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Crochet a cute pyramid chicken with this fast, no-sew amigurumi tutorial from Sweet Softies. Designed as an alternative to the popular granny square chicken, this version is worked in the round, uses very little yarn, and comes together with clever seaming for a neat pyramid shape.
The tutorial walks through the body, crown, beak, eyes, closing the opening, and tail, with clear step-by-step guidance for making the original chicken shown in the video. You’ll also see how the piece is stuffed, shaped, and finished, plus a look at the feet-out version and the original chicken design. It’s a fun crochet project for Easter, holiday gifts, stocking stuffers, hanging ornaments, or keychains.
Created for viewers searching for crochet chicken tutorial, no-sew amigurumi, granny square chicken alternative, beginner-friendly plush patterns, and fast crochet gift ideas. It’s a handy watch for anyone who enjoys cute crochet animals, small handmade gifts, and easy yarn projects with a clean finished look.
The tutorial walks through the body, crown, beak, eyes, closing the opening, and tail, with clear step-by-step guidance for making the original chicken shown in the video. You’ll also see how the piece is stuffed, shaped, and finished, plus a look at the feet-out version and the original chicken design. It’s a fun crochet project for Easter, holiday gifts, stocking stuffers, hanging ornaments, or keychains.
Created for viewers searching for crochet chicken tutorial, no-sew amigurumi, granny square chicken alternative, beginner-friendly plush patterns, and fast crochet gift ideas. It’s a handy watch for anyone who enjoys cute crochet animals, small handmade gifts, and easy yarn projects with a clean finished look.
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00:08Hello and welcome to my tutorial for the pyramid chicken. This is the no sew version of my popular
00:16granny square chicken, which is this pretty chicken using just two granny squares. I have
00:22the original and the plush versions and they are both free patterns on my blog and YouTube channel.
00:28You can find the links in the description. Now let's get back to the pyramid chicken. This one
00:35is completely no sew and worked in the round with some clever seeming just like regular amigurumi.
00:42My pdf pattern actually includes instructions for three chickens, the original that I'm showing on
00:48the right, the feet out chicken on the left, and a little baby chick right here in the center.
00:56These are all included in the paid pdf pattern, so if you'd like to check it out, please do. Also
01:02included are lots of photo references to help you through the crochet process. In this video tutorial,
01:09I'm going to go ahead and share with you step-by-step instructions on how to crochet the original
01:15pyramid chicken. So if you'd like to make this free version, stay tuned and we'll crochet it together.
01:22As a quick note, these do make really great gifts for Easter or holidays as stocking stuffers,
01:29hanging ornaments, and even keychains.
01:36For the materials, you'll need some super bulky weight Chanel velvet yarn. I used yellow, pink, orange, and green
01:42colors. I also used a 5 millimeter hook. Use whatever hook you want to create tight stitches. You'll also need
01:5012 millimeter eyes, stuffing, and scissors. Let's get started.
02:02We're going to begin with 16 chains. So first make the slip knot to start and then chain 1, 2,
02:123, 4, 5,
02:156, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16. After you make 16 chains, we're going to
02:30crochet along
02:31one side of the chain, then on the other side of the chain. And we're going to work in continuous
02:39rounds
02:40around this chain. So we're going to start in the second chain from your hook. That's this one right
02:49here. And in that second chain from the hook, you're going to make a single crochet. And basically single
02:58crochet in each chain across to the end. You're going to have 15 single crochets total. So that's
03:061, and then 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
03:3611, 12, 13, 14, and 15.
03:55And at the very end, we're going to turn our piece so that we can work on the other side
04:01of the chain.
04:02And so I'm going to insert a single crochet into the other side of that chain. It's the same chain
04:11that we made in the very beginning that we made in the very beginning. We're just working on the other
04:15side now. And we're going to single crochet 15 across the same number of single crochet stitches.
04:22So that's 1, and 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
04:571, and 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10, 11, 12,
05:21So now with 15 on each side, you should now have a total of 30 single crochets. So now we're
05:29going to
05:29place a marker here and we're going to start on round number 2. In round 2 and all the way
05:37up to round 12 or as far as you want to go, all you're going to do is just single
05:43crochet in each
05:47stitch. So here I'm going to place my stitch marker, which is actually just a yarn scrap.
05:54You can just put any contrasting yarn scrap color here to make it easy to see.
06:00And now I'm going to insert my hook into that first stitch in round 2, make a single crochet,
06:07and that holds my yarn scrap here. So my marker is going to tell me where the first
06:13or where the start of the round is. So now for round 2, we're going to go ahead and single
06:19crochet
06:19all the way around. Remember you're going to work around without increasing or decreasing.
06:27Just putting one single crochet in each stitch. And you should end up with 30 single crochets total
06:34for each of these straight rounds.
06:40And you're going to want to keep crocheting until you reach the desired
06:49height of your piece. And I'm going to meet back to show you what round 12 looks like.
