MY EMOTIONAL SUPPORT COMFORT CHICKENS!

By Stephanie Bergeron April 2, 2024

Mini Pocket Sized Emotional Comfort Chickens Circular Knitting Project – Sweet and oh so huggable!

By Stephanie Bergeron (StephanieB Creativity YouTube)

Printable Pattern PDF download is available to all members of my Patreon– join us for all the rewards!

Please Watch the Pocket Size Emotional Comfort Chicken Video on StephanieB Creativity to see how the increases are worked and the pieces are sewn together.

Body Pieces are all knit on a Circular Knitting Machine in panels. Details are simple crochet pieces sewn on at the end.

Tools:

22 needle Sentro Circular Knitting Machine or 22 Needle Addi Express Professional

Crochet hook 4mm

Darning Needle

Clippy Stitch Markers or Quilter’s Clips

Scissors

Materials:

Worsted Weight (Aran) Yarn (great Scrap Buster project) Chicken

Red Worsted (Aran) Weight for Comb and waddle

Yellow Worsted (Aran) Weight yarn for the Beak

Waste Yarn

Poly Fill stuffing

Black and White Embroidery Floss

Head/ Neck/ Chest

Long Tail Cast on 5 Needles

Reset Counter to Zero

Knit 2 rows

Increase at the end of each row working back and forth until you have 18 Needles being used

Inc 2 rows 3/4 (7 needles)

Inc 2 rows 5/6 (9)

Inc 2 rows 7/8 (11)

Inc 2 rows 9/10 (13)

Inc 2 rows 11/12 (15)

Inc 2 rows 13/14 (17)

Inc 1 row 15 (18)

Knit 4 rows.

Waste Yarn Cast Off

Single Crochet Bind off Edge

Remove Waste Yarn

(Optional do a Shell border across the single crochet edge. Slip Stich (SS) in first SC space, Then Shell in next the space (1 SC, 1 HDC, 1 SC = Shell), SS in next space, Shell etc to other end. Finish row with a SS.

Body/ Back/ Tail

Waste Yarn Cast On 11 Needles

End Waste yarn on Far Left needle add 1 single row different color waste yarn Zip Strip

Reset Counter to Zero

Add Main Color Yarn

Knit 4 rows

Increase at the end of each row working back and forth until you have 18 Needles being used

Inc 2 rows 5/6 (7 needles)

Inc 2 rows 6/7 (9)

Inc 2 rows 8/9 (11)

Inc 2 rows 10/11 (13)

Inc 2 rows 12/13 (15)

Inc 2 rows 14/15 (17)

Inc 1 row 16 (18)

Knit 6 rows.

Waste Yarn Cast off

Single Crochet Bind off Both Cast on and Cast off Edges

Remove Waste Yarn

(Optional do a Shell border across the 11 Stitch Edge -(Tail Feathers) single crochet edge.

Slip Stich (SS) in first SC space, Then Shell in next the space (1 SC, 1 HDC, 1 SC = Shell), SS in next space, Shell etc to other end. Finish row with a SS.

Gusset (neck/chest/under tail)

Long Tail Cast On 5 needles

Knit 3 rows

Increase rows increase 1 needle at the end of each row

Inc rows 4/5 (7 needles)

Knit 2 rows 6/7

Inc rows 8/9 (9)

Knit 2 rows 10/11

Inc rows 12/13 (11)

Knit rows 14/15

Inc row 16/17 (13)

Knit to Row 32

Long Tail Cast off

Following the Video Stitch the 2 Back Pieces together

With a Running Back Stitch or however you like

Crochet the Details

4.5mm crochet hook

Beak: (yellow or orange or gold yarn)

Chain 8 turn

Sc in each chain space (7 stitches) turn

Insert hook in first stitch wrap yarn over pull through = 2 loops on hook, insert hook in next stitch wrap over pull through all 3 loops on hook – 1 decrease completed.

