Not a Paper Mache Chicken - Jumbo Size
/Back in 2014, I crocheted a jumbo size amigurumi chicken for my husband that was inspired by Alton Brown’s “fry some more” paper mache chicken from Good Eats. I also crocheted a medium version, a slightly improved medium version, and a small version. I’ve finally decided to share the jumbo and medium size patterns here on the blog (the small version is part of a collection that I do not plan to share at this time). This post covers the jumbo size chicken. If you’d like to see the medium size chicken pattern, please see this post.
A few notes:
The pattern below is based on the notes I made when creating these chickens. Some parts were not documented (which I have called out where appropriate) and the pattern has not been tested so there may be errors to work around. Please let me know if you come across something that doesn’t make sense and I’ll do my best to update here.
This pattern should not be reproduced, sold, or otherwise claimed as your own. You may make items for yourself, to gift, or to sell, but always credit me as the designer and link back to this post.
Materials:
3.75mm crochet hook
Worsted weight yarns in the following colors:
White
Red
Yellow
Orange
Black
Stuffing
Yarn Needle
Terminology:
Ch - chain
Sl st - slip stitch
Sc - single crochet
Hdc - half double crochet
Dc - double crochet
Increase - 2 single/half/double crochet in the next stitch
Decrease - invisible decrease
Jumbo Chicken Pattern:
Body
In white yarn -
Round 1: sc 6 in magic ring (6)
Round 2: increase around (12)
Round 3: (sc, increase) x 6 (18)
Round 4: (sc 2, increase) x 6 (24)
Round 5: (sc 3, increase) x 6 (30)
Round 6: (sc 4, increase) x 6 (36)
Round 7: (sc 5, increase) x 6 (42)
Round 8: (sc 7, increase) x 5, sc 2 (47)
Round 9: (sc 6, increase) x 6, sc 5 (53)
Round 10: (sc 7, increase) x 6, sc 5 (59)
Round 11: (sc 10, increase) x 5, sc 4 (64)
Round 12: (sc 9, increase) x 6, sc 4 (70)
Round 13: (sc 13, increase) x 5 (75)
Round 14: (sc 14, increase) x 5 (80)
Round 15: (sc 12, increase) x 6, sc 2 (86)
Round 16: (sc 16, increase) x 5, sc (91)
Round 17: (sc 17, increase) x 5, sc (96)
Round 18: (sc 23, increase) x 4 (100)
Round 19: (sc 19, increase) x 5 (105)
Round 20: (sc 20, increase) x 5 (110)
Round 21: (sc 26, increase) x 4, sc 2 (114)
Round 22: (sc 27, increase) x 4, sc 2 (118)
Round 23: (sc 28, increase) x 4, sc 2 (122)
Round 24: (sc 29, increase) x 4, sc 2 (126)
Round 25: (sc 30, increase) x 4, sc 2 (130)
Round 26: (sc 31, increase) x 4, sc 2 (134)
Round 27: (sc 43, increase) x 3, sc 2 (137)
Round 28: (sc 44, increase) x 3, sc 2 (140)
Round 29: (sc 45, increase) x 3, sc 2 (143)
Round 30: (sc 46, increase) x 3, sc 2 (146)
Round 31: (sc 47, increase) x 3, sc 2 (149)
Round 32: (sc 73, increase) x 2, sc (151)
Round 33: (sc 74, increase) x 2, sc (153)
Round 34: (sc 50, increase) x 3 (156)
Round 35: sc 155, increase (157)
Round 36: (sc 77, increase) x 2, sc (159)
Round 37: sc 158, increase (160)
Round 38: (sc 79, increase) x 2 (162)
Round 39: sc 161, increase (163)
Round 40: sc around (163)
Round 41: sc 162, increase (164)
Round 42 - 45: sc around (164)
Round 46: sc 162, decrease (163)
Round 47: sc around (163)
Round 48: sc 161, decrease (162)
Round 49: (sc 79, decrease) x 2 (160)
Round 50: sc 158, decrease (159)
Round 51: (sc 77, decrease) x 2, sc 1 (157)
