Fried Chicken in a Bucket Amigurumi – Free Crochet Pattern

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Supplies:
• Yarn 4/Medium Weight Yarn in…
Brown, white, and red
•4mm Crochet Hook
•Tapestry needle
•Scissors
•Stuffing
•12mm safety eyes
•Black embroidery thread

Additional Information:
Difficulty: Easy
Size: Fried chicken: 8″ tall. Bucket: 4″ tall and 6″ wide.

Have a craving to crochet something cute? These adorable fried chicken buddies are 0 calories and oh-so-cute, you’ll never want to eat them! (And you shouldn’t eat them, LOL!) This pattern is simple and easy, and it also includes a pattern for a bucket to store your adorable buddies together.

Drumstick:

In White

Round 1: 6 Sc into a Magic Ring (6)
Round 2: *Inc, Sc in the next st* all around (8)
Round 3-5: *Sc* all around (8)
Finish off here. This is the first piece of the bone made. Now we will make the second piece. Make the second following Round 1-5. Do NOT finish off this second piece made. Instead, continue on with the next round.
Round 6: Align both pieces together so their stitches align. Going through BOTH stitches at once (Pic 2), Sc in the next st. Going through BOTH pieces at once, Sc in the next 2 st (Pic 3).

1. 2. 3.

Continuing on the left piece (Pic 4), Sc in the next 5 st. Continuing on the other piece (Pic 6), Sc in the next 5 st. (Stitch count: 10. Do not count the 3 connecting stitches.)

4. 5. 6. 7.

Round 7: We will not crochet on the 3 connecting stitches that connect the bone. Repeat *Dec, Sc in the next 3 st* all around (8)
Round 8-13: *Sc* all around (8)
Round 14: Change to Brown. Working in the FLO (Front Loop Only), *Inc, Sc in the next st* all around (12)
Round 15: Working in BOTH loops, repeat *Inc, Sc in the next st* all around (18)
Round 16: *Inc, Sc in the next 2 st* all around (24)
Stuff the bone piece firmly now. You may need to use a small dowel or chop stick to get the stuffing into the piece.
Round 17: *Sc* all around (24)
Round 18: *Inc, Sc in the next 3 st* all around (30)
Round 19: *Sc* all around (30)
Round 20: *Inc, Sc in the next 4 st* all around (36)
Round 21: *Sc* all around (36)
Now we will mark where to place the safety eyes. Add a different colored eye stitch marker into the 14th and 19th stitch in Round 21. Later we will add safety eyes where these markers are.
Round 22-28: *Sc* all around (36)
Add safety eyes into the marked areas now.
Round 29: *Dec, Sc in the next 4 st* all around (30)
Round 30: *Dec, Sc in the next 3 st* all around (24)
Round 31: *Dec, Sc in the next 2 st* all around (18)
Stuff the drumstick firmly now. Continue stuffing after each round.
Round 32: *Dec, Sc in the next st* all around (12)
Round 33: *Dec* all around (6)
Finish off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Sew the remaining stitches closed and weave in ends. Cut any excess yarn.

Smile:

In Black Embroidery Thread

Insert needle with thread into the middle mouth area of the toy, and pull the needle out next to the toy’s left eye as shown (Pic 1).

1.

Reinsert needle into the middle mouth area (Pic 2) and pull needle out next to the right eye (Pic 2).

2.

Reinsert needle into the middle mouth area and pull needle out a few stitches over (Pic 3). Tie the ends of thread into firm knots and bring them inside the toy to hide. This will secure the smile. Done!

3. 4.

Bowl:

Start in White

Round 1: 6 Sc into a Magic Ring (6)
Round 2: *Inc* all around (12)
Round 3: *Inc, Sc in the next st* all around (18)
Round 4: *Inc, Sc in the next 2 st* all around (24)
Round 5: *Inc, Sc in the next 3 st* all around (30)
Round 6: *Inc, Sc in the next 4 st* all around (36)
Round 7: *Inc, Sc in the next 5 st* all around (42)
Round 8: *Inc, Sc in the next 6 st* all around (48)
Round 9: *Inc, Sc in the next 7 st* all around (54)
Round 10: Working in the FLO, *Hdc* in each st all around (54)
Round 11: Working in BOTH loops, *Hdc* all around (54)
Round 12: *2 Hdc in the next st, 1 Hdc in each of the next 8 st* all around (60)
Round 13-14: *Hdc* all around (60)
Round 15: Change to red. *2 Hdc in the next st, 1 Hdc in each of the next 9 st* all around (66)
Round 16-17: *Hdc* all around (66) Add a different stitch marker in the 40th and 43rd stitch in Round 17. These markers will mark where to place the safety eyes later.
Round 18: *Hdc* all around (66)
Round 19-22: Change to white. *Hdc* all around (66) Add the eyes into the marked areas now.
Now we will make the rim of the bucket. We will make a crab stitch.
Round 23: Crab stitch into each st all around (66)

How to make a crab stitch

Making a crab stitch is simply making 1 single crochet into the next stitch to your right. Insert your hook into the next stitch to your right (Pic 1-3).

1. 2. 3.

Yarn over, and pull the yarn through (Pic 4-6). You will have two loops on your hook (Pic 6).

4. 5. 6.

Yarn over and pull through both loops (Pic 7-9). You have completed 1 crab stitch! Repeat making 1 crab stitch all around until you’ve completed a round.

7. 8. 9.10.

Finish off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Sew the first and last stitch together to complete, then weave in the ends. Tie the ends of yarn into firm knots inside the bucket, then cut any excess yarn. Make the smile for the bucket following the instructions below.

Follow the smile instructions earlier on this page. Use those instructions to make the smile on the bowl. Done!