Chicken Stack - Doorstop, Decoration - Crochet Pattern

CHICKEN STACK

Whether as doorstop or decoration for shelf or table, this colorful chicken stack always looks great.
The doorstop variant has a useful handle which makes one handed handling a lot easier. For the smaller decorative variant the handle is simply left out.

No sewing! The chicken stack is done as one piece. No parts need to be sewn on top of each other or on to each other in the end.
Once you‘re done with crocheting, you‘re done with the chicken stack. :)

All steps are explained in detail in words and pictures, so this pattern is suitable for beginners as well, however I‘d rather recommend it for experienced crocheters.
This pattern contains 26 pages of crochet instructions and 31 pages of detailed step-by-step instructions.

Used techniques (US crochet terms): magic ring, slip stitch, single crochet, half double crochet, increases and (invisible) decreases, crocheting in front loops and back loops – explained, changeing yarn-color.
The figures are crocheted in continuous rounds/spirals, as well as back and forth in rows.

FORMAT
-pattern in PDF format (with watermarks)

• to open and read the file you need a specific program, e.g. Adobe‘s free Acrobat-Reader (www. adobe .com)

With DK yarn and a 3.0 mm hook the Chicken Stack gets to be 20 cm wide and 30 cm tall.
With Sport weight yarn and a 2.0 mm hook it gets to be 15 cm wide and 21 cm tall.

You need it smaller or bigger? No problem! Simply use lighter or heavier yarn.

Amount of DK (Sport weight) yarn:

• 61 g (32 g) beige (nest)
• 160 g (70 g) white (rooster, hen & body-parts)
• 35 g (16 g) yellow (chicken & body-parts)
• 21 g (10 g) red (body-parts)
• 21 g (10 g) contrast-color 1 (rooster feathers)
• 23 g (11 g) contrast-color 2 (rooster feathers)
• 24 g (12 g) contrast-color 3 (rooster feathers)
• 1 g (0,5 g) orange (chick‘s beak)
• a bit of black for the chick‘s eyes

additional material:

• 2 pairs of safety eyes (DK: 14 mm & 10 mm, Sport: 10 mm & 8 mm)
• soft filling
• heavy filling (e.g. pea gravel, marbles, sand...)
• a freezer bag for the heavy filling