It's here: the first ever pattern created and released by Loved & Lovables Crochet! Enjoy this pattern, designed specifically for beginners to learn how to crochet a simple plushie, like Chirpy the Chicken. We can’t wait for you to give crocheting a try!

 

Along with this written blog post pattern, feel free to also access the following (FREE) resources:

• Chirpy the Chicken FULL TUTORIAL - YouTube
• Loved & Lovables Crochet’s YouTube channel – contains shorter videos of how to do individual stitches. 
• PDF (printable) version of the pattern
• PDF (printable) detailed version of the pattern - you can also interact with this file and it contains embedded YouTube video tutorials for each stitch and each step!

 

Materials

First thing’s first: what materials do I need to make Chirpy and where can I get them? Too busy to look for all these materials individually? If you'd like a full DIY kit that includes everything listed below, click here!

Item	Where can I get it?
Gauge 6 yarn (super bulky) -- primary color Color name: White (brand Big Twist), Pale Grey (brand Bernat Blanket), OR Inkwell (brand Bernat Blanket) (pick ONE!)	Craft store (JoAnn’s, Michael’s) or even Amazon or Walmart
Bernat Baby Blanket Yarn, gauge 6 (super bulky) Color name: Buttercup (beak color)	Craft store (JoAnn’s, Michael’s) or even Amazon or Walmart
Big Twist yarn, gauge 6 (super bulky) Color name: Chili Pepper (the comb/red part color)	Craft store (JoAnn’s, Michael’s) or even Amazon or Walmart
5mm crochet hook	Craft store (JoAnn’s, Michael’s), Amazon, or Walmart
Stitch markers (at least 2)	Craft store (JoAnn’s, Michael’s) or Amazon
Darning/Tapestry Needle (the important thing is that it has a wide eye that the chunky yarn can fit through)	Craft store (JoAnn’s, Michael’s), Amazon, or Walmart
2 x 8mm safety eyes + backing washers	Craft store (JoAnn’s, Michael’s); you can also get it on Amazon but it’s typically in bulk (~100+ pieces)
Stuffing (I like to use the Polyfil brand)	Craft store (JoAnn’s, Michael’s) or Walmart
Scissors	(Mostly) anywhere

Too busy to look for all these materials individually? If you'd like a full DIY kit that includes everything listed above (except for scissors), click here!

Abbreviations

Woohoo!! Now that we have all of our materials, let’s get into some important abbreviations. Knowing these will be very helpful for reading the pattern! 

• R = Round
• Example: R1 = Round 1
• In crochet, we typically work in rounds!
• sc = single crochet
• sc inc = single crochet increase
• sc inv dec = single crochet invisible decrease
• ch(s) = chain(s)
• st(s) = stitch(es)
• sl st = slip stitch
• MR = magic ring

The first time that any stitch shows up in the pattern, there will be a link to take you to a written and video tutorial of how to do that stitch! 

 

Definitions

Here are some definitions that may be helpful as you read through this pattern or reference other tutorials on our website!

• Working yarn: the yarn that you are currently working through your stitches
• Tail: the end piece of yarn, usually when you start or end a project
• Tension: how loosely or tightly you hold your working yarn. Tighter tension results in smaller, more rigid stitches. Looser tension can result in larger stitches. Tension that is too loose can result in unwanted loops or holes in your work.

 

Tips/Other things to know:

While going through the pattern, here are some tips and other important things to keep in mind:

• As you start new rounds, move your stitch marker to constantly be in the first stitch of your current round. This helps you to keep track of which round you are on, as well as the number of stitches in your current round.
• The number in parentheses after each round’s instructions represents the number of stitches that are supposed to be in that round after completing it. For example, if round 1 is: 6sc in MR (6), the (6) means that after completing this round, there should be 6 stitches in this round.
• If there are parentheses around certain steps, followed by a multiplication sign (x) and a number, complete the steps in the parentheses that number of times. For example: (sc, inc) x 6 means complete (sc, inc) 6 times.

 

CHIRPY THE CHICKEN - LET’S BEGIN!

