrease four stitches, for next three rows, twelve stitches total, to form shoulders. 28 stitches left on needles. Knit another 3 inches for neck/head. Decrease four stitches per row until four stitches remain. Cut yarn, pass end through stitches and draw closed.
Beak:
CO 18 in Microspun on size 2 dpns. Decrease every other row. Cut yarn and pass through last 3 stitches. If you turn it inside out, the decreases don’t show. At all. Stuff and sew to head.
Comb:
Chain about 14. Turn and single crochet for two rows. Turn and *sc 1, dc 3 in 1 stitch, sc 1* to form waves for comb. Sew on head.
Wattles:
Chain 3. Hdc 1, chain some, make another hdc. Fold in half and sew under beak.
Eyes:
Try to sew buttons on without making the chicken wall-eyed.
Wings (make 2):
CO 7 with boucle yarn held double. Knit flat in stockinette for 4 rows. Knit 2 row with 2 boucle and 1 fun fur. Knit remaining rows with 1 boucle and two fun fur. Decrease 2 stitches (beginning and end of row) on RS rows until 1 stitch remains. BO. Sew on to body.
Tail:
CO 10 with 2 fun fur and one boucle. Decrease 2 stitches (beginning and end of row) on RS, purl wrong side.
Change to 2 boucle, 1 fun fur. Decrease 2 stitches (beginning and end of row) on RS, purl wrong side.
Change to 2 boucle. Knit in stockinette for four rows. BO. Sew to body.
Feet (make 2):
CO 6 in Microspun using Emily Ocker’s circular cast-on. Increase over several rows to 21. Add more dpns to a group of 7 to knit stitches in round for first toe. Knit for an inch, cut yarn and pass through stitches. Join yarn to knit next 7 and last 7 stitches to knit toes in a similar manner.
Be sure to arrange stitches so that toes are in a row, not in a tripod. Sew to body.
Bottom:
CO 40 with 2 boucle. Join to knit in round and decrease four stitches every row until four stitches remain. Pass yarn through.
Stuff body. Sew bottom on.
Squeeze. :)
Daughter wants one now, of course.