Improvised Chicken
That title makes it sound like a recipe, but actually its a bird! I saw a pattern linked off CRAFT which was gorgeous so I rushed out and bought some snowflake yarn in yellow. When I came to read the pattern it was quite complicated and I was a bit fed up … so I sort of started fiddling with the wool, and a crochet hook, and I got:
He is about two inches tall and as cute as a button. I cast on 4 stitches (in the round), increased in each stitch on the next row and then switched to increasing every other stitch until he was wide enough. Went straight for a bit then decreased quickly (so he’s made from the top down). The wings are crochet but the beak is knitted because I couldn’t work out how to get such sharp edges in crochet.
I should also point out that its really quite hard to crochet with fluffy or eyelash yarns because you can’t see where the stitches are to stitch into! I managed but don’t look too closely at him – my rounds turned into a spiral quite quickly because it was so hard to see what was going on.
I hope you like him, and if you’d like to suggest a recipe for “improvised chicken” in case anyone gets here hoping for one then I’d be grateful :)
I love it :) I hope your not going to cook him. Asking for a recipe. Poor chicken.
Not a recipe for this chick, but for the food chicken!! The thought of cooking this little guy didn’t even occur to me til you mentioned it and now I have a horrible mental image of deep-fried toy stuffing.
Don’t do it… you can’t deep fry him, and don’t let kevin near it :)
Hmmmm I quite like Chicken, filled with Garlic and herb Philly, wrapped in bacon. In the oven for 30 mins and serve with smileys :) (I ran outta chips!)
See, I knew there was a good chicken recipe out there somewhere :) I christen your recipe “Improvised Chicken” and will give it a go at the weekend.
Well, it took longer to get around to than I expected but that chicken recipe was delicious with rosti and salad – thanks Saj :)