Last night, while working on the dragon amigurumi for my nephew, my husband asked if I had done anything yet for our neighbour’s baby girl, KC, who will be celebrating her first birthday on February 28.
I didn’t have anything in mind, really, and my husband showed worry about that. He suggested that I make her a dragon.
Now that was tricky because the dragon is too complicated and as I am designing it while crocheting, it is a time-consuming project. I may never have a dragon done before February 28.
So I sat in my studio and thought about what to make for the baby KC. I decided to use the merino-soybean yarn since that would be more suitable for a baby rather than acrylic yarn which I was using for the dragon.
A hen came to my mind because I knew that KC liked animals. She’s a bit of a grumpy kid and the only things that made her smile were the animals, particularly our chickens that often went over to their house.
So I quickly worked on this last night and finished Omeletta with Eggs. I do hope the eggs are okay with baby, since they are not very small pieces. I shall have to ask KC’s mom about that too.
Hen parts: neck, head, body and tail. Egg to come later.
Omeletta is made up of these crocheted parts (above) – neck, head, body and tail. These are all easy amigurumi crochet pieces.
Omeletta with the feather duster.
Omeletta is stuffed with polyester filling and then sewed together. Sewing the neck onto the body was the hardest part. There’s a scallop design on Omeletta’s nape and I didn’t sew along the scallop but rather at the base of the scallop. Omeletta’s neck is also stuffed. I sewed over the back of the neck first, stuffed it, then sewed shut.
Omeletta with two eggs. Her small crown, beak and eyes are embroidered on.
The eyes, beak and crown are all embroidered since they were too small to be crocheted. I used plain acrylic yarn for these. It is only the head, neck, body and tail that are in merino-soybean yarn. I especially like the color of the yarn, matching the mottled color of some of our native hens.
A peek at Omeletta's eggs. The pocket is made by sewing two points of the folded edges together.
The eggs are stuffed with polyester stuffing and a couple of beans for weight. This is where one has to be careful to keep the beads in a bag or to tape the together so they don’t fall out and become choking hazards.
The pocket in Omeletta’s belly is made by pushing the eggs on her belly (for size), folding the fabric over the eggs and then pinching the folds along the two ends of the hen to see the best hold and fit. Then just sew at the two points where the folds meet.
Omeletta shows off her tail.
I sewed on Omeletta’s tail last. I folded it a bit at the base so it isn’t flat then sewed it onto her backside.
The trickiest part really is figuring out where to put the eggs such that Omeletta can sit up properly!
There! I hope you get to make one too. Let me know if you’d like to have a pattern for this, although experienced amigurumi crocheters should easily crochet this without a pattern.
Have fun! 
