Minnie Melon, an Emotional Support Chicken
Finished
November 3, 2024
December 9, 2024

Minnie Melon, an Emotional Support Chicken

Project info
Emotional Support Chicken by Annette Corsino
Knitting
SoftiesAnimal
Gallery North
Needles & yarn
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 7 - 4.5 mm
201 yards
Big Twist (Jo-Ann) Tweed
600 yards in stash
0.04 skeins = 15.3 yards (14.0 meters), 6 grams
White
Joann.com
Lion Brand Crayola Cake
404 yards in stash
0.58 skeins = 102.7 yards (93.9 meters), 49 grams
Red
Lion Brand Yarn Studio in NYC, New York
Lion Brand Crayola Cake
71 yards in stash
0.01 skeins = 1.8 yards (1.6 meters), 0 grams
Yellow
Lion Brand Yarn Studio in NYC, New York
Loops & Threads Impeccable
379 yards in stash
0.11 skeins = 31.4 yards (28.7 meters), 13 grams
Green
Premier Yarns Sweet Roll Fruits
646 yards in stash
0.29 skeins = 50.5 yards (46.1 meters), 29 grams
5353 and 5351
Red
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.

  • Knit the patterned watermelon yarn in stockinette.

  • 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.)

  • Underside in “Deep Forest”

  • 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. (24in24) This is ESC #42

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Finished
November 3, 2024
December 9, 2024
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by Loops & Threads
Worsted
100% Acrylic
285 yards / 127 grams

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Aran
100% Acrylic
177 yards / 85 grams

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by Big Twist (Jo-Ann)
Aran
97% Acrylic, 3% Rayon
382 yards / 170 grams

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by Premier Yarns
Aran
100% Acrylic
174 yards / 100 grams

197 projects

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  • Project created: November 3, 2024
  • Finished: December 9, 2024
  • Updated: December 17, 2024
  • Progress updates: 3 updates