# Free crochet pocket parrots pattern

> A free crochet pattern for a pocket parrots, with a live 3D preview. It runs to 19 rounds across 3 separate pieces. Read it round by round, or open it in the editor to see it built.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Pattern | Pocket Parrots |
| Designer | JaneW |
| Notation | US crochet terminology |
| Size | 3 pieces · 19 rounds · 276 stitches · 2 yarn colours |
| Yarn colours | #E7E7E7, #7BCBFA |
| Updated | 2026-09-14 |
| Page | https://crochet3d.com/gallery/pocket-parrots |

⚠️ **US notation.** This pattern uses at least one abbreviation that means a different stitch in UK notation (UK "dc" is US "sc"; UK "tr" is US "dc"). Work it as US, or read the UK column in the key below.

## Instructions

### Parrot body

- **Round 1:** 8 sc in ring → 8
- **Round 2:** inc x8 → 16
- **Round 3:** sc around → 16
- **Round 4:** sc around → 16
- **Round 5:** sc around → 16
- **Round 6:** (3 sc, inc)x4 → 20
- **Round 7:** (4 sc, inc)x4 → 24
- **Round 8-10:** sc around → 24
- **Round 11:** 7 sc, decx4, 9 sc → 20
- **Round 12:** 5 sc, decx4, 7 sc → 16
- **Round 13:** dec around → 8
- **Round 14-16:** sc around → 8
- **Round 17:** dec around → 4

### Right wing

- **Foundation:** chain 7
- **Row 1:** sl, sc, hdc, dc, 2dc in one st, hdc, sl → 8

### Left wing

- **Foundation:** chain 7
- **Row 1:** sl, sc, hdc, dc, 2dc in one st, hdc, sl → 8

## Abbreviations used

| In the pattern | US abbreviation | Stitch name (US) | UK abbreviation | What it is |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| sl | sl st | Slip stitch | ss |  |
| sc | sc | Single crochet | dc |  |
| hdc | hdc | Half double crochet | htr |  |
| dc | dc | Double crochet | tr |  |
| inc | inc | Increase | inc | 2 sts in 1 st |
| dec | dec | Decrease | dec2tog | 2 sts worked together |

The UK column is the abbreviation a UK-notation reader would use for the SAME stitch. Where it differs from the US one, following the pattern with UK meanings produces the wrong stitch height.

## How the notation reads

- `(sc, inc) x6` — repeat what is in the brackets 6 times — also written 6x (sc, inc)
- `3 hdc in one st` — all three stitches go into the SAME base stitch
- `sc around` — one sc into every stitch of the round below, as many as that round has — also written sc in each st around, and sc across on a row

**Open it in the planner.** [https://crochet3d.com/gallery/pocket-parrots](https://crochet3d.com/gallery/pocket-parrots) has an "open in the editor" button that loads this pattern into the 3D planner, where the model is built from exactly the text above.

**Designer:** JaneW. Published on Crochet 3D with the designer named — the pattern is theirs, not ours.

Source: https://crochet3d.com/gallery/pocket-parrots