3 Sc across to last 2 stitches – work decrease turn

Work decrease

1 Sc across to 2 last stitches – work decrease turn

Work decrease, 1 SS

Tie off

With darning needle stitch 2 sides of beak together

To make a cone.

Beak done

Waddle: Red Yarn

Ch 2

Work all stitches in same chain loop *(SS in 2nd chain from hook, 1 SC, 1 half double crochet, 1 double crochet (DC), 1 HDC, 1 SC, 1 SS)

Ch 2 – (SS in 2nd chain from hook, 1 SC, 1 half double crochet, 1 double crochet (DC), 1 HDC, 1 SC, 1 SS) Tie off leave long tail to sew this to the chicken’s chin.

Comb: Red Yarn

Chain 7

Slip stitch 2nd chain from hook, 1 HDC next chain space, SS next Ch space across to end of ch.1

Tie off cut leave long tail to sew on to top of head.

Sew the pieces together – follow the video for how to

Stuff with PolyFill

How to keep the chicken upright– Give the chicken a bit of weight. Fill a small muslin bag with poly pellets (4-5 ounces). Sew it closed securely.

Finish her up by sewing the back end closed and squishing and shaping her to your liking.

Attach Comb and Waddle

Embroider eyes

If you enjoyed this project leave me a comment.

Go ahead and share this post with your friends and if you make one of these cuties and post to Instagram please tag me @stephaniebcreativity @deliberatelycreative

It seems like everyone in the world has gone emotional support chicken crazy and I decided to join them!

My chickens are different than the trending Emotional Support Chicken knitting pattern in a couple ways. My chickens are all knitted in pieces that are sewn together and all the knitting is done on a circular knitting machine. The Video Tutorial is Here!

If you haven’t seen the Sentro 48 needle or the Addi Kingsize Express 46 needle machines before here’s what they look like!

The Sentro is marketed as a toy and the Addi as a Tool but they do the same thing! The build quality is obvious but if you just want to try it out the Sentro is worth the under $75 you will spend. The Addi is made in Germany with a great build quality and is solid and smooth working. If you know you will stick with it I’d go ahead and start with the Addi!

Body Pieces are all knit on a Circular Knitting Machine in panels. Details are simple crochet pieces sewn on at the end.

Tools:

48 Pin Sentro Circular Knitting Machine

46 Pin Addi Express King Size Knitting Machine:

Crochet hook 4 or 4.5

Darning Needle

Clippy Stitch Markers or Quilter’s Clips

Scissors

Materials:

Worsted Weight Yarn (great Scrap Buster project) Chicken

Red Worsted Weight for the Details

Yellow Worsted Weight yarn for the Beak

Waste Yarn

Poly Fill stuffing

2 Black Safety Eyes

Scraps of felt for backing Safety Eyes

Head/ Neck/ Chest

Long Tail Cast on 9 Needles

Knit 2 rows

Increase (inc) 2 needles across 2 rows *(Row 4 Immediately Increase needle on the right knit back across Row 5 increase 1 needle on the left work back across)* (11 needles)

Inc row 6/7 (13 Needles)

Inc row 8/9 (15)

Inc row 10/11 (17)

Inc row 12/13 (19)

Inc row 14/15 (21)

Inc row 16/17 (23)

Inc row 18/19 (25)

Inc row 20/21 (27)

Inc row 22/23 (29)

Inc row 24/25 (31)

Inc row 26/27 (33)

Inc row 28/29 (35)

inc row 30/31 (37)

Inc row 32/33 (39)

Inc row 34/35 (41)

Knit 5 rows.

