Plush Country Chicken

This plump chicken is so cute and snuggly! She works up quickly and is low sew. This is a good pattern for beginners with knowledge of basic stitches who are looking to start crocheting plushies or amigurumi. This pattern is written using Standard US crochet terms. Skill level: Beginner Finished size: Approx 8 in. long, 7 in. tall from base to comb. Materials needed: 5.5 mm crochet hook Tapestry needle Polyfill 8 mm safety eyes Super bulky (6) yarn. Loops and Threads Chenille Home Slim (less than a skein, approx. 80g) in White; black and white tweed; or taupe tweed Red chenille slim or lite, about 2 yards Scrap of yellow yarn, preferably chenille or blanket but worsted weight works. Stitches and Abbreviations (US): R: Round Ch: Chain st(s): stitches Sc: Single crochet Sl st: Slip stitch Inc: Increase (working 2 sc into one stitch) Dec: Decrease (I use invisible decrease-pick up front loops of next 2 sts, yarn over and pull through both loops, yarn over and pull through last 2 loops.) Dc: Double crochet Hdc: Half double crochet ( ) x # : Repeat stitches within parentheses however many times it specifies. ex: (sc, inc) x8 would mean repeating: sc in one stitch and 2 sc in the next stitch, 8 times.