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Free Pattern for Knitted Easter Chick (containing creme egg)

Submitted by Anjie Davison on Sun, 03/15/2009 - 18:22.
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Easter chick with creme egg body
Booty from charity shop

When I went to Hitchin on Friday I went into a charity shop and found some yarn and plastic knitting needles. When I went to pay for them on the counter they had a basket containing little knitted chicks. I picked one up and realised inside the chick was a Cadbury's creme egg, so sweet! I bought one of the chicks. When I got home I made up my own free pattern.

To make a chick you will need...

  1. Small amount of yellow DK yarn
  2. A pair of needles UK size 3.75mm / 9 / US 5
  3. Small amount of stuffing for the head
  4. Small piece of felt for the beak
  5. Chocolate egg, plastic or hard boiled!

Body:

Cast on 26 stitches. 

  1. Row 1: K1, increase 1, K to the end.
  2. Repeat first row until you have 36 stitches on the needle (10 rows) 
  3. Knit four rows. (14 rows)  

Shape the tail:* (abbreviations expanded to make it clearer)

  1. Row 1: K3, bring yfwd, slip next stitch, ybk, move slip stitch back to left needle. Turn 
  2. Row 2: K3 to end 
  3. Row 3: K2, bring yfwd, slip next stitch, ybk, move slip stitch back to left needle. Turn 
  4. Row 4: K2 to end 
  5. Row 5: Cast off 10 stitches, K to end
  6. Repeat last five row for the other side to shape tail. 
  7. You will have 16 stitches left in the centre of your knitting.
Head:
  1. Rows 1-4: Knit 
  2. Row 5: K1, K2tog, K to last three stitches, K2tog, K1. 
  3. Rows 6-8: Same as row 5 
  4. 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
 
*Shape the tail, abbreviations expanded
 
Row 1: Knit 3 stitches, bring yarn to the front of the work, slip the next stitch onto your right needle, move yarn to the back of your work, move the slipped stitch back to the left needle. Turn
 
Row 2: Knit 3 stitches to end
 
Row 3: Knit 2 stitches, bring yarn to the front of the work, slip the next stitch onto your right needle, move yarn to the back of your work, move the slipped stitch back to the left needle. Turn
 
Row 4: Knit 2 stitches end
 
Row 5: Cast off 10 stitches, knit to end
 
Repeat the 5 rows for the other side to shape the tail
 
You should have 16 stitches left in the centre of your knitting

 

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. 

This is how the chick pattern should look before being sewn up
Easter chick with creme egg body
An alternative fluffy chick
Blue bird of happiness chick!
Three fluffy chicks
57 Comments
Submitted by Kathleen (not verified) on Tue, 04/23/2013 - 01:27.

23rd April 2013

Thanks for the pattern my wonderful sister found this on the internet and sent me the link. I have been after this pattern for a while. Found a lady who knitted them but unlike you she would not hand the pattern out. I am going to try and knit them for the children at my preschool for next easter.
Regards Kathleen

Submitted by Fiona (not verified) on Sat, 04/06/2013 - 09:00.

Thanks! I made a few of these for Easter weekend and will enjoy getting them out again next year!

Submitted by bigdave (not verified) on Wed, 03/27/2013 - 16:46.

HI wife says thanks for pattern grandkids will be delighted

Submitted by Jennie Hall (not verified) on Wed, 03/20/2013 - 03:32.

Thanks for sharing this pattern. A few charity member and myself knitted hundreds of these last year, which raised £150+ for our charity Just Breathe for Victoria Ward at Royal Brompton Hospital. However, I lost the pattern and needed another copies so that others could join in this year.

Submitted by Pauline Hornsby (not verified) on Mon, 03/18/2013 - 12:37.

Thank you for sharing this pattern. I have made a couple of these chicks. The pattern is easy to follow, the making up of the chick easy and the results very pleasureable.

Submitted by SusieQ (not verified) on Sun, 03/17/2013 - 17:24.

Just made several of these for Easter decorations. I also made a three quarter size one as a baby (baby) chick and they look great in a group. Thanks for the inspiration.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 03/17/2013 - 13:21.

I've now knittled the fluffy chicks. I knitted them in white fluffy wool and then added 3 small orange triangles to their heads. They look fab...Sue

Submitted by Sheila (not verified) on Fri, 03/15/2013 - 15:04.

Hi, Where did you get the eyes from tht you have used on the fluffy chicks? Thanks.

Submitted by Sheila (not verified) on Fri, 03/15/2013 - 14:27.

How clever you are to work out how to knit one of these little chicks without a pattern :-). Thank you for sharing with us lesser mortals. I made my first one last night, and am delighted with the result. Are you clever with working out patterns for dolls clothes?

Submitted by Debbie (not verified) on Mon, 03/11/2013 - 16:25.

Thank you for such an easy pattern to follow. This is the first thing I've ever made and am so pleased, am off to buy fluffy wool as those are just too cute!!

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