Parts:

• Body/Head
• Pause: Make the face
• Eyes
• Beak
• Continue: Body/Head
• The Comb

 

Body/Head

• Start with primary color
• R1. 8sc in MR (8)
  • Alternative R1 (using the Two-Chain Method of MR): Make a slip knot. Ch 2. 8sc in 2nd ch from hook (8)
• R2. 8sc inc. (16)
• R3. (Sc, sc inc) x 8 (24)
• R4. (2sc, sc inc) x 8 (32)

At this point, your project may start to curl or become a bowl shape. Make sure that you flip the project as needed so that you are always working on the OUTSIDE of the project and the starting tail is inside of the project. 

• R5-8. 32sc (32)
• R9. (6sc, sc inv dec) x 4 (28)
• R10. (5sc, sc inv dec) x 4 (24)
• R11. (4sc, sc inv dec) x 4 (20)

Remove your hook from the project so that it’s out of the way for the next steps, but make the working loop bigger so that it doesn’t come undone.

 

Pause: Make the Face

Place a new stitch marker in the 11th stitch of the round. This will mark the center of the top of the face.

 

EYES

Insert safety eyes between R10 and R11, approximately 4 sts* apart, centered around the new stitch marker. Press the backing washers onto the pointy parts of the safety eyes on the inside of the project.

 

BEAK

With yellow yarn (the beak color yarn), embroider the beak 2 sts* wide between rounds 10 and 11. To do so, follow these instructions:

1. Insert the yellow yarn into the darning needle’s eye.
2. Poke the needle/yarn through the project from the inside out, at the spot where you would like one end of the beak to be. Leave at least 3 inches of a starting tail for the yellow yarn so that we can secure the beak later.
3. Insert the needle back into the project where you would like the other end of the beak to be.
4. Insert the needle from the inside of the project out in the same spot as you did for step 2.
5. Insert the needle back into the project in the same spot as you did for step 3.
6. Remove the yarn from the darning needle and secure the tails with a double knot.

*: These are simply recommendations. Feel free to make your eyes as far apart or close together as you’d like and to make your beak as wide or narrow as you’d like. Just keep in mind, however, that the beak should fit between the eyes.

 

Continue: Body/Head

• Stuff Chirpy with stuffing! Make him as plump or as skinny as you’d like.
• R12. Close the top of Chirpy -- press the opening closed flat; make sure that both of the stitch markers are at the ends; use 10sl st to close the flattened opening. Make sure that when completing the sl sts, you are inserting your hook through BOTH layers of the opening!
• Fasten off and hide the tail.

 

The Comb

This is the red part of Chirpy, at the top of his/her/their head!

1. With the red yarn, make a slip knot and sl st the red yarn into the top point of the head.
2. Ch 3. Sl st into next st.
3. Ch 6. Sl st into same st.
4. Ch 3. Sl st into same st.
5. Fasten off, tie knots with the tails to secure, and hide the tails.

 

ALL DONE!

You have officially completed your Chirpy the Chicken! If this was your first time ever crocheting, woo hoo!! You did it! If this wasn’t, we hope you still enjoyed your time and learned something new! Please tag us in your posts of your Chirpy, we would love to see! We are so proud of all of you and hope to see you soon via future patterns. Enjoy your new plushie friend and your new skills!

 

What’s Next?

Now that you’ve completed an amigurumi plushie, what’s next? How can you continue to build on your skills? Here are some helpful resources if you want to continue crocheting or love crochet plushies:

• Keep practicing and make another Chirpy! Practice makes better. :)
• Loved & Lovables Crochet's YouTube Channel. We plan to continue posting new videos and tutorials of how to make cute plushies and grow your crocheting/amigurumi skillset!
• LovedandLovables.com. We plan to keep our customers and supporters updated on new patterns coming out.
• YouTube. It’s a great place to learn new skills!

 

Thank you so much for visiting Loved & Lovables Crochet and for your eagerness to learn how to crochet! If you had any trouble going through this pattern, the YouTube tutorial, or the detailed pattern or have questions, comments, or feedback, we’d love to hear from you! We would like to continuously improve our pattern-writing skills. Reach out to us here.