Easy Sad Chicken Nugget crochet pattern (free PDF)

R1with gold: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3(1 sc, inc) ×6(18)
R41 sc, (inc, 2 sc) ×5, inc, 1 sc(24)
R5(3 sc, inc) ×6(30)
R62 sc, (inc, 4 sc) ×5, inc, 2 sc(36)
R7(5 sc, inc) ×6(42)
R83 sc, (inc, 6 sc) ×5, inc, 3 sc(48)
R9–1948 sc(48)
R203 sc, (dec, 6 sc) ×5, dec, 3 sc(42)
R21(5 sc, dec) ×6(36)
R222 sc, (dec, 4 sc) ×5, dec, 2 sc(30)
R23(3 sc, dec) ×6(24)
R241 sc, (dec, 2 sc) ×5, dec, 1 sc(18)
R25(1 sc, dec) ×6(12)
R26dec ×6(6)
Size before assembly: about 6.8 cm at the widest, 7 cm long; 26 rounds.
→ Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Press the piece flat to about 4.8 cm thick (oval cross-section). Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

R1with gold: 6 sc in MR(6)
R21 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 1 sc(8)
R3–58 sc(8)
R61 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 1 sc(6)
Size before assembly: about 1.1 cm at the widest, 2.2 cm long; 6 rounds.
→ Start stuffing (lightly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

R1with gold: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3–412 sc(12)
R5(4 sc, dec) ×2(10)
Size before assembly: about 1.6 cm at the widest, 1.5 cm long; 5 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly only and press it flat to about 8 mm thick.

R1with white: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3(1 sc, inc) ×6(18)
R4(BLO)18 sc(18)
R5–618 sc(18)
R718 sc(18)
R8(1 sc, dec) ×6(12)
R9dec ×6(6)
Size before assembly: about 2.5 cm at the widest, 2.5 cm long; 9 rounds.
Change to red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R6).
→ Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

Safety eyes and noses go in before the piece is stuffed and closed (see the pieces above); embroidery is easier before the piece is sewn on.

Safety eyes with a printed glint 10–12 mm (on the nugget): in round 18, 7 st apart (count along round 18: about 3.5 st each side of the centre front line).
Embroidery in black thread (on the nugget) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (in round 19, 6 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 20, 4 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 21, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Embroidery in black thread (on the nugget), straight stitches through: (in round 13, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 14, on the centre front line ) → (in round 13, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Satin stitch (on the nugget): in light blue thread, a oval about 4 mm wide and 7 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 16, 7 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left .