Finn Bear Chicken Mod

Finn Bear has a brand-new look, and it’s one you won’t want to miss! If you’ve already fallen in love with the Bee Outfit that comes with the Finn Bear crochet pattern, you’re going to adore this little modification. This Mod transforms Finn Bear into the cutest little chicken, complete with a slip-on outfit that ties at the back—making it easy to switch between styles for endless play.

Whether your Finn Bear is buzzing like a bee or clucking like a chicken, this mod is a simple and fun way to add even more versatility to your Fable Collection animals.

The Finn Bear pattern can be found HERE, or in my Etsy shop HERE.

Hand holding a little crochet bear wearing a bee costume and a chicken costume.

If you aren’t familiar with the animals in the Fable Collection, they are the sweetest series of crochet patterns with a classic heirloom look, yet modern feel and a perfect fit for little hands. All of the animals have interchangeable clothing and accessories.

You can find the Fable Collection series of patterns HERE or on Etsy HERE.

Let’s dive in!

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NOTES:

  • Omit the wings from the original pattern.
  • If using fur yarn (I worked with 2 strands of Bernat Pipsqueak for the body and hat), add an additional ch 2 to ties on hat and outfit.

SUPPLIES:

COLORS USED IN PHOTOS:

Bernat Blanket Yarn in the colors Vintage White for the outfit and hat, Red Rust for the comb, and Gold for the beak.

ABBREVIATIONS:

BLO – back loop only

dc- double crochet

dc inc – work two dc into the same st

FO – fasten off

hdc – half double crochet

inc – work 2 sc into the same st

sc – single crochet

sl st – slip stitch

st – stitch

INSTRUCTIONS:

CHICKEN BODY:

Work your way through the Bee Costume from the Finn Bear pattern (find it HERE). Omit color changes and wings.

Stop before starting round 5 of the bee body to start the tail. Make sure the 1st st for round 5 will be in the center of the body (aligned with the bottom of the opening at the back). You may have to add or remove a st here.

Round 5: Ch 1, into the 1st st, work 1 hdc, 2 dc, 1 hdc. Then continue – sc, dec, (2 sc, dec) x 5 (21)

Once back to the stitch marker, work into the 4 sts of the tail – 1 hdc, dc inc, dc inc, 1 hdc, then 1 sc, sl st.

FO and weave in end. Complete the sl sts along the outside edge of the “V” shaped opening at the back as per pattern instructions.

Process photos of Finn Bear's chicken costume. Showing how to crochet the tail onto the body.

Check out that cute little chicken tail!

Photos showing the tail on the chicken outfit completed from the back.

CHICKEN HAT:


Complete hat as per Finn Bear pattern, omitting antennae.

COMB:


1: With a slip knot on your hook in comb color, insert hook into the top of the hat, two stitches back from the ear holes.

2: YO to complete a sc, then into the same st, work a hdc, then a sl st, ch 1.

3: Into the next st toward the ear holes, work hdc, 2 dc, sl st.

4: Cut yarn and use yarn needle to work ends into the underside of the hat, knot and weave in tails.

Photos showing how to add the comb to the top of the chicken hat for the completed outfit.

BEAK:

1: Locate the middle three sts at the upper front edge of the hat, using the ear holes as a guide. With a slip knot st on your hook in beak color, insert your hook to the 1st of the three sts and YO to complete one sl st.

2: Work a dc inc into the 2nd st, then a sl st into the 3rd st.

3: FO, and weave ends into the underside of the beak.

Photos showing how to add the beak to the chicken hat.

Your little Finn Bear Chicken Mod is finished!

I hope this little chicken mod brings to as much joy as it has for me. Don’t forget that this little outfit will fit all of the animals from the Fable Collection. And keep an eye out for more costume mods to come!

Enjoy and happy making!

Completed photos of Finn's chicken hat and outfit.

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