Free Pattern: Chica the Chicken

Thought I’d share a free pattern with you this week - first time in a while!

I have recently become obsessed with the game Five Nights At Freddy’s - it’s a horror game based on a family pizzeria called Freddy Fazbears Pizza, and is plagued by a team of possessed animatronic characters. 

Chibi Chica

One of the characters is Chica, the chicken. I was really inspired to make an amigurumi Chica whilst watching Let’s Play’s of the game, so came up with my own Chibi version of her. I thought it would be nice to share the pattern so other fans could make their own, so here it is :)

For this pattern you will need a 3.25mm hook, DK/Light WW/Sport yarn in yellow and orange. I also used 10mm safety eyes, black yarn for eyebrows, white felt and pink embroidery floss. For added spookiness I used black pastels to shade around her eyes.

Stitches needed:

Sc - Single Crochet
Inc - Sc Increase
Dec - Sc Decrease
Bob - Bobble Stitch - YO, insert hook in next st, YO, pull up a loop, (YO, insert hook in same st, YO, pull up a loop) 3 more times, YO, and draw through all loops on hook

I hope you enjoy the pattern! 

Chibi Chica

Chica The Chicken

Head and Body

In Yellow

1. Ch 2, Sc 6 into 2nd Ch from hook, or Magic Ring 6 (6)
2. Inc around (12)
3. *Sc, Inc* around (18)
4. *Sc 2, Inc* around (24)
5. *Sc 3, Inc* around (30)
6. *Sc 4, Inc* around (36)
7. *Sc 5, Inc* around (42)
8 - 16. Sc around (42) - Mark Row 13 for eye placement
16. *Sc 5, Dec* around (36)
17. *Sc 4, Dec* around (30)
18. *Sc 3, Dec* around (24)

Attach Safety Eyes Now

19. *Sc 2, Dec* around (18)
20. *Sc 8, Inc* around (20)
21. *Sc 9, Inc* around (22)
22. *Sc 10, Inc* around (24)
23. *Sc 11, Inc* around (26)
24. *Sc 12, Inc* around (28)
25. *Sc 13, Inc* around (30)
26. *Sc 14, Inc* around (32)
27. *Sc 15, Inc* around (34)
28. *Sc 16, Inc* around (36)
29 - 30. Sc around (36)
31. *Sc 4, Dec* around (30)
32. *Sc 3, Dec* around (24)

Stuff Head and Body Now

33. *Sc 2, Dec* around (18)
34. *Sc, Dec* around (12)
35. Dec around (6)
*Bind Off, Weave In Ends*

Arms

In Yellow

Make 2 

1. Ch 2, Sc 6 into 2nd Ch from hook, or Magic Ring 6 (6)
2. Sc Inc around (12)
3. Bobble Stitch, Sc 11 (12 Sts)
4. Sc around (12)
5. *Sc 2, Dec* around (9)
6 - 8. Sc around (9)
*Bind Off, Leaving Long Tail for Sewing*

Feet/Legs

In Yellow

Make 2

1. Ch 2, Sc 6 into 2nd Ch from hook, or Magic Ring 6 (6)
2. Sc Inc around (12)
3. *Sc 1, Inc* around (18)
4. Bob, Sc 2, Bob, Sc 2, Bob, Sc 11 around (18 Sts)
5. Sc around (18)
6. Dec, Sc 1, Dec, Sc 1, Dec, Sc 10 (15 Sts)
7. Dec, Sc 1, Dec, Sc 10 (13 Sts)
8. Sc around (13)
*Bind Off, Leaving Long Tail for Sewing*

Top Beak

In Orange

1. Ch 2, Sc 6 into 2nd Ch from hook, or Magic Ring 6 (6)
2. Sc Inc around (12)
3. *Sc 1, Inc* around (18)
4. Sc around (18)
*Bind Off, Leaving Long Tail for Sewing*

Bottom Beak

In Orange

1. Ch 2, Sc 6 into 2nd Ch from hook, or Magic Ring 6 (6)
2. Sc Inc around (12)
3. Sc around (12)
*Bind Off, Leaving Long Tail for Sewing*

Assembly
. Stuff Arms and sew to sides of the body
. Stiff Feet/Legs and sew to front/bottom of body
. Sew each beak piece closed, and sew to mouth. Try to curve the beak slightly whilst you are sewing  so the beak looks rounded :)
. Add hair, eyebrows and black pastels around the eyes, if desired

Chicas Bib

Chica’s Bib

In the Five Nights At Freddy’s games, Chica is wearing a bib that says ‘Let’s Eat!!!’ I made her bib from a scrap of white craft felt. I cut the bib and ties out from a rectangular piece, kind of like this…

Chicas Bib

I then embroidered the words onto the front with pink embroidery floss.

Sew the bib in place with some white sewing thread :)

You’re Done!!

I hope you enjoyed making your very own Chica! As with all my patterns, please feel free to share/sell anything you make, but please do not sell the pattern itself :)

Happy Crocheting! :D

Chica, Version 1.2

Hey all!

I hope everyone had a nice New Year and that 2015 is going well for you so far! I have been busy working on my new workspace (pics to come) and a few custom orders have come my way too, so I've been quite busy :)

You may remember in this blog post from November I made a Chica from Five Night's at Freddy's amigurumi. I was pretty happy with her, but wondered if I could improve her in any way, so I designed a newer version...

I like this version as she is free standing and more posable than the original...

...who is stuck in a sitting position.  I'm not sure which one I ultimately prefer - I will make a few more characters in both styles and see which one is better across the board :)

I hope to update more regularly this year - I checked my stats page a little while ago and was shocked I still get so many visitors, even though I don't post anywhere near as frequently as I used to. I really appreciate your continued support, and have pledged to be more active on my blog and Facebook Fan Page too, with updates, how to's and more free patterns. I hope when I am back in the swing of things I can do another giveaway as well - the last ones I did were so much fun!

Anyways, bye for now - and take care!

Chica and a Knobbly Jellyfish

Hey! Thought I'd update with some bits I've been making lately on the amigurumi front :) 

Has anyone played Five Nights At Freddy's? If you have, you should have a pretty good idea who this little guy is. But if not, Five Nights At Freddy's is a very popular game that's exploded onto the gaming scene over the past few months. It's basically about you playing as a security guard at a kids pizza chain restaurant, and things go, well, a little bit wrong with the animatronic characters after hours.

Although I haven't actually played the game myself, I love watching others play it on YouTube, especially Markiplier - he's so funny and always seems so enthusiastic about what he is doing. You can check his channel and the game itself out here.

Anyways, I thought I'd make a little Chibi Chica the other night, and this was the result...

She's a lot less scary than the original lol! I think with a little tweaking I may type up the pattern and make it available in my Etsy Shop, we will see :)

Also I have been working on a revamp of Jacob The Jellyfish; here he is half finished...

As you can see, I've added some puff stitches to the head/body piece, to make a knobbly effect; and also some gathered rows of lace trim for extra fluffiness. For the tentacles I will be adding some clear pony beads, so it looks like bubbles.

I'm always looking for new ways to update old patterns of mine - so instead of rewriting them completely I have been trying to add some other materials and elements to the design, to give people more of a challenge/something other to do apart from crochet the entire piece. I hope to have the pattern available by the end of the year, along with some other revamped favourites :)

That's all for now! Take care, and Happy Crocheting!