In our house, we like toys that actually do something, or at least require a bit more interaction than just looking cute. Flip toys fit that bill. I also wanted a super easy, super fast, attention grabbing impulse/add-on item for my craft sale events. Again, this fits the bill.
I am sure this has been done many times over since the dawn of crochet but I didn’t see an easy to follow pattern in English so I just sat down with hook and yarn and winged it from scratch.
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Pattern is written in US terminology. Gauge does not matter but tension should be loose to allow ease of turning.
MR – magic ring
sc – single crochet
inc – increase (make 2 sc in same stitch)
dec – join 2 stitches together)
ch – chain
FO – finish off
Egg Shape (make one in egg color and one in bird color)
1. 6sc in MR. (6)
2. Inc x6. (12)
3. [3sc, inc] x3. (15)
4. [4sc, inc] x3. (18)
5. [5sc, inc] x3. (21)
6. [6sc, inc] x3. (24)
7. 24sc. (24)
8. [7sc, inc] x3. (27)
9-11. 27sc. (27)
12. [7sc, dec] x3. (24)
FO leaving tail for sewing on egg piece.
Tail (surface crochet onto bird color)
*insert hook between rows 11 and 12
1. sc6. (6)
2. Ch1, turn, sc6. (6)
3. Ch1, turn, dec, 2sc, dec. (4)
FO
Wing (surface crochet onto bird color one
on each side)
*insert hook between rows 8 and 9)
Start with sc to attach working yarn to body. [ch3, sc] x3. FO
Chick Comb (surface crochet)
*insert hook between rows 1 and 2 on front side of head and work across the MR toward tail.
Start with sc to attach working yarn to body. Ch2, sc, ch3, sc, ch2, slip stitch to body and FO.
Embroider a beak and eyes according to your taste. Turn one piece so it is inside out (I turn the bird) and insert it inside the other piece. Sew around the open edge to join both egg pieces together.
