Crochet Applique – Hen

Find here a crochet pattern to make a Hen crochet Appliqué

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Hi everyone! After the crochet chick applique, you will find here a new free crochet pattern for a hen applique.  Add a touch of farmhouse charm to your projects with this delightful hen design. Perfect for embellishing kitchen towels, baby blankets, or accessories, this crochet appliqué is a fun and creative way to showcase your crafty skills. This is part of my farm crochet applique collection. It is super easy and fast to do. Don’t wait to make yours! Get ready to bring a little farmyard flair to your handmade treasures!

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Find below other farm animals crochet applique patterns:

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Crochet Pattern Hen Appliqué

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Please read the whole pattern properly before starting.

The pattern is written using US terms.

This appliqué is made of the following parts:

• Body
• Head
• 2 wings
• 2 feet
• 1 comb (over the head)
• 1 wattle (below the beak)

Size:

• 4 inches (10 cm)

Material:

• Yarn calling for a 5.5 mm hook in white, red and orange
• Size 2.75 mm crochet hook (B/2). You can use a larger crochet, I used to do all my crochet appliques with a 3.5 mm crochet. It will work fine but your applique will be slightly bigger.
• 2 black safety eyes (7.5 mm)
• Stitch markers (if needed)
• Tapestry needle

Abbreviations:

• chain (ch)
• magic ring (mr)
• single crochet (sc)
• increase (inc)
• invisible decrease (dec)
• slip stitch (sl st)
• half double crochet (hdc)
• double crochet (dc)

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Pattern: How to crochet a Hen Appliqué?

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The head – Crochet Pattern Hen Appliqué.

• The head is worked in continuous rounds (as a spiral). Use a stitch marker if needed.

With a 2.75 mm crochet and white yarn.

• Round 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring. (6)
• Round 2: inc 6 times. (12)
• Round 3: [1 sc in next st, 1 inc in next st] x6. (18)
• Round 4: [1 sc in next st, 1 inc in next st, 1 sc in next st ] x6. (24)
• Round 5: [1 inc in next st, 1 sc in next 3 st] x6. (30)

Cut the yarn (but leave a long tail for sewing to the body).

Put the eyes between rounds 2 and 3, spaced by 4 st.

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The beak – Crochet Pattern Hen Appliqué 

With a 2.75 mm crochet and orange yarn.

• Row 1: ch 4. (4)
• Row 2: starting in the 2nd ch from the hook: 1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 sc. (3)

Cut the yarn (but leave a long tail for sewing to the head).

Sew the beak (row 2 should be at the top) below the eyes.

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The comb – Crochet Pattern Hen Appliqué

• The comb is worked in rows.

With a 2.75 mm crochet and red yarn.

• Row 1: ch 6. (6)
• Row 2: starting in the 2nd ch from the hook: 2 sc in the next st, 1 sl st, 2 hdc in the next st, 1 sl st, 2 dc in the next st, ch 1, 1 sc in the same st where you just made the 2 dc. (10)

Cut the yarn (but leave a long tail for sewing to the head).

Sew the comb at the top of the head (from behind).

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The wattle – Crochet Pattern Hen Appliqué 

• The wattle is worked in rows.

With a 2.75 mm crochet and red yarn.

• Row 1: ch 3. (3)
• Row 2: starting in the 2nd ch from the hook: 1 sc in the next 2 st. (2)

Cut the yarn (but leave a long tail for sewing to the head).

Sew the wattle below the beak.

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The body – Crochet Pattern Hen Appliqué.

• The body is worked in rows.

With a 2.75 mm crochet and white yarn.

• Row 1: ch 7. (7)
• Row 2: starting from the 2nd ch from the hook: 1 sc in the next 6 ch. (6)
• Row 3: ch1, turn; 1 inc, 1 sc in the next 4 st, 1 inc. (8)
• Rows 4 to 10: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (8)
• Row 11: ch1, turn; 1 dec, 1 sc in the next 4 st, 1 dec. (6)
• Rows 12 to 13: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (6)
• Row 14: ch1, turn; 1 sc in the next 2 st, 1 dec, 1 sc in the next 2 st. (5)
• Row 15: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (5)
• do not turn, make 1 sc evenly all around (you do not want to crochet to tight for this part – you can also use a bigger size crochet). (approx. 32 st)

Cut the yarn and fasten off.

Sew the head at the top of the body. You can choose the position of the head depending wether you want a taller or smaller hen. See the picture below where I decided to place the head.

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The wings – Crochet Pattern Hen Appliqué.

With a 2.75 mm crochet and white yarn.

Right-wing:

• Row 1: ch 2. (2)
• Row 2: starting in the 2nd ch from the hook: 1 sc. (1)
• Row 3: ch1, turn; 1 inc. (2)
• Row 4: ch1, turn; 1sc, 1 inc. (3)
• Row 5: ch1, turn; 1 inc, 1 sc in the next 2 st. (4)
• Row 6: ch1, turn; 1 sc in the next 3 st, 1 inc. (5)
• Row 7: ch1, turn; 1 sc in the next 5 st. (5)

Cut the yarn (but leave a long tail for sewing to the body).

Left-wing:

• Row 1: ch 2. (2)
• Row 2: starting in the 2nd ch from the hook: 1 sc. (1)
• Row 3: ch1, turn; 1 inc. (2)
• Row 4: ch1, turn; 1 inc, 1 sc. (3)
• Row 5: ch1, turn; 1 sc in the next 2 st, 1 inc. (4)
• Row 6: ch1, turn; 1 inc, 1 sc in the next 3 st. (5)
• Row 7: ch1, turn; 1 sc in the next 5 st. (5)

Cut the yarn (but leave a long tail for sewing to the body).

Sew the wings on each side of the body.

 

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The feet – Crochet Pattern Hen Appliqué (make 2).

• The feet are worked in continuous rounds (as a spiral). Use a stitch marker if needed.

With a 2.75 mm crochet and orange yarn.

• Round 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring. (6)
• Round 2: ((1 sc, 1 dc, 1 sc) in the next st); 1 sl st; ((1 sc, 1 dc, 1 sc) in the next st). (7)

Cut the yarn (but leave a long tail for sewing to the body).

Sew the feet over the body.