Round 52: sc 155, decrease (156)
Round 53: (sc 50, decrease) x 3 (153)
Round 54: (sc 74, decrease) x 2, sc (151)
Round 55: (sc 73, decrease) x 2, sc (149)
Round 56: (sc 47, decrease) x 3, sc 2 (146)
Round 57: (sc 46, decrease) x 3, sc 2 (143)
Round 58: (sc 45, decrease) x 3, sc 2 (140)
Round 59: (sc 44, decrease) x 3, sc 2 (137)
Round 60: (sc 43, decrease) x 3, sc 2 (134)
Round 61: (sc 31, decrease) x 4, sc 2 (130)
Round 62: (sc 30, decrease) x 4, sc 2 (126)
Round 63: (sc 29, decrease) x 4, sc 2 (122)
Round 64: (sc 28, decrease) x 4, sc 2 (118)
Round 65: (sc 27, decrease) x 4, sc 2 (114)
Round 66: (sc 26, decrease) x 4, sc 2 (110)
Round 67: (sc 20, decrease) x 5 (105)
Round 68: (sc 19, decrease) x 5 (100)
Round 69: (sc 23, decrease) x 4 (96)
Round 70: (sc 17, decrease) x 5, sc (91)
Round 71: (sc 16, decrease) x 5, sc (86)
Round 72: (sc 12, decrease) x 6, sc 2 (80)
Round 73: (sc 14, decrease) x 5 (75)
Round 74: (sc 13, decrease) x 5 (70)
Round 75: (sc 9, decrease) x 6, sc 4 (64)
Round 76: (sc 10, decrease) x 5, sc 4 (59)
Round 77: (sc 7, decrease) x 6, sc 5 (53)
Round 78: (sc 6, decrease) x 6, sc 5 (47)
Round 79: (sc 7, decrease) x 5, sc 2 (42)
Round 80: (sc 5, decrease) x 6 (36)
Round 81: (sc 4, decrease) x 6 (30)
Stuff the body sphere.
Round 82: (sc 3, decrease) x 6 (24)
Round 83: (sc 2, decrease) x 6 (18)
Round 84: (sc, decrease) x 6 (12)
Add any remaining stuffing as needed.
Round 85: decrease around (6)
Head
In white yarn -
Round 1: sc 6 in magic ring (6)
Round 2: increase around (12)
Round 3: (sc, increase) x 6 (18)
Round 4: (sc 2, increase) x 6 (24)
Round 5: (sc 3, increase) x 6 (30)
Round 6: (sc 4, increase) x 6 (36)
Round 7: (sc 5, increase) x 6 (42)
Round 8: (sc 6, increase) x 6 (48)
Round 9: (sc 7, increase) x6 (54)
Round 10: (sc 8, increase) x6 (60)
Round 11: (sc 9, increase)x6 (66)
Round 12: (sc 10, increase) x 6 (72)
Round 13: (sc 11, increase) x6 (78)
Round 14: (sc 12, increase) x 6 (84)
Round 15: (sc 13, increase) x 6 (90)
Round 16 – 31: sc around (90)
Round 32: (sc 8, increase) x 10 (100)
Round 33: (sc 9, increase) x 10 (110)
Round 34: (sc 10, increase) x 10 (120)
Round 35: (sc 11, increase) x 10 (130)
Round 36: switch to yellow yarn - (hdc 12, increase) x 10 (140)
Round 37: (dc 13, increase) x 10 (150)
Comb - Part 1
In red yarn -
Round 1: sc 6 in magic ring (6)
Round 2: increase around (12)
Round 3: (sc, increase) x 6 (18)
Round 4: (sc 2, increase) x 6 (24)
Round 5 & 6: sc around (24)
Round 7: (sc 3, increase) x 6 (30)
Round 8: sc around (30)
Round 9: (sc 4, increase) x 6 (36)
Round 10: sc around (36)
Round 11: (sc 5, increase) x 6 (42)
Round 12 - 14: sc around (42)
Comb - Part 2
In red yarn -
Round 1: sc 6 in magic ring (6)
Round 2: increase around (12)
Round 3: (sc, increase) x 6 (18)
Round 4 & 5: sc around (18)
Round 6: (sc 2, increase) x 6 (24)
Round 7: sc around (24)
Round 8: (sc 3, increase) x 6 (30)
Round 9: sc around (30)
Round 10: (sc 4, increase) x 6 (36)
Round 11: sc around (36)
Comb - Part 3
In red yarn -
Round 1: sc 6 in magic ring (6)
Round 2: increase around (12)
Round 3: increase around (24)
Round 4 – 8: sc around (24)
Comb - Assembly
Unfortunately, this part was not well documented so please follow these generic instructions: crochet all three parts together in descending order using double crochets and decreases to shape it to the head. See pictures for clarity.
