| Size | 17 × 16 beads |
|---|---|
| Colours | 5 · Perler |
| Total beads | 133 |
| Difficulty | Beginner (1/5) |
| Finished size | 3.3 × 3.1 in (8.5 × 8 cm) |
| Pegboards | 1 square 29 × 29 board |
| Licence | CC BY-NC 4.0 — free for personal use with credit |
Materials
About this design
The hen faces left with a White body, a Creme wing and a tail that rises up at the back. A Red comb sits on top of the head and the wattle hangs under the beak, which is Yellow like the feet. It is a cheerful addition to the farm animals, and it makes a good Easter decoration next to the sheep.
Bead counts: 60 White, 51 Black, 9 Creme, 7 Red and 6 Yellow, 133 beads in all. Buy a few spares of each colour, because the odd bead always rolls away.
Placing the beads
You need one large square pegboard for this 17 × 16 design. The feet are separate from each other but each one touches the body, so lay them in after the outline.
Ironing and finishing
Ask an adult to iron it: ironing paper on top, a medium dry iron, slow circles, and stop when the beads are joined but the holes are still open if you want a lighter look. Turn it over, press the back and cool it flat. At about 8.5 × 8 cm it is just right for an Easter decoration or a farm-set piece.
Colour plan
Perler 80-19001 White does the most work, 45% of the 133 beads, followed by Perler 80-19018 Black at 38%. Perler 80-19002 Creme (9), Perler 80-19005 Red (7) and Perler 80-19003 Yellow (6) are used only a little: small details worth marking on the chart so you don't miss them. 51% of the grid is left empty.
Working notes
All the beads touch along a full side, so it irons into one solid piece.
Hama and Artkal S equivalents
The nearest Hama and Artkal S colour for each Perler colour in this pattern, measured as ΔE 2000: up to 3 is very close, up to 6 close, up to 10 approximate.
This is an original CraftPatterns design, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0: stitch it, share it and gift what you make — please credit craftpatterns.app and don't sell the pattern itself. Want to change it? Open it in the fuse beads editor.
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