This free crochet chicken pattern makes a chubby amigurumi hen standing in a pair of little red rain boots. She is soft white with a red comb, rosy cheeks, cream wings and a tiny yellow flower, and the yellow-cuffed boots with dark red soles make this hen plushie stand on her own. She is about 12.7 cm (5 in) tall, worked in the round in single crochet with DK yarn and a 2.5 mm hook, with safety eyes, a three-lobe comb, flat wing motifs and boots started from a chain oval. The page gives a row-by-row pattern with stitch counts and an interactive 3D model to check where every piece is sewn.

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white yarnDK weight45 m
boot yarnDK weight15 m
cuff yarnDK weight10 m
sole yarnDK weight5 m
comb yarnDK weight5 m
wing yarnDK weight5 m
blush yarnDK weight5 m
beak yarnDK weight5 m
tangerine yarnDK weight5 m
Crochet hooksize 2.5 mm1
Safety eyesor embroider them for small kids2
Fiberfillpolyester stuffing30 g
Stitch markerfor spiral rounds1
Tapestry needlefor sewing parts1

Gauge

1 sc ≈ 4 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 3.6 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 25 sc × 28 rounds); yarn about 1.9 mm thick. The gauge sets the size of the toy; crochet tightly so the stuffing does not show.

Worked in

Continuous spiral rounds. Don't join. Move a stitch marker up every round.

Parts

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R1with white: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3(1 sc, inc) ×6(18)
R41 sc, (inc, 2 sc) ×5, inc, 1 sc(24)
R5(3 sc, inc) ×6(30)
R62 sc, (inc, 4 sc) ×5, inc, 2 sc(36)
R7(5 sc, inc) ×6(42)
R83 sc, (inc, 6 sc) ×5, inc, 3 sc(48)
R9(7 sc, inc) ×6(54)
R1054 sc(54)
R11(8 sc, inc) ×6(60)
R1260 sc(60)
R13(9 sc, inc) ×6(66)
R14–1966 sc(66)
R205 sc, (dec, 9 sc) ×5, dec, 4 sc(60)
R2160 sc(60)
R224 sc, (dec, 8 sc) ×5, dec, 4 sc(54)
R2354 sc(54)
R244 sc, (dec, 7 sc) ×5, dec, 3 sc(48)
R25(6 sc, dec) ×6(42)
R263 sc, (dec, 5 sc) ×5, dec, 2 sc(36)
R27(4 sc, dec) ×6(30)
R282 sc, (dec, 3 sc) ×5, dec, 1 sc(24)
R29(2 sc, dec) ×6(18)
R30(1 sc, dec) ×6(12)
R31dec ×6(6)
Size before assembly: about 9.2 cm at the widest, 7.9 cm long; 31 rounds.
→ Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

R1with comb: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3–512 sc(12)
R6dec ×6(6)
Size before assembly: about 1.6 cm at the widest, 1.9 cm long; 6 rounds.
→ Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Press the piece flat to about 1.1 cm thick (oval cross-section). Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

R1with comb: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R312 sc(12)
R4dec ×6(6)
Of these: front — 1; back — 1. Size before assembly: about 1.4 cm at the widest, 1.2 cm long; 4 rounds.
→ Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Press the piece flat to about 10 mm thick (oval cross-section). Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

R1with beak: 4 sc in MR(4)
R2(1 sc, inc) ×2(6)
R3(2 sc, inc) ×2(8)
R42 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 1 sc(10)
Size before assembly: about 1.3 cm at the widest, 1.2 cm long; 4 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

R1with comb: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2(1 sc, inc) ×3(9)
R3(1 sc, dec) ×3(6)
Size before assembly: about 1.1 cm at the widest, 1.1 cm long; 3 rounds.
→ Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

Row 1with wing: into a magic ring; 3 sc(3)
Row 2ch 1 and turn (not counted as a st); inc ×3(6)
Row 3ch 1 and turn (not counted as a st); (1 sc, inc) ×3(9)
Row 4ch 1 and turn (not counted as a st); (1 sc, inc, 1 sc) ×3(12)
Row 5ch 1 and turn (not counted as a st); (3 sc, inc) ×3(15)
Row 6ch 1 and turn (not counted as a st); (skip 1 st, 5 dc in one st, skip 1 st, 1 sl st) ×3, 3 sl st(21)
Flat motif — half circle (worked in turned rows, one layer of fabric), about 2.5 × 4.5 cm; 6 rows.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Weave in the starting tail, pin the motif out to shape on a soft surface and steam it lightly.

R1with white: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2(inc ×2, 1 sc) ×2(10)
R3(1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc) ×2(14)
R43 sc, inc, 6 sc, inc, 3 sc(16)
R5–616 sc(16)
R7(2 sc, dec) ×4(12)
Size before assembly: about 2.1 cm at the widest, 2.2 cm long; 7 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly, then press the piece slightly flat (oval cross-section; flattened 45 %).

R1starting in the 2nd ch from hook: sc 3, 3 sc in the last ch; continue along the other side of the chain: sc 2, 2 sc in the last ch (the one you made the first sc in)(10)
R2(inc ×4, 1 sc) ×2(18)
R3inc, 1 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc(26)
R4inc, 1 sc, inc, 7 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 5 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc(34)
R5(BLO)34 sc(34)
R6–734 sc(34)
R8(2 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 2 sc) ×2(28)
R9(2 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 1 sc) ×2(22)
R10–1122 sc(22)
R12–1322 sc(22)
Size before assembly: an oval about 4.6 × 3.4 cm at the widest, 3.4 cm long; 13 rounds. The piece is oval: the rounds go around the chain, and on the finished toy the chain (the long side of the oval) runs front to back; the starting chain is at the bottom of the piece (on the finished toy). The round-start marker is at a turn of the oval, on the piece's centre line; R1 starts there, so no shift is needed. The increases fall on the turns.
With sole: ch 5.
Change to boot (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R4).
Change to cuff (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R11).
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

R1with blush: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
A flat circle about 1.5 cm across; 2 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

Flat motif — lobed (lobes round a magic ring, worked in rounds, one layer of fabric), about 2.3 × 2.4 cm; 2 rows.
Round 1: with cuff: into a magic ring; (ch 3, 5 dc, ch 3, 1 sl st) ×5; pull the ring tight (30) Round 2: (2 sc in the chain space, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 2 sc in the chain space, skip 1 st) ×5; sl st in the first st to join (60)
Fasten off leaving a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Weave in the starting tail, pin the motif out to shape on a soft surface and steam it lightly.

R1with tangerine: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
A flat circle about 1.5 cm across; 2 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

Safety eyes and noses go in before the piece is stuffed and closed (see the pieces above); embroidery is easier before the piece is sewn on.

Safety eyes with a printed glint 13 mm (on the body): in round 22, 7 st apart (count along round 22: about 3.6 st each side of the centre front line).

Body · R1–R5

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Hen in Rain Boots