Elsa Chikorita, an Emotional Support Chicken
Finished
December 9, 2024
December 16, 2024

Elsa Chikorita, an Emotional Support Chicken

Project info
Emotional Support Chicken by Annette Corsino
Knitting
SoftiesAnimal
Sofia, my Postal Carrier
Needles & yarn
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 7 - 4.5 mm
192 yards
Big Twist (Jo-Ann) Tweed
497 yards in stash
0.09 skeins = 34.4 yards (31.4 meters), 15 grams
White
Joann.com
Knit Picks Brava Tweed
587 yards in stash
0.7 skeins = 153.3 yards (140.2 meters), 70 grams
648469
Blue-green
Knit Picks Brava Tweed
981 yards in stash
0.01 skeins = 2.2 yards (2.0 meters), 1 grams
648469
Red
Knit Picks
Loops & Threads Impeccable
151 yards in stash
0.01 skeins = 2.9 yards (2.6 meters), 1 grams
2024-06-101457
Yellow
Notes
  • 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 Mosaic knitting for interest as follows:

  • After Picking up for Chicken body (73 stitches), knit one WS Row with Kenai.

  • Mosaic Row 1 (RS White Tweed) - k2, * slip one stitch purlwise with yarn held in back, k3 * , sl1p wyib, k2.

  • Mosaic Row 2 (WS White Tweed) - k2, slip one stitch purlwise with yarn held in FRONT, * k3, sl1p wyif * , k2.

  • Mosaic Row 3 (RS Kenai) - k2, * k2, sl1p wyib, k1 * , k3.

  • Mosaic Row 4 (WS Kenai) - k3, * k1, sl1p wyif, k2 * , k2.

  • Then knit 2 rows Kenai before repeating 4 rows of Mosaic Pattern. You could repeat the Mosaic pattern right away without the plain dividing rows. I wanted the White “stars” to look more distinctive, so I separated the mosaic sections.

  • Added two extra rows to the neck.

  • Used Sunny Day 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.)

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

  • Source for Safety Eyes

  • Decided to set a goal of 24 Emotional Support Chickens in 2024. (24in24) This is ESC #51

  • My Postal Carrier said her children love the character name Chikorita so they nicknamed Elsa, “Elsa Chikorita”

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December 9, 2024
December 16, 2024
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  • Project created: December 9, 2024
  • Finished: December 16, 2024
  • Updated: February 19, 2025
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