06:56And also show you the measurements for rounds, um, for round one and up to round 12 to give you
07:05an
07:05idea as to, um, what kind of size or how far you want to go to. If you want to
07:10make your
07:12granny or excuse me, if you want to make your chicken a different size as mine,
07:22you can customize it to make it a different size.
07:29Here's just a quick look at round number 2 complete. As you can see, I've reached the start of the
07:36round
07:37here with round 2. That stitch marker tells me where to stop at. And I'm just going to keep working
07:45along
07:46until I reach round number 12 here. And I'll show you what that looks like when we get there.
07:55And so far you're going to keep working around and around in a continuous spiral.
08:02Here is round 12 complete. As you can see, you've got somewhat of a square
08:08looking thing. And this pocket is going to be where you stuff your chicken. And you'll want the
08:17wrong side of the piece facing in. Here's what the wrong side looks like. And of course, you'll want
08:24the right side of the piece facing out. You can see the right side has little V stitches. So it
08:32looks
08:32like little Vs stacked above each other and next to each other. Again, here is what the wrong side looks
08:41like. All right. And if you want your chicken to have the perfect pyramid shape, you can go ahead and
08:49measure the length and the width to make sure they're the same. You'll want a nice square. So here's
08:56three and a half inches. And from here is also three and a half inches. We're going to open up
09:06the pocket
09:08that you've made. And you're actually going to push the top corner to the bottom corner like so.
09:22When you do that, you will form your chicken's pyramid shape.
09:28So again, here it is. The square is flat and you're going to push the top to the bottom corner.
09:38Like so. Now what you want to do if you want to make this a fully no sew crochet pattern,
09:47we're going to pull out these stitches in the last round, round 12,
09:51until we reach the very side of the edge. So I'm just pulling out a few stitches.
10:05And here I'm at the very edge. Let's double check that.
10:12See how that chicken is looking. And yes, this is the very edge. And what you'll want to do now
10:20is you're
10:21going to fasten off or, excuse me, make that loop really large so that when you crochet and do the
10:31other finishing things on the chicken, you won't lose this working loop. We're going to use this in
10:36order to crochet across when we finish the chicken.
10:45Let's go ahead and crochet the crown using some pink yarn or your color of choice.
10:51The crown is going to be on the very top of the chicken's head. And you'll want to first have
10:59your little pocket or your square with the opening facing to the right.
11:05And we're going to crochet the crown from right to left. And it's going to sit on top of round
11:12three,
11:13round two, and round one. So flattening your chicken or your little square here,
11:22we're going to first insert the hook under round three or a stitch in round three. And you can find
11:29that by seeing the different rows here. This is round one, this is round two, this is round three.
11:37So here I'm under round three. And I'm going to pull pink yarn through like so.
11:48Here we're going to start off with a chain.
11:54And in that very same stitch, we're going to insert two double crochets.
11:59So here's my first double crochet in that same stitch.
12:07And my second double crochet in the same stitch.
12:14Then I'm going to chain and make a slip stitch.
12:20Like so.
12:22It creates sort of this little bobble here.
12:26And now I'm going to repeat that in the next stitch, which is going to be in round two.
12:32So let's make a chain and then a double crochet under this next stitch.
12:40In round two.
12:52Double crochet.
12:56Double crochet.
12:56Then make a chain and then slip stitch in that same round.
13:05Then the next stitch is going to be in round one.
13:11Make a chain.
13:19Oops.
13:20Oops.
13:22And then double crochet.
13:26Oops.
13:27Gets a little bit tight here.
13:48All right, here is that stitch in round one.
13:51I'm going to make two double crochets.
13:58One and two.
14:12Make a chain and slip stitch into that same stitch.
14:22And at the very end, you can fasten off with a long yarn tail, which you're going to use to
14:28pull into the piece.
14:33What I like to do is pull the yarn tails in and then I like to tie them together so
14:40that they are nicely secured inside of the body.
14:56Now we've got this cute little crown going for our chicken.
15:01We can go ahead and make the beak next.
15:09Now after you've done the crown, we can crochet the beak.
15:13For the beak, you're going to look at the last stitch for the crown and you're going to skip that
15:20next stitch.
15:25So with this gap of a stitch in between the beak, we're going to insert our hook into that next
15:34stitch here.
15:37Notice the stitch gap between right here.
15:43And we're going to pull yarn through.
15:52And I want to make sure I'm going on the other side too.
15:56So again, we're skipping one stitch after the crown and going into the next stitch.
16:04After you pull orange yarn through, you're going to make a chain.
16:10Then you're going to single crochet into the same stitch.
16:22Then you're going to chain and then you're going to slip stitch.
16:27For the slip stitch, I like to work backwards.
16:30So going into the back of the stitch and pulling out from the front.
16:37You could do it the normal way if you'd like.
