Meet the coolest chicken to ever grace the galaxy the Crochet Space Chicken Amigurumi! This isn't your ordinary barnyard bird; it's a yarn-crafted, helmet-wearing, adventure-loving little clucker that's ready to zoom through the stars.
Crochet Space Chicken Amigurumi
Materials Needed:
- Yarn (in various colors for the helmet, body, visor, and wings)
- Crochet hook
- Scissors
- Yarn needle
- Stuffing material
- Stitch markers (optional)
Helmet:
- Create a magic circle with six single crochets (6 sc).
Round 1:
- Crochet six increases (2 sc in each stitch) (12 sts).
Round 2:
- 1 sc, 1 increase; repeat six times (18 sts).
For Round 3:
- 2 sc, 1 increase; repeat six times (24 sts).
Round 4:
- 3 sc, 1 increase; repeat six times (30 sts).
Round 5:
- Crochet 1 sc in each stitch around (30 sc).
- Create 1 sc, then a bubble stitch with 5 double crochets, followed by 14 sc, another bubble stitch with 5 double crochets, then 13 sc to the end of the round.
- Crochet 1 sc in each stitch for two rounds (30 sc each round).
- 3 sc, 1 decrease; repeat six times (24 sts, only in the front loops).
- Cut the yarn and weave in the end with an invisible join.
Body:
- Attach orange yarn to the first back loop on the 11th round of the helmet.
- Chain 11, then crochet 10 sc in the chains, skipping the first chain.
- Crochet 24 sc in the back loops around the helmet head.
- Crochet 9 sc in the back loops of the chains, and finish with an increase (45 sts total).
- 1 increase, 9 sc; repeat once, 20 sc, decrease; repeat once, 9 sc, 2 increases.
- 1 sc, 1 increase, 9 sc; repeat once, 1 decrease, 18 sc; repeat once, 1 decrease, 9 sc, 1 sc, 1 increase; repeat twice (27 sts).
- Crochet 47 sc for four rounds.
- 7 sc, 6 sc, 1 decrease; repeat five times (42 sts).
- 5 sc, 1 decrease; repeat six times (36 sts).
- 4 sc, 1 decrease; repeat six times (30 sts).
- 3 sc, 1 decrease; repeat six times (24 sts).
- 1 sc, 1 decrease; repeat six times (18 sts).
- 1 decrease; repeat until you have 12 sts, then stuff the chicken.
- Finish with 6 decreases, cut off yarn, and weave in the end.
Visor (Window of the Helmet):
- With black yarn, chain 6.
- Crochet an increase, 3 sc, 2 increases in the last chain, 3 sc in the back loops, and finish with an increase (14 sts).
- Crochet 1 sc, 1 increase, 3 sc, 1 increase, 2 sc, 1 increase, 3 sc, 1 increase, and 1 sc (actual stitch count needed).
- Cut the yarn leaving a tail, finish with an invisible join, weave in the yarn, and embroider reflections with white yarn.
Wings (Make 2):
- Start with a magic circle of six single crochets (6 sc).
Round 1:
- Crochet six increases (12 sts).
Round 2:
- Crochet 12 sc.
After Round 3:
- Crochet 4 sc, 2 decreases, 4 sc.
Round 4:
- Crochet 3 sc, 2 decreases, 3 sc.
Round 5:
- Crochet 2 sc, 2 decreases, 2 sc.
- Finish the wing, leaving a long tail for attaching, close the hole, and weave in the starting yarn.
Assembly:
- Sew the visor to the helmet using the long tail from the crochet piece, using pins to position it correctly.
- Attach the wings on each side with a few stitches using the tails provided, positioning them properly.
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