From Crochet at About.com: Chart for Baby Chick (Front View) for Filet Crochet or Cross-Stitch

To make a crocheted background to cross-stitch the design on, starting chain is 16 chains for single crochet or 15 chains for afghan stitch. Work this background for 15 rows.

Working the Chart in Filet Crochet
For a 4-dc mesh, beginning chain is 46, plus chain 3, (which will count as first dc of first row), plus chain 2 (which is the ch-2 of the first open mesh) - for a total starting chain of 51 chains. Begin by working a double crochet in the 8th chain from the hook. Follow chart for placement of solid mesh and open mesh for each row. For a refresher on how to do open and solid mesh, see Basics link below.

Chart is worked starting at the bottom right; work first row right to left. Second row is worked left to right. Continue alternating row directions in this same manner, following chart.

For full written instructions for crocheting this baby chick chart in a 3-dc filet crochet mesh, see: http://crochet.about.com/library/weekly/aababychick3dc.htm

Approximate finished sizes (for each square) in filet crochet (once through the chart, worked in 4 dc mesh):
With size 5 thread: (29 yards) and a size US 4 steel hook, finished size is about 4.2 inches x 4.8 inches.
With size 10 thread: (26 yards) and a size US 7 steel hook, finished size is about 3.5 inches x 3.8 inches.
With size 20 thread: (24 yards) and a size US 9 steel hook, finished size is about 3.3 inches x 3.6 inches.
With size 30 thread: (22 yards) and a size US 11 steel hook, finished size is about 3.1 inches x 3.5 inches.
With fingering/baby weight yarn: (56 yards) and a size US F hook, finished size is about 10.5 inches x 10.8 inches.
With sport weight yarn: (65 yards) and a size US G hook, finished size is about 12 inches x 12.3 inches.
With worsted weight yarn: (74 yards) and a size US I hook, finished size is about 13.5 inches x 13.8 inches.

Gauge:
With size 5 thread: 5 squares = 1.4 inches, 5 rows = 1.6 inches
With size 10 thread: 5 squares = 1.2 inches, 5 rows = 1.3 inches
With size 20 thread: 5 squares = 1.1 inches, 5 rows = 1.2 inches
With size 30 thread: 5 squares = 1 inch, 5 rows = 1.1 inches
With fingering/baby weight yarn: 5 squares = 3.5 inch, 5 rows = 3.6 inches
With sport weight yarn: 5 squares = 4 inch, 5 rows = 4.1 inches
With worsted weight yarn: 5 squares = 4.5 inch, 5 rows = 4.6 inches

Basics in How to Do Filet Crochet, here: http://crochet.about.com/library/weekly/aa050298.htm

I recharted and adapted this design --- Sandi Marshall. I added all the instructions for working the chart in filet crochet. Baby Chick Design (with no chart) was originally shown in Collection of Artistic Crochet Work, by Emma Landis Ferguson, published in the year 1916. Chart was also printed (as part of another design) in Star Needlework Journal, Vol. 4, No 4, published in the year 1919.

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