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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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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 sue (not verified) on Wed, 03/06/2013 - 15:41.

Like you I came across these darling little chickens being sold but on a hospital league of friends table. It was my plan to undo the chicken to get the pattern and then I thought why not google it. And there you were.....Many thanks...Love the fluffy ones..may get carried away.....Sue

Submitted by elouise (not verified) on Wed, 02/20/2013 - 22:58.

Hi, I have just completed this chick, and while the finished, un-sown chick was exactly the same as the you show on the knitting needle, the completed chick looks nothing at all like the finished one in the first picture.... it has no neck, even with the creme egg and stuffing. Please help as I'm very disappointed. Thanks

Submitted by Anjie Davison on Thu, 02/21/2013 - 17:16.

Hi Eloise
Did you do a running stitch around the chicks neck?
"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." This gives definition to the neck.

Hope this helps

Anjie

Submitted by Nancy (not verified) on Thu, 02/14/2013 - 16:11.

Made my first one last night. Tonight I want to try the fluffy yarn - think they are so cute and will look great in an Easter basket. Thanks so much for your great directions.

Submitted by Jackie C (not verified) on Tue, 01/29/2013 - 10:44.

I was asked to knit some Easter chicks as a fund raiser for three animal rescue groups in Romania (I live in the UK). The pattern was very easy to follow, the chick was easy to put together and took little time and the end result looks very sweet. Thank you for sharing.

Submitted by Roslyn (not verified) on Sat, 01/12/2013 - 16:44.

Hi ang just knitted my first chick and it turned out fine, thank you for sharing your pattern its great of you

Submitted by Missy (not verified) on Sat, 12/08/2012 - 03:28.

I just knit up one of these cute little chicks and wrote a review of the pattern on my blog along with a few changed I made to my chick. http://knittingpatternreview.blogspot.com/2012/12/anjies-knitted-easter-...

Submitted by Janet (not verified) on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 19:06.

Hi

I saw a knitted chick like yours and was wowed and asked where they came from I was told it was made for charity and that they did not have the pattern I decided to look on line and found yours and was extremel interested in the chicks and also particlulary u=impressed in the crazy ones and it makes me want to make some

Thanks for the smile that came to be when I saw them

Janet

Submitted by Louise (not verified) on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 08:31.

I love these little chicks, they're cute too. I'm going to use them for an easter egg hunt, my son will love them. Thank-you for sharing. What yarn did you use for the fluffy ones?

Submitted by Anjie Davison on Sun, 04/01/2012 - 20:07.

Hi Louise, I used Fur by Fancy Yarn, but there are lots of different makes of fancy yarns about.

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