Bok Bok Bok

Let us celebrate the mighty chicken!  So adorable, so quirky and funny, so perfect for springtime!  Here are some clucky fun facts:

Chickens were domesticated about 8000 years ago
Chickens can lay white, brown, blue, green, and pink eggs
Chickens are not capable of sustained flight
Fear of chickens is called Alektorophobia
Chickens can travel up to nine mph
The greatest number of known yolks in an egg is nine
It takes a hen about 24 hrs to lay an egg
It takes about 21 days for a chick to hatch
The chicken is the closest known relative to the T-Rex
Chickens are omnivores
Chickens are fun to crochet!


Today I added a new fellow to the ami family.  He's a little chick...mostly.  He is dubbed Bunny Peep.  Actually, he was my husband's idea.  I was working on making a mini hen and it just wasn't happening today.  A suggestion was made and, voila!  Bunny Peep was born.  And here he is:

Yarnington on Etsy
Yarnington on Ravelry




Here are some more...conventional chickies:

Little Chicken from Orble Handcrafted

Chickie from Ana Paula

Chicken Welcome by Jocelyn Sass of Cute & Country Crochet from Craftown

Little Chicken from KristieMN on Crochetville

Chicken from Sparrow Dream on DeviantArt

Chicken from Clara's Crochet Room

Eggy from Ami Amour

And, as always, thank you to the designers!

Carrot Discovery

Meet Sebastian, my newest inductee.  And, look - he has discovered a baby carrot!  You can find Sebastian on Etsy and Ravelry.  As for the carrot, I'm offering that pattern for free (see the link below)!  Happy crocheting!

Yarnington on Etsy
Yarnington on Ravelry

Free Mini Carrot Pattern

rd	directions	total
1	using orange yarn: mc 4	4
2	(inc, sc)	6
3	(sc)	6
4	(inc, sc 2)	8
5	(sc)	8
6	(inc, sc 3)	10
7	(sc)	10
8	(inc, sc 4)	12
9	(sc)	12
10	(inc, sc 5)	14
11	(inc, sc 6)	16
12	(dec. sc 6)	14
13	(dec, sc 5), start stuffing the carrot & continue as you go	12
14	(dec, sc 4)	10
15	(dec, sc 3)	8
16	join the green yarn into the next st, dec, sc, dec, sc, sc	6
17	ss into the first st, ch 12, dc into the 2nd ch from the hook, hdc, sc, sc, ss to the bottom, ss into the next sc
18	ch 10, dc in the 2nd ch from the hook, hdc, hdc, sc, sc, ss to the bottom, ss into the next sc
19	ch 9, hdc in the 2nd ch from the hook, sc, sc, sc, ss to the bottom, ss into the next sc
20	ch 11, dc into the 2nd ch from the hook, dc, hdc, hdc, sc, ss to the bottom, ss into the next sc, fo, leave a long tail
21	insert the yarn through the next st and into the st straight across from it (so a line of yarn runs across the carrot top opening), insert the yarn through the next st and back into the opening, chain 12, ss into each ch to the bottom
22	fo, stitch the opening closed, weave in the loose yarn end
23	Enjoy your baby carrot!

Please do not sell this pattern or reproduce it in any way.  If you would like to share it, please do not copy & paste, but instead link to this page.  Items made from this pattern are not to be sold under any circumstances.  This is a pattern free for your personal or charitable use only.  Thank you!