Easy Bunny has a new friend and his name is Easy Chick! He's a loom knit chickadee and instead of being made from a flat rectangle he's made from a simple tube. For those who have never picked up stitches in your knitting, you're going to love the ease of this because it means no seaming. Yes, I said it, no seaming is needed on this sweet, easy chick. These can be completed in less than an hour so think about making them in different colors and filling a bowl of little chicks for your coffee table (they do resemble large eggs).
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Loom Knit Easy Chick Pattern
- Loom: Large gauge, 24 peg, 3/4" peg spacing round loom. (example Knifty Knitter, Boye, Nicole, CinDWood). Loom used pictured below. Please remember: In loom knitting, brand of loom does not matter but peg spacing and peg numbers do, if you want a similar result.
- Knitting Tool
- Crochet Hook
- Measuring Tape
- Poly-fil (for stuffing chick)
Finished Measurements: 10-1/2" around x 4-1/2" high.
Pattern Notes
- For decoration only. This was not designed as a toy, the knitting will not be tight enough to hold the fiber-fil inside if used for this purpose. If you wish for the stuffing to stay tightly inside then line chick using a muslin/fabric sack and place poly-fil inside. Also please secure eye yarn well as this could be a choking hazard for children under 3 years old.
- 2 strands of worsted weight yarn are held throughout pattern for all elements of chick except headdress.
Yarn: Main Color and Body of Chick: Pounds of love, Lion Brand Acrylic, used in sample, 2 strands held as one, worsted #4 weight. Any worsted yarn will work with this pattern using 2 strands as one. Colors: Yellow (Body)/Orange (Beak)
Wings of Chick: Bernat Dippity Dot, worsted weight, #4, Color: Green. (2 strands as one)
Eyes: Any black or dark grey, worsted weight. (Red Heart, Boutique Midnight #4 used, 2 strands as one, color: Nightfall)
Key:
- Knit (k) = U-knit or flat knit Knit Stitches On The Loom/ Includes Ewk
- Ewk = E-wrap knit (see above for video)
- Chain Cast on: Video Tutorial
Main Body of Chick
Preparation: Take your yarn around the loom 1 and 1/2 times leaving a long tail for gathering before casting on. See Picture A below.
Foundation Round: Chain Cast on all pegs and join to work in the round.
Now, use the long tail and thread it through a yarn needle, take the yarn through the loops on all pegs (similar to a gathered bind off but DO NOT remove loops from pegs), then leave it hanging until knitting is complete. See photo A below.
Rnds 1-2: Knit
Rnd 3: Knit
Rnd 4: Chain one cast on around, then pull bottom loops over top loops. (This will create a ridge in your knitting giving your chick a unique texture and fluffy feel)
Rnd 5: Ewk
Repeat rnds 3 through 5 until total knitting measures 4-3/4 inches.
Next 3 rows: Knit
Bind off: Use gather method. Do not gather the knitting yet, leave loose until wings and face are complete.
Finish: Use Photo Tutorial Below.
Photo A: Main Body
- Picture 1 shows how to take your yarn through the loops on the pegs after casting on. This will give you a drawstring to close the bottom of your chick. A gathered bind off is done the same way except that you will take your loops off the peg as you go.
- Pictures 2 and 3 show you how to pull the bottom loops over the top loops after doing the chain one cast on in the middle of the row.
- Picture 4 is a photo of the chick after both wings have been completed. No seaming needed.
Wings and Beak
- Place knitting inside loom, right side out.
- Wing: Fold Knitting in half and find Center of knitting lengthwise. Pick up 3 stitches for wing. Make sure it's to the side of where you would like the front of your chick to be. Knit 10 Rows (using 2 strands as one in wing color), decrease the stitches to one stitch by doing a k2tog and ssk (Just move your stitches in one, knit together and repeat, making sure to decrease to the center stitch). Bind off. Repeat for the second wing. Increasing/Decreasing K2tog/Ssk Videos
- Beak: Find center front of face after doing both wings. Pick up 2 sts. Beak should be even with wings. Knit 4 rows. Decrease to one stitch by moving peg 1 to peg 2, knit sts together. Bind off.
- Eyes: Use 2 strands Black. Using the picture for placement. Take a needle and yarn and wind it twice around 2 ladders between the stitches; secure.
- Weave in all ends except cast on and bind off.
- Pull bottom closed and secure. Stuff chick so that he achieves desired shape. Pull top of head closed and secure. Weave in ends.
- Add Chicken Headdress Below.
Chicken Headdress
- Gather some yarn in a 4-inch bundle.
- Tie Center of the bundle.
- Hold ties away from the bundle and trim to 1-1/4".
- Secure to center, top of the head.
Thank you for reading. Happy Looming-Nicole
2018 copyright, Nicole F. Cox, This Moment is Good, all rights reserved.
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