For this Christmas Chicken I used 55g of white four ply (Hobbycraft Soft and Silky) and 15g of Stylecraft Naturals Bamboo and cotton, in silver. This is actually a dk but works up like 4ply. You also need 10g of Scheepjes Catona in 115 (hot red) for the hat and a scrap of orange and green.
You can obviously use any colours or brand you fancy but the results will be different. You can make this in any weight yarn, but please use the smallest hook you can manage, again the size and appearance of the end result will differ. Mercerised cotton yarn prevents too much stretch so helps to reduce the visibility of the stuffing through the holes, plus it isn’t fluffy so the pattern of the African Flower shape shows more clearly.
Other names for 4 ply are 2 weight, sport yarn, fingering, baby etc Please check your countries equivalent. Please work a test shape to check you are happy.
I used a 2mm crochet hook. 3mm hook for joining shapes 10mm safety eyes.
Scissors, darning needle, long upholstery needle, stitch markers