1/2Chicken Egg Pouch
Original design by @娇盐花卷🥨
A flat two-panel chicken pouch, worked in hdc shell rows and joined into a little bag. It fits two eggs, or use the shorter strap version as an earphone case.
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Hook
- 2.5mm
- Yarn
- 4-ply / sport
- Time
- 2-3 hours
Materials
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Stitches used: ch, sc, hdc, dc, inc, sl st, MR
Gugu Chicken Egg Pouch — Front, Back, Comb and Straps Front Panel (head on the right) Rnd 1: 13 hdc in MR (13) Rnd 2: 13 hdc-inc (26) Rnd 3: 11× (hdc, hdc-inc), skip 4 Rnd 4: Turn the work and, working into the near half-loops, 8× (3 hdc, hdc-inc), hdc Rnd 5: Turn, sc, (6 hdc), skip 1, sc, 7× [skip 1, (6 hdc), skip 1, sc], skip 1, 2 inc, skip 1, sc, dc, skip 1, (6 hdc), sc Rnd 6: sl st around (82 sl st) You can go straight from Row 5 into the hanging cord, then sl st across to join Row 6. Back Panel (head on the left) Rnd 1-4 and Rnd 6: the same as the front panel. Rnd 5: Turn, sc, (6 hdc), skip 1, dc, sc, skip 1, 2 inc, skip 1, sc, 7× [skip 1, (6 hdc), skip 1, sc], skip 1, (6 hdc), sc Comb, Beak and Wattle — all worked into the sl sts of Rnd 6 Comb: leave 5 stitches free at the top of the head, insert the hook, ch 2, 3× (3 hdc), ch 2, sl st, fasten off and weave in. Beak: count 3 stitches down from the comb, insert the hook, 3 sc, ch 2, turn the work, sl st in the 2nd ch from hook, sl st into the first sc, fasten off and weave in. Wattle: leave 6 stitches free below the beak, insert the hook, skip 1, 2 inc, skip 1, sl st, fasten off and weave in. Straps (worked into the two dc at the centre of the chicken's back) Ch 120, sl st — neck strap for the egg pouch Ch 38, sl st — strap for the earphone pouch Ch 6, sl st — small loop
Notes
Two flat chicken panels joined into a pouch, sized to hold two eggs (or a pair of earbuds). Shorthand: F = hdc, FV = hdc increase, X = sc, V = inc, T = dc, k = skip, sl = slip stitch.
Frequently asked questions
Do the two panels differ?
Only in Row 5 — the front panel has the chicken's head facing right and the back panel has it facing left, so the two sides mirror each other.
Where do the comb, beak and wattle attach?
All three are worked directly into the slip stitches of Rnd 6, so there is nothing to sew on afterwards.
How long should the strap be?
Ch 120 for a neck strap for the egg pouch, ch 38 for an earphone-pouch strap, or ch 6 for a small hanging loop.
