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Easter fast approaches, and these adorable chickens are here to help you celebrate!

There is a hole in the bottom of these chickens to place a small chocolate egg or two, and hey, when Easter is over, they can be used as finger puppets!

I was inspired for this pattern by a knitted version I saw.

This is the first pattern that I’ve written myself, and while I’ve tested it a few times, please let me know if you have any corrections or suggestions.

Stitches used and abbreviations:

Magic Circle
ch – chain
sc – single crochet
scinc – single crochet increase (2sc in one stitch)
scdec – single crochet decrease (I prefer this method)

I used a 3.25mm (D) hook, and 8ply yarn, which resulted in a chicken 7cm high, 7cm long, and 3cm wide. Numbers in brackets indicate the number of stitches you should have at the completion of the row.

Easter Chicken Pattern

Magic Circle with 6 stitches (6)
sc inc in every stitch (12)
sc inc, 1sc repeat to end (18)
sc around (18)
sc around (18)
sc dec, 1sc repeat to end (12)
sc around (12)
sc around (12)
sc around (12)
ch 11, skip first st, sc along chain, join to next stitch on head,sc around head, sc up back
of chain, sc inc in last stitch (32)

Embroider eyes and mouth on opposite side of head to chain.

9sc, sc inc, sc inc, 10sc, sc inc, sc inc, 10sc (36)
sc dec, 32sc, sc dec (34)
sc dec, 30sc, sc dec (32)
sc dec, 28sc, sc dec (30)
sc dec, 26sc, sc dec (28)
sc dec, 24sc, sc dec (26)
sc dec, 8sc, sc dec, 2sc, sc dec, 8sc, sc dec (22)
16sc, ch1, turn
sc dec four times, ch1, turn
sc dec twice, rejoin to main body with sc, sc to end,
fasten off. (17)

Embroider wings and feet.

If you have any feedback, or if you want to show me your chickens, please post on my Facebook page!