DIY Crochet Easter Chicken - Eggcup and Egg cover - Free Crochet Hen tuto

Hello everybody ! Today we lean to make a crochet Chicken egg cover and eggcup :

When you put the cover on the eggcup, you have a cute Chicken, perfect to hide eggs during Easter :)

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This DIY is for Personal use only. I don't allow to sell the item made with this tuto, to sell the DIY or to use my text and my pictures without my autorisation.

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Material :
-A crochet size 3.5
-Cotton thread
-Scissors
-Yarn needle 
-Motivation and time (maximum 4 hours to make it)

Stitches (american lexicon) :
-Slip stitch (mailles coulées)
-Single crochet (mailles serrées)
-Half double crochet (demi-brides)
-Double Crochet (brides simples)
-Treble (doubles brides)

This Crochet Chicken is easily makable by a crochet beginners.

The Steps :


1. Hen Egg Cover :

Row 1 - Chain 2 - 5 Single crochet in the second chain.

Row 2 - 2 Single crochet in each Single crochet around. You have 10 stitches.

Row 3 - (1 Single crochet, 2 Single crochet in the next stitch) repeat 5 times this sequence - You have 15 stitches.

Row 4 - 1 Single crochet in each Single crochet around. You still have 15 stitches.

Row 5 - (2 Single crochet, 2 Single crochet in the next stitch) repeat 5 times this sequence - You have 20 stitches.

Row 6 - (3 Single crochet, 2 Single crochet in the next stitch) repeat 5 times this sequence - You have 25 stitches.

Row 7 - (4 Single crochet, 2 Single crochet in the next stitch) repeat 5 times this sequence - You have 30 stitches.

Row 8 - (5 Single crochet, 2 Single crochet in the next stitch) repeat 5 times this sequence - You have 35 stitches.

Row 9 to 13 - 1 Single crochet in each Single crochet around. Repeat hear row - You still have 35 stitches.

Lace - (Skip 1 stitch, 4 Double crochet in the next stitch, kip 1 stitch) repeat 9 times this sequence. End with a Slip stitch.
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Now We have the body of the Chicken with the first feathers :)

Crest of a chicken - Draw trough the hook to the top of the body with a new thread.

Fold in half the body. 7 Single crochet in the work. 

Turn the work and in the 7 stitches, (Skip 1 stitch, 4 Double crochet in the next stitch, kip 1 stitch) repeat 3 times this sequence. End with a Slip stitch.
Fasten off and weave in ends.

Beak - Row 1 - Chain 2 - 5 Single crochet in the second chain.
Row 2 - 2 Single crochet in each Single crochet around. You have 10 stitches.
Row 3 et 4 -  Repeat 2 times the Row 2.

Sew the beak on the Chicken body. Fasten off and weave in ends.

The eyes - Make a quintuple knot with the cotton thread and attach in the body with a double knot in the back. Repeat for the second eye.

BRAVO !! You made it ! We have a Crochet Chicken Egg Cover.

The first part is done :). The second part is the make the EggCup.

2. Easter Crochet EggCup :

Row 1 - Chain 2 - 12 Single crochet in the second chain.

Row 2 - Chain 3 - 2 Double crochet in each Single crochet around. 1 Double crochet. 1 Slip stitch. You have 24 stitches.

Row 3 - Chain 1 - (1 Single crochet in each Single crochet around, 2 Single crochet in the next stitch) repeat 11 times this sequence. 1 Single crochet. 1 Slip stitch. You have 34 stitches.

Row 4 - 1 Single crochet in each Single crochet around. You still have 35 stitches.

Row 5 to 7 - Chain 2 - 1 Half double crochet in each Single crochet around. 1 Slip stitch.
At the end of 7 Row, fasten off and weave in ends.

Lace - We work in the loop Back and in Front loop.

This is the Back Loop

This in the Front loop

In the Back loop - Slip stitch in each Half Double crochet around. 1 Slip stitch. Fasten off and weave in ends.

In the Front loop - Skip 1 stitch and repeat all the row this sequence (1 Double Crochet, 2 Treble, 1 Double crochet,Skip 1 stitch) . 1 Slip stitch . Fasten off and weave in ends.

It's DONE ! Yayyy !

Thanks a lot for following this tutorial. I hope you enjoy it. 

My english is not perfect so I hope you understand all the explanations. If you find some mistakes, let me know on a comment :). 

If you want, you could show me some pictures of your Crochet Easter Chicken made with this tuto on www.ravelry.com. 

My profile : www.ravelry.com/people/chezviolette. The link : Crochet Chicken.

Happy Easter !

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This DIY is for Personal use only. I don't allow to sell the item made with this tutorial, to sell the DIY or to use my text and my pictures without my autorisation.

Pattern, explanation picture from CocoFlower - 17 mars 2016 - All rights reserved

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Retrouvez la version Française ici : http://chezcocoflower.blogspot.fr/2016/03/cocotte-au-crochet-couvre-oeuf-et.html

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