Easter baby chick free amigurumi pattern

Learn how to make a crochet baby chick in an eggshell for Easter with this free pattern! This simple and adorable chick pattern suitable for all, beginners too. The size of finished amigurumi baby chick is about 10-11 cm (4-4.3″).

Designer: Svetlana Bolotova

You will need:

• YarnArt Jeans yarn (55% cotton, 45% acrylic, 50 g/160 m)
• 1.5-2.0 mm crochet hook
• 4 mm black beads for eyes
• Sewing needle and thread
• Scissors
• Sewing pins
• Fiberfill

Free amigurumi baby chick pattern

Abbreviations:
R – row
ch -chain
st – stitch
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
tr – treble crochet
inc – increase (2 sc in one stitch)
dec – decrease (2 sc together)
[…] – number of stitches you should have at the end of the row
(…) – repeat whatever is between the brackets the given number of times

Head
With yellow yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
R 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
R 3: (1 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
R 4: (2 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [24]
R 5: (3 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [30]
R 6: (4 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [36]
R 7: (5 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [42]
R 8-16: 42 sc (9 rows)
R 17: (5 sc, dec) repeat 6 times [36]
R 18: (4 sc, dec) repeat 6 times [30]
R 19: (3 sc, dec) repeat 6 times [24]
R 20: (2 sc, dec) repeat 6 times [18]
Fasten off.

Body
Start crocheting from the eggshell in white:
R 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
R 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
R 3: (1 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
R 4: (5 sc, inc) repeat 3 times [21]
R 5: (6 sc, inc) repeat 3 times [24]
R 6: (3 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [30]
R 7: (4 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [36]
R 8: (5 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [42]
R 9-12: 42 sc (4 rows)
Don’t cut the white yarn.*
Change to yellow yarn, continue crocheting the body:
R 13: BLO 42 sc
R 14-16: 42 sc (3 rows)
R 17: (5 sc, dec) repeat 6 times [36]
R 18: 36 sc
R 19: (4 sc, dec) repeat 6 times [30]
R 20: 30 sc
R 21: (3 sc, dec) repeat 6 times [24]
R 22: 24 sc
R 23: (2 sc, dec) repeat 6 times [18]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

* Go to R 12 and crochet FLO with white yarn: (sl st, 1 ch) in every st to the end of row.

Eggshell (top part)
With white yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
R 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
R 3: (1 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
R 4: (5 sc, inc) repeat 3 times [21]
R 5: (6 sc, inc) repeat 3 times [24]
R 6: (3 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [30]
R 7: (4 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [36]
R 8: (5 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [42]
R 9: 42 sc
R 10: (sl st, 1 ch) in every st to the end of row
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Wings (make 2)
R 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
R 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
R 3: (1 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
Don’t stuff.
Fold the top opening flat and 9 sc through both sides.
1 ch, turn the work and crochet back: (sl st, 1 ch) in every st
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Beak
With orange yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
R 2: (1 sc, inc) repeat 3 times [9]
R 3: 9 sc
Don’t stuff.
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Bow
In magic circle: 3 ch, 3 tr, 3 ch, sl st. The first half of the bow is ready.
Do the same with the second half: 3 ch, 3 tr, 3 ch, sl st.
Pull off the magic circle. Wrap the middle of the bow with the remaining yarn.

Assembly
Sew the head to the body at the neck seam.
Sew the wings on either side of the body.
Sew the beads on the head between R 11 and R 12 for the eyes.
Sew the beak on the head between R 11 and R 13.
Sew the top part of the eggshell on the head a little sideways.

Decorate the chick with the bow, sewing it on the neck.