Free knitting patterns for toys, clothing, blankets and more featuring chicks and chickens. Many of the patterns are free. Updated 7/19/24
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Free Patterns
Poppy The Chicken
Quick and easy hen stuffie makes a cuddly toy or adds a touch of farm whimsy to your decor. Super Bulky weight yarn. Web pattern is free. A printable pdf are available on Etsy. Designed by Jessica Reeves Potasz at Mama In A Stitch.
Chickens and Eggs
Egg-shaped chickens and their eggs knit in one piece are great stash busters using 60 - 80 yards (55 - 73 m) of the yarn weights of your choice. Which Came First? designed by Dee Frey.
Mini Chicken and Chick
Small chicken toys knit flat and sewn up at the end. Great stash buster for leftover scrap DK weight yarn. Designed by Sachiyo Ishii.
Michelle's Chicken
Hen with stranded colorwork speckled body. Aran weight yarn. Designed by Luna Adelt.
Early Bird and Worm
This early chicken has caught a friendly worm in its basket. Knit flat. Hat is crochet. DK weight yarn. Early Chicken designed by Mint Village.
Cluck, Cluck Egg Cozy
Hen perches atop a bobble textured hill that's an egg cozy. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Claire Garland.
Easter Earl
Chick hatchling bird toy softie knit in the round. Size Height: approx. 8” tall. DK weight yarn. Designed by Rachel Brockman for Universal Yarn.
Korkhenn
Small chicken designed initially as a pet toy, but I think also makes a pretty decoration. Knit in a circle, folded around a cork, and then trimmed to look a pullet hen. Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Diane Trap.
Tiny Easter Chick by Amanda Berry
This little yellow Easter chick sitting in a shell is a quick knit and great for using up scrap yarn. Great for Easter baskets or putting in plastic eggs. Approximately 3.5cm tall. Knit flat. Designed by Amanda Berry
Chicken Finger Puppet
Chicken puppet knit in the round. Also includes instructions for hedgehog and sheep finger puppets. Size 1¾” wide x 3½” high. Bulky weight yarn. Designed by Berroco Design Team. Pictured project by siegfriedsdottir who modified pattern with 1x1 ribbed border for 6 rounds.
Chick and Egg by Alan Dart
This tiny chick toy comes with her own Easter egg shell with picot edges. The chick is 7.5cm/3in tall, and the egg is 12.5cm/5in tall, 7.5cm/3in wide. Designed by Alan Dart.
Tiny Chook
Small chicken hen makes a great decoration or toy for pets or children. Size 3.5” with Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Eva McDonald. Pictured projects by Diva100 and designer. On a separate project page, the designer provides chart and instructions to create the hen with the blue traditional Norwegian motif.
Mama Hen and Chick Toy
Small mother chicken softie with pocket for her chick. Finished measurements: approx 3” tall and 2.5” wide Designed by Raynor Gellatly
Little Chick Hat
This cute baby chick hat is a great pattern for beginners who know how to knit in the round. Web pattern for size 12 months is free. More sizes and a printable pdf are available on Etsy. Designed by Cassie at Little Red Window.
More Free Patterns
Baby Sweater Set with Chick Finger Puppet
Matching baby layette set with striped sweater with pocket to hold baby chick finger puppet, jacket, pants, and scarf. Sizes 3 Months to 24 Months. DK weight yarn. Sweater, Neck Scarf and Finger Puppet in Schachenmayr Merino Extrafine 120 6738 and Jacket and Pants 6740. Available in English, Dutch, French, and German
- Get the free Sweater, Neck Scarf and Finger Puppet knitting pattern
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Chicken Baby Hat
Baby hat that looks like a chicekn with comb and beak sewn on. Designed by Deanna Lemay-Friesen. Pictured projects by designer and Hasemani
Spring Chick Toy
Easy bird toy pattern by Barbara Prime of Fuzzy Knits. Pictured birds in DK yarn are 7.5 cm long but size can be adapted with different yarn weights.
Chick Baby Cardigan
Baby cardigan with fuzzy chick appliques knit separately. Sizes 0-3 [3-6, 6-12, 12-18] months. Designed by Martin Storey for Rowan. DK weight yarn. Pictured projects by designer and sofiecat
Chick in an Egg
Designed by Purl Soho.
Teeny Tiny Mochimochi Chickens
These 1 inch chickens are from Anna Hrachovec’s book Teeny-Tiny Mochimochi: More Than 40 Itty-Bitty Minis to Knit, Wear, and Give
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- Get Anna Hrachovec’s book Teeny-Tiny Mochimochi: More Than 40 Itty-Bitty Minis to Knit, Wear, and Give
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Chicken Buddy Blanket
Ruth Bramley designed this lovey comfort blanket. Pictured project by minky
Which Came First?
