With this design, the flamingo’s body contains the egg which then ‘hatches’ to reveal the baby flamingo inside that!

This pattern is 18 pages long and includes the instructions for the adult flamingo, as well as for the chick and its egg. It contains loads of photos to help you every step of the way and it is written in American crochet terms.

You will need:

Yarn of your choice. Yarn weight doesn’t really matter - the size of your project will simply turn out bigger or smaller! I used Patons Smoothie DK Yarn (this is quite a thick DK yarn so it is equivalent to aran or light worsted weight in other brands) and my finished flamingo measures 38cm long from head to toe.

For the adult flamingo you will need the following colours:
Pale pink & beige, as well as small amounts of cream, grey and dark pink.

For the chick & egg you will need the following colours:
White or pale grey for the chick, beige, white or cream for the egg.

A suitable size hook for the yarn you have chosen - I used a 4mm hook.

Toy stuffing.

A small amount of black finer yarn or embroidery thread for the chick’s eyes.

A pair of 9mm black safety eyes.

A small button for fastening the egg

Other tools you will need are a tapestry needle, some scissors and a stitch marker.

You are welcome to sell the items that you make using this pattern, but please do not sell / share the pattern itself. Feel free to contact me with any questions as I am more than happy to help. Thank you.