Beak
In orange yarn -
Round 1: sc 6 in magic ring (6)
Round 2: sc around (6)
Round 3: increase around (12)
Round 4: sc around (12)
Round 5: (sc, increase) x 6 (18)
Round 6: sc around (18)
Round 7: (sc 2 , increase) x 6 (24)
Round 8: sc around (24)
Round 9: (sc 3, increase) x 6 (30)
Round 10: sc around (30)
Round 11: (sc 4, increase) x 6 (36)
Round 12: sc around (36)
Round 13: (sc 5, increase) x 6 (42)
Round 14: sc around (42)
Round 15: (sc 6, increase) x 6 (48)
Round 16: sc around (48)
Wattle (x2)
In red yarn -
Round 1: sc 6 in magic ring (6)
Round 2: increase around (12)
Round 3: (sc, increase) x 6 (18)
Round 4 - 9: sc around (18)
Round 10: (sc, decrease) x 6 (12)
Round 11: sc around (12)
Round 12: decrease around (6)
Wings (x2)
In white yarn -
Round 1: sc 6 in magic ring (6)
Round 2: increase around (12)
Round 3: (sc, increase) x 6 (18)
Round 4: (sc 2, increase) x 6 (24)
Round 5: (sc 3, increase) x 6 (30)
Round 6: (sc 4, increase) x 6 (36)
Round 7: sc around (36)
Round 8: (sc 5, increase) x 6 (42)
Round 9: sc around (42)
Round 10: (sc 6, increase) x 6 (48)
Round 11: sc around (48)
Round 12: (sc 7, increase) x 6 (54)
Round 13: sc around (54)
Round 14: (sc 8, increase) x 6 (60)
Round 15 – 24: sc around (60)
Round 25: (sc 8, decrease) x 6 (54)
Round 26: sc around (54)
Round 27: (sc 7, decrease) x 6 (48)
Round 28: sc around (48)
Round 29: (sc 6, decrease) x 6 (42)
Round 30: sc around (42)
Round 31: (sc 5, decrease) x 6 (36)
Round 32: sc around (36)
Round 33: (sc 4, decrease) x 6 (30)
Round 34: (sc 3, decrease) x 6 (24)
Round 35: (sc 2, decrease) x 6 (18)
Round 36: (sc, decrease) x 6 (12)
Round 37: decrease around (6)
Thighs (x2)
In white yarn -
Round 1: sc 6 in magic ring (6)
Round 2: increase around (12)
Round 3: (sc, increase) x 6 (18)
Round 4: (sc 2, increase) x 6 (24)
Round 5: (sc 3, increase) x 6 (30)
Round 6: (sc 4, increase) x 6 (36)
Round 7: (sc 5, increase) x 6 (42)
Round 8: (sc 6, increase) x 6 (48)
Round 9: (sc 7, increase) x 6 (54)
Round 10 - 13: sc around (54)
Leg/Foot Base (x2)
In orange yarn -
Round 1: sc 6 in magic ring (6)
Round 2: increase around (12)
Round 3: (sc, increase) x 6 (18)
Round 4: (sc 2, increase) x 6 (24)
Round 5: (sc 3, increase) x 6 (30)
Round 6 - 9: sc around (30)
Round 10: (sc 3, decrease) x 6 (24)
Round 11: (sc 2, decrase) x 6 (18)
Round 12 - 17: sc around (18)
Toes (x8)
In orange yarn -
Round 1: sc 6 in magic ring (6)
Round 2 & 3: sc around (6)
Round 4: increase around (12)
Round 5 - 8: sc around (12)
Round 9: (sc, increase) x 6 (18)
Round 10 & 11: sc around (18)
Eyes (x2)
Round 1: Using white yarn - sc 6 in magic ring (6)
Round 2: Switching to black yarn - increase in first 4 stitches leaving final 2 unworked (8)
Round 3: Switching to red yarn - ch1, turn, dc, dc increase in next 6 stitches, dc (14)
Assembly
Stuff the head and sew to the body.
Sew the comb to the top of the head.
Stuff the beak and sew it to the front of the head. I added additional detail by sewing a black line to denote where the beak opens.
Sew the wattle to the bottom of the beak.
Sew the eyes onto the head.
Stuff each leg/foot base.
Stuff each toe and sew it onto the leg/foot base.
Sew the completed leg/foot base with toes onto a thigh.
Once the entire leg has been constructed, stuff the thigh and sew it onto the body.
Finally, sew on the wings.
I hope you enjoy this pattern and I would love to see the chickens you make - please tag me on Instagram! Happy crocheting!
