Free Chicken Car Charm Crochet Pattern

The Chicken Crochet Car Charm Story:

How is it that a supposed descendent of Dinosaurs can be one of the cutest animals on the planet? Chickens are arguably the most well loved animals across human history. Their versatility in benefits to the human race is inumerable. From egg production, to fertilizer in our garden, to pest control in the yard, the chicken has been kept by humans for thousands of years. Historically chickens provided downy feathers for pillows and mattresses, as well as feathers for art, and bones for broth. So why have I created this Car Charm? Why a chicken over any other thing? The answer is, chickens are worth it. After all they do for us, we should celebrate them in our art.

So here we have the Chicken Car Charm. I never could have expected that in crocheting this little chicken I would have a little buddy while I was driving. I thought I was making a simple decoration, but I was wrong. Of course the day I hung this thing up my children were swift to name it. The naming of the chicken obviously gave it a place in the family (you can’t name something without growing attached to it). Now every time we hit a bump and it swings “eggman” is the center of attention.

So now “Eggman” (which is mostly hilarious because this is in fact a hen (a female chicken)), is a major part of every trip to town. And Its too late to change the name, because the kids could’nt care less about the technicalities of this chickens pronouns.

I would like to share now with you the pattern to create this Rear View Mirror Charm. In our current crazy world sometimes the simple and silly joys are necessary. So lets get to it!

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Pattern layout:

• Materials
• Abbreviations
• Chicken Constuction
• Beak and Nest Construction

Materials:

The Yarn is a number 5 weight bulky velvet (3.5oz). 100% Polyester. I used Yarn Bee Velvety Smooth. Because this isnt a wearable, you dont need to worry too much about exact matches or drapes. You can go for any brand you want as long as the weight matches it should turn out great!

The colors are:

• Ivory
• Yellow
• Red
• Brown

You will also need:

• 6mm safety eyes (optional, you can also use black yarn and stitch the eyes on)
• Polyfil
• H hook (5mm)
• Yarn needle

Abbreviations:

• sc – single crochet
• mc – magic circle
• Rd- round
• sc inc – single crochet increase
• slst – slip stitch
• ch – chain
• hdc- half double crochet

Chicken Construction

We are going to start from the bottom of the chicken and work our way up to the top of the chicken.

 

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