Knitted Easter Chick | With Plastic Filler Egg |
Materials Needed
Directions:
Fold knit piece in half. Sew piece together, beginning at top of head, across back and
down back side. Do not sew bottom together.
With Crochet Hook and contrasting color, sc several stitiches across top of head (for
Chicken Comb) and several stitches down back of neck. Bind off. Make 2 sc on front
of face for beak.
Sew pom pom to back side of chick. Glue one eye on each side of head. Stuff with plastic egg.
To make a chick you will need...
- Small amount of yellow DK yarn
- A pair of needles UK size 3.75mm / 9 / US 5
- Small amount of stuffing for the head
- Small piece of felt for the beak
- Chocolate egg, plastic or hard boiled!
Body:
Cast on 26 stitches.
- Row 1: K1, increase 1, K to the end.
- Repeat first row until you have 36 stitches on the needle (10 rows)
- Knit four rows. (14 rows)
Shape the tail:
- Row 1: K3, bring yfwd, slip next stitch, ybk, move slip stitch back to left needle. Turn
- Row 2: K3 to end
- Row 3: K2, bring yfwd, slip next stitch, ybk, move slip stitch back to left needle. Turn
- Row 4: K2 to end
- Row 5: Cast off 10 stitches, K to end
- Repeat last five row for the other side to shape tail.
- You will have 16 stitches left in the centre of your knitting.
- Rows 1-4: Knit
- Row 5: K1, K2tog, K to last three stitches, K2tog, K1.
- Rows 6-8: Same as row 5
- Rows 9-10: Knit
This will leave you with 8 stitches. Cut the yarn leaving a length 30cm (12") long.Thread a needle with the 30cm length and run it through the 8 remaining stitches, pull them tight. Continue with the yarn to sew up the head, back and side leaving a hole big enough to insert an egg. Stuff the head lightly. Insert the egg, this will give you the body shape making it easy to see where the neck should be. With a needle threaded with the yarn, do a running stitch to cinch the neck (not too tight) fasten off securely. The eyes are french knots made from black yarn. Sew on a beak made from red felt
Fluffy Chicks
Using my basic Chick Pattern I made some fluffy additions, see them here. I used Fancy Yarn (Fur) instead of the DK yarn and a pair of size 3.75mm (9 UK, 5 US) size needles, you may require larger or smaller size needles, depending on your knitting tension.
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Size 8 knitting needles
yellow knitting worsted yarn
Instructions for chick to fit over a large plastic egg. (Instructions for chick to fit regular size plastic egg or hard boiled egg in parentheses.)
Cast on 32 (24) sts.
First 4 (3) rows: K2, P2 across.
Next 14 (10) rows: K across.
Next row: Bind off first 10 (7) sts, then K remaining 22 (17) sts.
Next row: Bind off first 10 (7) sts, then K remaining 12 (10) sts.
Next 10 (6) rows: K across.
Bind off, fold in half, sew together with yarn.
Add features: small bead for eyes, red felt comb, orange beak, yarn loops for tail.
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