Waste Yarn Cast Off

Single Crochet Bind off Edge

Remove Waste Yarn

Body/ Back/ Tail

Waste Yarn Cast On 21 Needles

End Waste yarn on Far Left needle add 1 single row different color waste yarn Zip Strip

Main Yarn

Knit 5 rows

Increase (inc) 2 needles across 2 rows *(Row 6 Immediately Increase needle on the right knit back across Row 7 increase 1 needle on the left work back across)* (23 needles)

Inc row 8/9 (25 Needles)

Inc row 10/11 (27)

Inc row 12/13 (29)

Inc row 14/15 (31)

Inc row 16/17 (33)

Inc row 18/19 (35)

Inc row 20/21 (37)

Inc row 22/23 (41)

Knit 10 rows

Waste Yarn Cast off

Single Crochet Bind off

Remove Waste Yarn

Gusset (neck/chest/under tail)

Long Tail Cast On 7 needles

Knit 5 rows

Increase (inc) 2 needles across 2 rows *(Row 6 Immediately Increase needle on the right knit back across Row 7 increase 1 needle on the left work back across)* (9 needles)

Knit 2 rows 8/9

Inc row 10/11 (11)

Knit 2 row 12/13

Inc row 14/15 (13)

Knit row 16/17

Inc row 18/19 (15)

Knit row 20/21

Inc row 22/23 (17)

Knit row 24/25

Inc row 26/27 (19)

Knit row 28/29

Inc row 30/31 (21)

Knit row 32/33

Inc row 34/35 (23)

Knit row 36-70

Long Tail Cast off

Crochet the Details

4.5mm crochet hook

Beak: (yellow or orange or gold yarn)

Chain 10 turn

Sc in each chain space (9 stitches) turn

Insert hook in first stitch wrap yarn over pull through = 2 loops on hook, insert hook in next stitch wrap over pull through all 3 loops on hook – 1 decrease completed.

5 Sc across to last 2 stitches – work decrease turn

Work decrease

3 Sc across to 2 last stitches – work decrease turn

Work decrease

1 sc, Work decrease in last 2 stitches. Turn

Work decrease

1 SC

Tie off

With darning needle stitch 2 sides of beak together

To make a triangle.

Beak done

Waddle: Red Yarn

Ch 2

Work all stitches in same chain loop *(Slip stitch in 2nd chain from hook, 1 single crochet, 1 half double crochet, 1 double crochet, 2 treble crochet, 1 double crochet, 1 1/2 double crochet, 1 single crochet, 1 slip stitch)

Ch 3

Slip stitch in 2nd chain from hook, 1 single crochet, 1 half double crochet, 1 double crochet, 2 treble crochet, 1 double crochet, 1 1/2 double crochet, 1 single crochet, 1 slip stitch)

Tie off leave long tail to sew this to the chicken’s chin.

Crown: Red Yarn

Chain 9

Slip stitch 2nd chain from hook, 1/2 double crochet,(4 times total), across to end and turn

Slip, 1/2 double (4 total)

Tie off cut leave long tail to sew on to top of head.

Sew the pieces together – follow the video for how to

Attach the Safety Eyes– make sure to use a strip of felt inside the head to keep the eyes from pulling out.

Sew on the Beak

Stuff with PolyFill

How to keep the chicken upright– Give the chicken a bit of weight. Fill a small muslin bag with poly pellets (4-5 ounces). Sew it closed securely.

Finish her up by sewing the back end closed and squishing and shaping her to your liking.

If you enjoyed this project leave me a comment here and on the video tutorial if you watched it!. Go ahead and share this post with your friends and if you make one of these cuties and post to Instagram please tag me @stephaniebcreativity

And a fun on on the main channel Deliberately Creative doing a sweet little ZenDoodle Zentangle mini card

I hope you all are staying cozy and doing something creative!

I have more doodle cards coming and some fun things to share soon.

