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Polly Pollock, an Emotional Support Chicken™
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Big box of Poly Pellets for creating bean bags
Big box of Poly Pellets for creating bean bags
“Bean Bag” of Poly-Pellets in a nylon sock to place inside along with Poly-Fil Fiber Fill Stuffing. Adds squishable weight and balance.
“Bean Bag” of Poly-Pellets in a nylon sock to place inside along with Poly-Fil Fiber Fill Stuffing. Adds squishable weight and balance.
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Finished
August 17, 2024
August 26, 2024

Polly Pollock, an Emotional Support Chicken™

Project info
Emotional Support Chicken by Annette Corsino
Knitting
Softies → Animal
Gift
Needles & yarn
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 7 - 4.5 mm
250 yards
Big Twist (Jo-Ann) Tweed
642 yards in stash
0.13 skeins = 49.7 yards (45.4 meters), 22 grams
White
White
Joann.com
Big Twist (Jo-Ann) Value Print
135 yards in stash
0.5 skeins = 134.5 yards (123.0 meters), 60 grams
Arcade Party
45/2993
Multicolored
Joann.com
Knit Picks Brava Worsted
1258 yards in stash
0.02 skeins = 4.4 yards (4.0 meters), 12 grams
46554 Jewel
Multicolored
Knit Picks
Knit Picks Swish Worsted
65 yards in stash
0.01 skeins = 1.1 yards (1.0 meters), 0 grams
26066 Honey
Yellow
Premier Yarns Sweet Roll Vivid
174 yards in stash
0.11 skeins = 19.1 yards (17.5 meters), 11 grams
Lava Lamp
Multicolored
Rowan Pure Wool Superwash Worsted
177 yards in stash
0.19 skeins = 41.6 yards (38.0 meters), 19 grams
148 Oxford
Blue
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Notes

  • MC for the Body

  • Various CC for the stripes (Sweet Roll Lava Lamp & Brava Peacock, Caution, Celestial)

  • Rowan Oxford for the underside

  • Video Tutorial

  • Used the 3 needle bind-off to join the two tail sections. Knit each tail section with the same number of rows. This gives you the correct number of stitches to enable you to pick up 73 in the first Body Row.

  • Knit the first Section of Chicken body in Stockinette.

  • Added two extra rows to the neck.

  • Used Swish Honey 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.

  • 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

  • Used remaining Brava Caution and Fairy Tale, plus 7 grams of Peacock from the Jewel Variety Pack

  • Decided to set a goal of 24 Emotional Support Chickens in 2024. (24in24) This is ESC #19

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Finished
August 17, 2024
August 26, 2024
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Emotional Support Chicken
by Annette Corsino
from Annette Corsino's Ravelry Store
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  • Project created: August 17, 2024
  • Finished: August 26, 2024
  • Updated: September 29, 2024
  • Progress updates: 4 updates