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Fern, an Emotional Support Chicken
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Ready for final stuffing and seaming
Ready for final stuffing and seaming
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Finished
November 2, 2024
December 3, 2024

Fern, an Emotional Support Chicken

Project info
Emotional Support Chicken by Annette Corsino
Knitting
Softies → Animal
Gallery North
Needles & yarn
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 7 - 4.5 mm
201 yards
Herrschners Worsted
142 yards in stash
0.08 skeins = 39.1 yards (35.8 meters), 18 grams
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Notes

  • Donated for Fundraising to Gallery North.

  • Video Tutorial

  • Used the 3 needle bind-off to join the two tail sections. Knit each tail section with the same number of rows. (41) This gives you the correct stitch count when you pick up the stitches for the chicken body.

  • Added two extra rows to the neck.

  • Used Crayola Dandelion for the beak with Size 6 DPNs.

  • For the beak after there were 5 stitches I purled back and then K 1, slip one, K2 tog, PSSO, K 1; pull through the 3 remaining stitches and then did the seaming.

  • Double Wattle (knit the wattle and before ending it did a few plain rows and then knit the pattern in reverse.)

  • Block all the pieces after knitting and before any sewing.

  • Created an inner “beanbag” with nylon sock and Poly-Fil Poly-Pellets

  • Helpful Seaming Video

  • Source for Safety Eyes

  • Decided to set a goal of 24 Emotional Support Chickens in 2024. (24in24esc) This is ESC #41

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Finished
November 2, 2024
December 3, 2024
About this pattern
Emotional Support Chicken
by Annette Corsino
from Annette Corsino's Ravelry Store
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  2. Soft
  3. Easy care
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  • Project created: November 2, 2024
  • Finished: December 4, 2024
  • Updated: February 19, 2025
  • Progress updates: 3 updates