16:42After you're done, fasten off with a long tail and you're going to pull that yarn end into the body.
17:01And that's that for the little beak.
17:09Now's a good time to attach the plastic safety eyes.
17:13I attach them between rounds three and rounds four.
17:17So from the left here, we're counting one, two, three, and four.
17:23And I like to place it around here, a level with the beak, about three stitches down from the top.
17:32So this is where I like to place the eyes.
17:35And you're welcome to put them anywhere you'd like.
17:39I'm using 12 millimeter eyes here.
17:42You're welcome to go bigger or smaller.
17:46And here on the opposite side, I also have it between rounds three and rounds four.
17:53And about three stitches down.
17:57Again, level with the beak.
18:11Now we're going to go ahead and stuff the amigurumi.
18:15I like to use enough stuffing to firmly stuff the doll, but not so much that you're going to stretch
18:25the stitches.
18:26You don't want any stuffing poking through between the stitches.
18:39After you finish stuffing your amigurumi's body, it's time to cinch up the opening and crochet it shut.
18:50The way I do that is by using a no-sew method of just slip stitching all the way across,
18:57going through both layers, the upper and the lower layer of the chicken,
19:02so that I can crochet without doing any sort of sewing.
19:09And it's quite easy for doing that.
19:13All you have to do is just insert your hook into one stitch in the front and one stitch in
19:20the back.
19:23Again, we're going to hold these layers flat so that we can slip stitch across.
19:29But I'm pulling my yarn through and making a slip stitch.
19:37So this first one's a little difficult. I'm just going to wiggle it through.
19:41And now for the second pair of stitches.
19:44Going into the front and the back.
19:48And pulling through for a slip stitch.
19:53Going through front and back.
19:56Pulling through for a slip stitch.
20:00Front and back.
20:03Pulling through for a slip stitch.
20:06Repeat that until you make your way across the entire chicken's opening.
20:36When you finish, you should have a very nicely and neatly themed opening.
20:43Like so.
20:45And you can go ahead and fasten off with a long tail for sewing or weaving in.
20:55And this is that starting marker we had from the beginning.
20:58I'm just going to pull it out now.
21:00We really don't need that anymore.
21:04Anyways, here is your chicken pyramid all cinched up.
21:10Now, if you'd like to, you can add a tail to the very back.
21:15And I'll go ahead and show you how to do that.
21:21Let's go ahead and crochet the tail.
21:24For the tail, you want to look at the back of your chicken where you just cinched up the opening.
21:32And mark three stitches in the center of the back.
21:36The tail is going to take up three stitches of space.
21:40And I sort of marked where I think the center would be.
21:45And you can eyeball it if you want.
21:47But try to line it up with the crown.
21:54And once you're ready, you can go ahead and insert your hook into that very first stitch.
22:01And I'm just going to pull this out now.
22:04So in that very first stitch, we're going to start that tail.
22:08Pull the yarn color you want for the tail out.
22:11I'm using this minty green here.
22:15And you're going to make a chain.
22:18Double crochet two times into the stitch.
22:23So that's one and two.
22:33And then in the same stitch, you're going to make a chain and slip stitch.
22:40If that seems familiar, it is.
22:43It's the exact same way you made the crown.
22:46We're going to repeat that two more times in the next two stitches.
22:51So make a chain.
22:54Double crochet in the next stitch.
22:59Double crochet again.
23:30I'm pulling it way too hard.
23:32Okay, trying to keep my stitches tight.
23:37And then make a chain and slip stitch into the same stitch.
23:44And with that, you have a little tail.
23:47Now you're going to fasten off with a long yarn tail that you're going to use just for weaving in.
24:06I love these scissors because I'm able to use the sharp end or the tip to just stuff those yarn
24:13ends in.
24:15Super convenient.
24:17And weave in any other loose ends you have.
24:20I've got this one from the body that I should really weave in right now.
24:35And that's it for the pyramid chicken.
24:38As you can see, it's a quick and easy project.
24:41And I love that this version is no sew.
24:46It is so much faster to make than the original granny square chicken I designed.
24:52There is a feet out version of this chicken.
24:57I actually crocheted this chicken in the opposite way by putting the legs on the two corners.
25:08So, as you can see, these two pyramids are in the same direction right now.
25:15But they are facing opposite ways.
25:18So, this little guy has just a tail at the back point.
25:23And in the two corners are his little feet.
25:28So, I call him the feet out chicken.
25:31And it's a really cute little chicken as well.
25:35It could definitely sit and look adorable with its little claws out.
25:41And here's the original chicken, which does not have any feet.
25:46So, if you'd like to make this little feet out chicken,
25:50his pattern is in the PDF pattern that I have available linked in the description.
25:57It's a fun alternative to make.
26:00And its body is crocheted the exact same way as this little guy here.
26:05So, I hope you enjoyed my tutorial.
26:08And happy crafting!
26:10Bye now!
26:20Bye now!