Cheers,
Stephanie

Fun and surprisingly easy knitted retro classic cape! Made with just 9 easy knit wedge panels combine together to make a beautiful 1/2 circle. You can make this any length from shoulder warmer to full length cape!

circularknittingmachine #retroclassic

Materials:
2 colors Pound of Love yarn
I used 13.5 oz of the main color Marine Blue
and 3.5 oz if the accent color Black
3- 1” wood buttons

Tools:
Addi Kingsize Express 46 needle circular knitting machine (Sentro 48 would be great too)
4.5mm and a 5.5mm crochet hooks
Darning needle
Quilters spring clips(for holding edges while stitching together)
Scissors
Measuring tape is nice when adjusting the pattern wedges

Retro Classic Cape
By Stephanie Bergeron (@StephanieBCreativity)
Make 9 wedge panels
(Knit 7 panels Main Color, Knit 2 panels of contrast color

Wedge Panel Wedges start at 7 needles and end on 41 needles total 150 knit rows.

Cast On 7 needles with of waste yarn
Knit 5-9 rows (make it an odd number ending on Left side of stitches drop the Waste Yarn)
Drop First Waste yarn
Add contrasting color waste yarn Zip Strip for removing the cast on waste yarn Knit 1 row
Drop waste yarn

Reset counter to zero Change to main yarn color

Knit 5 rows
* When knitting the edge needles make certain that when the needle rises the stitch has dropped all the way down below the bump. If it doesn’t it can drop the stitch and you will have a wobbly edge* (watch video for to see this being done)

( Inc 2) Increase 1 on right needle (knit across next needle) knit across to Left needle Increase 1 stitch (you now have 9 needles with stitches) the Increase row counts as part of the 5 knit rows-
**Count 1 for first increase knit across and increase then count 2, finish knitting at row on the way back count 3, count 4 for next row, count 5 for next row. Then you will increase and count 1 as you work back to the last needle and increase (at lease that is what I do, and it works for me.)

To increase you are allowing the needle to grab the working yarn, knit past the needle so the yarn will come across the needle and pull down into the machine. When knitting back make certain that when the needle rises the stitch has dropped all the way down below the bump. If it doesn’t it can drop the stitch and you will have a wobbly edge and it won’t increase.

Knit 5 rows
Inc 2 (11 needles )
Keep knitting same pattern Knit 5 Rows, Inc 2 needles until you are at 17 needles
From now on
Knit 10 rows
Inc 2 (19 needles)
K 10 rows
Inc 2 (21 needles)
Keep knitting same pattern Knit 10 Rows, Inc 2 needles until you are at 41 needles
Knit 10 rows
Cast off with Waste yarn
Remove from Machine.
Knit all the Wedges.

Finish Ends with 4 or 4.5mm Crochet hook Slip-stitch with extra yarn to finish edges (watch video for step by step)

Steam Block all pieces to make it easier to sew the wedges together. (I use a garment steamer – you can use a steam iron -just don’t touch the acrylic yarn with the metal iron!) Yes, I’m over steaming the knitting and KILLING the acrylic on purpose – it increases the softness and the drape of the knitted acrylic yarn.
You can do it without blocking too – the edges will curl.

Sew all the panels together making a 1/2 circle using a mattress stitch (see video)
Pin flat and steam block all the seams and edges to flatted and tidy it up for the edging.

Finish the edges with 4 rows of linen Stitch
With 5.5mm crochet hook stitch along the edges in this pattern :
1 Single crochet(sc) st, 1 Chain(ch) st skip a stitch on the edge and 1 sc, 1 ch all the way across, end on a sc and then ch 2 and turn.
(For example on the neck you should have about 37 sc and 36 ch ending on the sc – ch 2 and turn.)

Neck edge (crochet 4 rows Linen stitch on just the Neck)
Front edges Crochet 4 rows of linen stitch edging on each front edge
Fold back front edging to insides and stitch down carefully to not show stitches on the outside.

Steam the Front edges flat

Bottom Edging 4 rows Linen Stitch

Buttons. If you are adding buttons space them how you want and sew on.
Frogs (Button Loops) You can buy Premade Frogs.
I made my own, with a long loop of yarn and I single crocheted AROUND the loop (the 2 strands of the loop are inside all the single crochet stitches – I didn’t count the number of stitches I just covered the loop tightly and ended with the last single crochet stitch going through the very end of the loop.)

