I’m on my way to an Emotional Support Chicken. I’ve been seeing these pop up in my Instagram feed, and they’re all really cute. I bought the pattern last month, but I wasn’t inspired to actually knit…until Franklin Habit announced a chickalong on his Patreon. Sold!
My chicken will be mostly purple, because it takes about a full skein of worsted (200 yards), and that’s what I have in a full skein. It’s Malabrigo Rios. My stripes will be that blue/purple and orange/purple; I don’t have enough of either color for all the stripes, so I’ll need to choose one for her body stripe and one for the 2 stripes near the neck. The orange stands out more, so maybe it should be by her face, but there will also be a yellow (?) beak and red comb and wattle. Too much excitement all together? Would the blue/purple be better by her face?
This half of her tail is almost done, then I’m on to the other half. This is definitely a short row eggstravaganza, but it’s wrap and turn in garter stitch, so no big deal. I’m working on a name for her, maybe Egglantina Rose, or Aubergine (a shade of purple, and also EGGplant!).
What else have I been up to in my nearly 3 week radio silence? DH and I went to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Lots of music, and we made time for beignets and cafe au lait at Cafe du Monde, and crawfish-stuffed beignets and cocktails, too.
I went hiking with a friend in the Columbia River Gorge yesterday; the wildflowers were beautiful on a perfect spring day.
So much variety.
I’m also still knitting my brioche and assigned/algorithmic knitting shawl. It’s a really fun knit, but I haven’t had a lot of time for it in the past couple weeks. Now I’m back at it, and I have chicken knitting, too. Which isn’t the same as yarn chicken. Yet.
What’s on your needles? Are you tempted by the chicken?
PDXKnitterati 
tempted by the Yarn support chicken but still trying to finish up a short sleeve sweater with a pretty lace at the bottom. So we’ll see …
You do the BEST things with your spare time, Michele !
But I can’t say Mount Hood looks like it’s really a background object: it’s kinda omnipresent, doncha think ? 🙂
I just finished a baby cardigan. Next on my knitting needles is Cocoknits Baby Bear. I will be a grandma for the first time in September is a baby granddaughter. And I can’t wait. I want to do an emotional chicken. But, can’t wait to see yours. 🧶
Congratulations
my chicken is almost done- I just need to sew and stuff. I marled mine with a bunch of leftovers and I love her❤️
I’d love to see your chicken; I’m looking forward to stuffing mine! Just waiting for it to dry; I wet blocked the pieces.
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That is one popular bird. I don’t plan on knitting one, but totally love seeing everyone else’s. Beautiful flowers!
Wow! Your ES Chicken is a colorful bird! I’m not planning on knitting one, but it is so much fun watching other people’s develop. And reading all the punny names!
You have been having some great adventures 🙂 Lovely flowers!
I feel like there’s a lot of pressure to come up with just the right name! But I still think her name is Aubergina. Maybe she needs a last name, too.
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Aubergina is a super cute name 🙂 Henley?