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 3.5 mm crochet* hook (or similar, depending on your tension)
• Cotton* yarn (I used a natural, undyed cotton, but you can choose soft pastel colors for a more spring feel)
• Scissors
• A yarn needle
• Motivation and time (it takes around 4 hours to complete)

👉 If you don’t have the materials, you can find a cotton yarn like this here and a 3.5 mm crochet hook here. I personally use this hook for most of my projects.*

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, instructions and photos by CocoFlower

Originally published on March 17, 2016 – updated on April 1, 2026

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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