Then make a loop in the middle that will go over the button and stitch at the crossover point. Twist each of the legs into loop and stitch to the base of the button loop.

Finally lay the cape out with the fronts close together and stitch the frog button loop to the front so it will close the cape without puckering.

Do a final Steaming to finish it off. Enjoy your cute new Retro Cape! If you make this please take a photo and share it with me on Instagram @StephanieBCreativity

Shorter shawl / capelet I would knit the panels exactly the same as the long cape just STOP increasing when there’s 25 needles –
Knit 10 more rows,
Waste yarn cast off
Follow all the rest of the directions the same up to putting on the buttons.
You might want 1 button or NO buttons totally up to you!

How to Knit the Cutest Baby Pop Over Sweater Vest on a Knitting Machine

Fun quick new baby sweater / jumper vest that is just too cute! Over on my new channel StephanieB Creativity on YouTube.

This project is really just 2 rectangles sewn on one side from the hem to the under arm and across the shoulder seam. The other side has buttons for the side and shoulde to make the super easy to put on and take off with out having to struggle with the baby’s head.

It also makes a great way for toddlers and preschoolers to practice with buttons by dressing their favorite toys!

I hope you’ll check it out!

#knittingmachinequeens #preschoolactivities

When I sat down there was a cute little potted plant on the table, that got me started with the leafy vine and then my imagination took over adding the tall flower spikes and seed heads.

When I got home I was thinking about my next video (I’m totally a last minute thinker when it comes to my videos) and decided that I need to do something bigger this week.

I found a bunch of blank muslin tote bags when I was cleaning and organizing my studio and thought that this doodle would be nice on a market bag.

I drew it all in on the bag with an Arteza black fabric marker and did all the coloring with Derwent Inktense Pencils-

I think it turned out just as I had imagined it would.

Jump Start Your Creativity! Using a Brush Pen to Color a Doodle

Just a quick short video posted to my  YouTube channel
I’m back to my doodles and having such a great time- doing this personal daily challenge really is jump starting my creativity! Try it out and let me know what you think!!

Happy week between the last two holidays of the year. I’m so excited that I actually finished editing this one. It is a fun and creative lesson with simple skills that everyone can do!

Are you looking forward to all the creative things you are going to do and share this coming new year? I sure am! I’m hoping to be more present and mindful in my art practice.

I know that more art and creativity will be shared here on my web site. There will be way more variety of projects being shared here than what I’m putting on my YouTube channel. Go ahead and subscribe!

Do you have any ideas or suggestions?

• Doodle patterns / zen doodles
• watercolor
• crochet
• knitting
• art journaling
• mixed media
• Book binding for crafters
• etc…

Yup I have a huge list of techniques and ideas I want to explore- do you have any idea of things I should look into? Leave me a comment and let me know!

Happy Eve before Christmas Eve my friends. I hope you are all staying safe and cozy with and for our friends in the southern hemisphere finding air conditioning!

I have been working on some ideas for the coming new year and I hope you are excited as I am to find out what I decide to do. Lol 😂
I’m not waiting for Santa to bring me anything this year as I have been gifted with the best community and the love of my family. That’s all I need and I hope you find what you really need under your tree, in your stocking it just in your heart this year.

Much love and just a heads up- I’ll be less consistent in my uploads until January as I’m getting over a cold and will be doing some needed rest and selfcare.

I truly appreciate you and all your generous support over the past year. I’m looking forward to more creativity and sharing ideas with you all in the coming year too!
Love, stephanie

I love sharing easy art lessons and they are even better when they can be done with coloring pages from my Cottages and Homes Instant Downloadable available in Teespring now!

These make great cards for any time of year just change them up by how you color them. You are the one in charge of you coloring. Have fun and be creative.