While trying to work out the peacock pattern I really had to make another one, but since I no longer have that yarn i thought i would make something similar yet different and this is what i came up with. It is an omage to out chicken Chip, who looks just like this, creepy eyes and all.
Pattern
body:
1. 6sc in magic circle (6)
2. 2sc in each stitch around (12)
3. (2sc in 1, sc in 1) around (18)
4. (2sc in 1, sc in 2) around (24)
5. (2sc in 1, sc in 3) around (30)
6-9 sc around (30)
10. (sc2tog, sc in 3) around (24)
11. (sc2tog, sc in 2) around (18)
12-13 sc around (18)
insert safety eyes and begin stuffing
14. (2sc in 1, sc in 2) around (24)
15. sc around (24)
16. (2sc in 1, sc in 3) around (30)
17. sc around (30)
18. (2sc in 1, sc in 4) around (36)
19-23 sc around (36)
24. (sc2tog, sc in 4) around (30)
25. (sc2tog, sc in 3) around (24)
continue stuffing while working rounds.
26. (sc2tog, sc in 2) around (18)
27. (sc2tog, sc in 1) around (12)
28. (sc2tog) around (6)
29. close hole and finish off
beak:ch 10 and slst to join, now work in a countinous round. (sc2tog, sc) until there is only one sc left, fo and pull end through the tip of the beak.
wings-make 2:
ch7, sc in 2nd ch and next, 1hdc, dc, dc, 6tc in last
working in back of stitches: dc, dc, hdc, sc, slst
FO
tail:
1. ch 7
2. sc in 2nd ch from hook and across
3. ch 1, turn, sc across
4. turn, ch4, slst back down, sc, ch6, slst back, sc, ch8, slst back, sc, ch6, slst back, sc ch4, slst
FO
comb:
1. sc12
2. sc in 2nd ch from hook and across
3. ch1 turn, (skst, 5dc, skst, slst) 3 times and FO
feet, make 2:
1. 6sc in mc (6)
2. (2sc in 1) around (12)
3. popcorn, slst, popcorn, slst, popcorn, slst and FO

1 Comment
This is fantastic! Thanks for sharing it. I have a friend who LOVES chickens…so guess what she’s getting for her birthday!?
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