The Year of The Chicken Granny Square

 

Happy new year! According to the Chinese Zodiac, 2017 is the year of the chicken. So to celebrate the start of the year, I made a chicken granny square. It can work as a dish cloth, or you can make many squares and join them to make a blanket. I had so much fun crocheting it that I decide to try to make other animals. I'm currently working on a dog granny square. I'll be sharing it with you soon.

Skill level: Intermediate

Check out the entire Animal Granny Square collection: 

Puppy | Frog | Koala | Chick Kitty | Mouse | Bunny | Ox | Tiger | Duckling

GET printable PDF for this pattern here or on Ravelry: 


Materials: 

  • Yarn: Kartopu Bebe yarn, 100 % acrylic, 1.8 oz (50 g), 164 yards (150 m), in the colors white (K019), bright yellow (K322), pale yellow (K331) and red (K150).
  • Crochet hook, size US 7 (4.5 mm). 
  • Tapestry needle.


Measurements of the square: 6.1 inch x 6.1 inch (15.5 cm x 15.5 cm)approx. 

Gauge20 sts and 11 round = 4" x 4" (10 cm x 10 cm) in double crochet.

Yardage: 62- 65 yards (57- 60 m).



Crochet terms (US):
  • ch: chain.
  • st: stitch.
  • sts: stitchs.
  • sl st: slip stitch. 
  • sc: single crochet.
  • hdc: half double crochet.
  • dc: double crochet.
  • tr: treble crochet. 


Instructions:

The Square:

With the bright yellow yarn make a magic ring, then work as follows:

Round 1: ch 1, sc 6 into the magic ring, sl st into the first ch. (6 sts)

Round 2: ch 1, sc into each st, sl st into the first ch.

Round 3: ch 1, sc 2 into each st, sl st into the first ch. (12 sts)

Round 4: ch 1, sc into each st, sl st into the first ch. Cut yarn and weave in the loose end1.

Round 5: with the white yarn make a knot and ch 3 (or make standing double crochet) and dc into any st, dc 2 into each st to end, sl st into the third ch of first ch 3 (or into first standing dc). (24 sts)

Round 6: ch 3, *dc 2 into the next st, dc in st, repeat from * ten more times, dc 2 into the last st, sl st into the third ch of first ch 3. (36 sts)

Round 7: ch 3, dc into the next st, (*c 2 into the next st, dc in st twice, repeat from *  ten more times, dc 2 into the last st, sl st into the third ch of first ch 3. (48 dcs)

Round 8: ch 3, dc in st twice, *dc 2 in st, dc in st 3 three times, repeat from * ten more times, dc 2 in the last st, sl st into the third ch of first ch 3. (60 dcs)

Cut yarn and weave in loose ends.

Round 9: With pale yellow yarn and in the last st you've made, make a knot and ch 3 (or make a standing double crochet), dc into the next 2 sts, *hdc in st twice, sc in st four times, hdc in st twice, dc in st three times, (tr 2, ch 3, tr 2) in the next st, dc in st three times, repeat from * two more times, hdc in st twice, sc in st four times, hdc in st twice, (tr 2, ch 3, tr 2) in the next st, sl st into the third ch of first ch 3 (or into first standing dc).

Rounds 10, 11 and 12: ch 3, *dc into each st to first ch 3 space, (tr 2, ch 3, tr 2) in the ch 3 space, repeat from * two more times, dc into each st to end, sl st into the third ch of first ch 3.

Cut the yarn and weave in the loose ends.



The eyes:

The st marked with a star is the middle st. Sew the eyes in the sixth st to the left and to the right of the middle st as shown in the picture below.



Chicken's combs:

Upper comb:

With red yarn, make a knot and ch 4:

Row 1: dc 3 into the fourth ch from the hook, this is the right side of the comb, turn.

Row 2: ch 3 and dc into the first st, dc 2 into each st, turn. (8 sts)

Row 3: ch 3 and dc into the first st, *dc in st , dc 2 into the next st, repeat from * 2 more times, dc into the last st, turn. (12 sts)

Row 4: ch 2, *dc into the first st, tr in st, dc in st, ch 2, sl st in the next st, repeat from * 2 more times. Cut yarn, leaving a 6" (15 cm) yarn tail to sew in place. 



Lower comb:

With the red yarn make a knot and ch 4:

Row 1: in the fourth ch from the hook make dc 3, turn. This is the right side of the comb.

Row 2: ch 2 and dc in the first st, tr in st, ch 2, sl st in st, ch 2, tr in st, dc in st, ch 2, sl st into the same st.

Cut yarn, leaving a 4" (10 cm) yarn tail to sew in place. 

Sew upper and lower comb in place as shown in the picture below. Weave in loose ends.





Lastly, feel free to leave a comment if you have any questions or find something confusing in the pattern.

Happy crocheting/knitting! follow me on Instagram @wiams_crafts and Twitter @wiamscrafts to see my upcoming projects.

8 comments:

  1. I love it too- thank you for sharing your amazing talent.

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  2. I think this thing is adorable and I'm trying to make it as a washcloth. (Farm set? So great!) Anyhows, I'm new to crocheting, so maybe it's just me. But I'm having the darndest time with the square! In round 8, I'm supposed to have a total of 60 stitches? Well, why does round 9 have more than that? I keep running out of stitches. Any thoughts on what's going on?

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    1. Hello, I,m sorry to hear you are having troubles with the square. I will write what you should make in each of the 60 sts of round 8.

      ROUND 9:
      st 1: standing double crochet in the last st you made
      st 2: dc
      st 3: dc
      st 4: hdc
      st 5: hdc
      st 6: sc
      st 7: sc
      st 8: sc
      st 9: sc
      st 10: hdc
      st 11: hdc
      st 12: dc
      st 13: dc
      st 14: dc
      st 15: 2 tcs, ch 3, 2 tcs
      st 16: dc
      st 17: dc
      st 18: dc
      st 19: hdc
      st 20: hdc
      st 21: sc
      st 22: sc
      st 23: sc
      st 24: sc
      st 25: hdc
      st 26: hdc
      st 27: dc
      st 28: dc
      st 29: dc
      st 30: 2 tcs, ch 2, 2 tcs
      st 31: dc
      st 32: dc
      st 33: dc
      st 34: hdc
      st 35: hdc
      st 36: sc
      st 37: sc
      st 38: sc
      st 39: sc
      st 40: hdc
      st 41: hdc
      st 42: dc
      st 43: dc
      st 44: dc
      st 45: 2 tcs, ch 2, 2 tcs
      st 46: dc
      st 47: dc
      st 48: dc
      st 49: hdc
      st 50: hdc
      st 51: sc
      st 52: sc
      st 53: sc
      st 54: sc
      st 55: hdc
      st 56: hdc
      st 57: dc
      st 58: dc
      st 59: dc
      st 60: 2 tcs, ch 2, 2 tcs
      sl st into the first st.

      I hope this will help :)

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  3. Having a bit of trouble with the upper comb, where to we place the dcs after we dc into "the same stitch?"

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    1. Hi Abbey
      I apologize for the delay in response. when you end the first upper comb row, you have four dcs, so start working on them. ch3 that counts as first dc, and dc1 in first dc of previous row, then in the next dc make two dcs and so on.

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