You don’t have to choose with Frankie Brown’s humorous transforming toy. The egg fits inside the chicken, turn it inside out and the chicken’s in the egg. The chicken is about 11 cm tall and it can hold a real egg or a treat egg.
Rubber Chicken
Cassidy Clark designed this chicken for Knit Picks.
Little Chick
Adorable baby chick knit in the round with i-cord legs. Using fingering yarn, chick is 8cm/3in tall but using thicker yarns and bigger needles will make a larger toys. Designed by Caryl Mayes.
Easter Chick
Little baby chick with an egg shell skirt. It also kind of looks to me like a little egg toy with yolk body and egg white skirt. Size about 2.36 inches high. Fingering and DK weight yarn. Designed by Ola Oslopova for WorldCountryToys.
Chocolate Egg Cosies
These Easter treat cosies include instructions for chick in egg and chick in scarf and hat, all knit flat. It also includes superhero teddy bears, eggs in baskets, bunnies, and front line workers. They are knitted in one piece from the bottom up on straight needles. Designed to hold chocolate eggs which measure approximately 5-6cm in length and 3-4 cm in width. Designed by Knitables who allows charity fundraising sale of finished cosies.
Baby Chick Booties
Christine Grant’s booties are knit flat and sized for XS (preemie and tiny baby), S (newborn-3 months), M (3-6 months) and L (6-9 months)
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- Get sport yarn for this pattern on Etsy
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Easter Chick Basket
Easy treat holder knit in one piece in garter stitch, folded and seamed. Designed by Gina Michele
Eggy Chicky Dress
Long-sleeved baby dress with buttons at the shoulders for easy dressing, stripes with slipped stitches for interest, and chicks in colorwork. 12-18 months. Designed by Wiam’s Crafts. DK yarn.
- Get the free knitting pattern- web version
- Buy pdf on the Ravelry page
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Chick Slippers
Baby and child slippers look like a baby bird. Knit flat with the loop stitch for feathers. Designed by Louise Bollanos. DK weight yarn.
Patterns for Purchase
Emotional Support Chicken™
Chicken stuffie knit flat in garter stitch. Size 13” long. Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Annette Corsino.
Hen
Realistic chicken stuffie knit flat but joined as you go. The finished knitted hen stands approx. 10-12in tall (top of head to the edge of the tail). Designed by Claire Garland.
Knit & Purl Pets: 20 Patterns for Little Pets with Big Personalities
Free with Kindle Unlimited Twenty animal patterns including a trio of hens, Labrador puppy, cat, snake, chameleon, guinea pigs, lop-eared rabbits, birds, ponies, rats, stegosaurus, kitten, tortoise, and greyhound. Designed by Claire Garland.
Funny Chicken
Colorful chickens with patterns like Easter eggs. All pieces are knitted flat (back and forth) on a pair of straight knitting needles. Size Height 19 cm (7 ½ inch) without legs. Stash buster for Sport weight yarn. Designed by FunnyRabbitToys.
Eggy Chicks
Egg shaped baby bird toys with hats. One chick has white broken shell shaped bottom as if it had just hatched. Instructions for making the two chicks (the yellow and white chick, the plain yellow chick in a hat, plus the instructions to knit the striped hat). All pieces are knitted flat (back and forth) on a pair of straight knitting needles. Designed by Amanda Berry. DK weight yarn.
Baby Bird Cardigans
Baby and toddler size cardigan sweaters, one featuring ducklings, and the other a chick with snail and flower. Duckling cardigan sizes 6 months to 3 years. Chick cardigan Size: 24 months. Designed by AnaSwet.
Easter Diorama Ornaments
Diorama patterns available include two bunnies, egg painter duck, two chicks in nest, doll, chick with daisies, and 2 chicks. Designed by HandMadeAwards.
Sleepy Chick
This baby bird toy is quick to make and would be a lovely Easter gift. All pieces are knitted flat (back and forth) on a pair of straight knitting needles. FINISHED SIZE: The finished chick is approximately 8.5 cm tall. Designed by Amanda Berry. DK weight yarn.
Bunny and Chicky
Amanda Berry designed these adorable Easter toys. The finished bunny is approximately 14cm tall (including the ears), and the chick is 6.5cm tall. DK yarn.
Hatching Easter Chick
Toy chick knit in the round approximately 3,93 inches (10cm) . DK yarn. Designed by Deniza’s Toys Joys. The designer also takes orders for the completed toy.
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