|
Your wish is ever my command, my darlings. Without further ado, I give you the Chicken Shawl. This triangular shawl is worked in garter stitch with DK yarn on size 7 needles. The front two corners are tacked together, because chickens can’t use shawl pins.
FYI for those who may care to make one for their own baby chickens: chickens do not seem to be very fond of knitwear. When I put the Chicken Shawl on Martha, she laid down and would not get back up again until it had been removed. Although this was a fine display of non-violent resistance, it made photography difficult.
Instructions:
1. Cast on 1 stitch. KFB.
2. (And every wrong-side row) Knit across.
3. (And every right-side row) KFB, knit across to last stitch, KFB.
Continue for about 4 inches, or to size. Cast off, and use cast-off tail to tack the front corners together. Apply to your chicken and admire.
ETA I have added the pattern to Ravelry.
Tags: Chicken Shawl, FO, Free Knitting Patterns, My Peeps
Comments (32)
TrackBack
« Back
| First | Home | RSS |
Forward »
|
ROFL.
I had a similar non-violent disobedience from a kitten. I put a figure 8 collar on this 8 week old and he fell to the floor like I shot him and refused to get back up again.
cute shawl, shame Martha doesn’t like it
Comment by Risa —
April 16, 2009 @ 11:39 am
--------------------------
I almost said, “like a cat when you put a harness on and try to take them for a walk,” but I thought it might be too obscure an experience!
Comment by Erika —
April 16, 2009 @ 11:48 am
--------------------------
I’m well experienced with the cat harness. I felt guilty about my cat not being allowed outside, so I bought a harness, more to let her explore than to take her on a walk. Every time I put it on she lays down and refuses to get up.
Comment by Another Erika —
April 16, 2009 @ 12:05 pm
--------------------------
My cats got over the harness after a while, but I have also experienced it. BTW, I love the chicken shawl. This may be the next tree sweater, you know.
Comment by Jennifer —
April 16, 2009 @ 12:35 pm
--------------------------
Erika, Erika, Erika. No pillbox hat to match?
Comment by Patti —
April 16, 2009 @ 12:39 pm
--------------------------
LoL! That is fabulous!! I needed a good laugh just now. I have a flock of chickens out in my yard. I wonder how a full grown chicken would re-act to a shawl? I wonder if it’s even worth a try, or if my roaster would kill me first.
Thank you so much for sharing this!
Comment by Heidi —
April 16, 2009 @ 1:58 pm
--------------------------
adorable… This might be one of the fastest knitted project ever, I wonder if there a Guinness Record for that…
Comment by cici —
April 16, 2009 @ 2:08 pm
--------------------------
The first thing I thought of was trying to put a harness on my parrot (yes they do sell them for parrots). She lay down and became stiff as a board and refused to move until it was off (no parrot was harmed in the attempt except maybe in the pride department). The chicken looks much cuter in her shawl but equally pissed off.
Comment by Katharine —
April 16, 2009 @ 2:56 pm
--------------------------
This is teh AWESOME. Makes me think of a famous chicken screeching “the sky is falling!!” Dunno why. Very kid-bookish looking.
Comment by kellys —
April 16, 2009 @ 3:31 pm
--------------------------
Took me way too long to find this link:
http://www.happygoodluck.com/Knitting.htm
Enjoy!
And have you turned out the chickens’ light yet, so they learn about the concept of Night? It’s a lot of loud mass hysteria!
Comment by gayle —
April 17, 2009 @ 5:21 am
--------------------------
My life is now complete. I cracked up, seriously. This is the best blog post in the history of blog posts!
Comment by meg mcg —
April 17, 2009 @ 5:21 am
--------------------------
What kind of chick is that?? It looks huge. We needed lots of shawls yesterday…we had a near tragedy when I found our heat lamp hadn’t kept our 2-day old chicks warm enough and they were sprawled out in chick comas. Miraculously, some time back in the incubator revived them.
Comment by Sarah —
April 17, 2009 @ 6:09 am
--------------------------
Just found you, thanks to Mason Dixon Knitting! (I’m sure you’ll get a spike!)
I love it…chickens and knitting together…what more could a blogger ask for?
Comment by Julie —
April 17, 2009 @ 7:55 am
--------------------------
LOL Did you make one for each? :O)
Comment by Lori —
April 17, 2009 @ 8:04 am
--------------------------
I love the Chicken Shawl. Did you see you were mentioned on Mason-Dixon?
http://www.masondixonknitting.com/archives/2009_04.html#002668
Comment by Yvonne —
April 17, 2009 @ 8:13 am
--------------------------
I go away for a week and what do I come back too? Martha in a shawl. You’ve outdone yourself.
I agree it’s a shame she doesn’t like it. It would look good for a ‘Chicken Little Renactment costume` on Chicken Day, if there is such a thing.
Comment by Northmoon —
April 17, 2009 @ 2:15 pm
--------------------------
LOVE (1 zillion)
Comment by puggerhugger —
April 17, 2009 @ 3:29 pm
--------------------------
OMG, that’s just hilarious! Cute, too. I sent the pattern to a friend who loves chickens. She doesn’t have any real chickies, but she does have lots of wood, papier-mache, etc. Why shouldn’t they also have shawls?
Comment by Leslie —
April 17, 2009 @ 7:16 pm
--------------------------
Cute. Funny. Wonderful. But is it Sunday yet?
Comment by Ryan —
April 17, 2009 @ 8:35 pm
--------------------------
Just stopped by from M-D Knitting. My chicks are also about this size and will move into my chicken tractor in a few weeks. No knitting for them — I have an even dozen, and I don’t want any hard feelings amongst the pullets.
Comment by martha in mobile —
April 18, 2009 @ 5:10 pm
--------------------------
Absolutely WONDERFUL — the photos, the shawl, the caption about non-violent resistance.
Comment by Laura —
April 18, 2009 @ 5:55 pm
--------------------------
This is so incredibly genius! I found it on Ravelry and have been lol-ing and marveling for several minutes now. I also submitted it to Cuteoverload.com! I hope you don’t mind!
Comment by Susanna —
April 18, 2009 @ 9:20 pm
--------------------------
Oh, Erika. First a tree, now a chick. What’s next? LOL
Comment by Norma —
April 19, 2009 @ 4:53 am
--------------------------
cat in a harness – take the cat for a drag.
Comment by Stine —
April 19, 2009 @ 5:24 am
--------------------------
My daughter sent me this link, I suppose because I crochet AND I raise MANY chickens… LOL, can you transfer this into a crochet pattern? OMG the chick is too cute…Carol the crow artist and chick raiser
Comment by Carol —
April 19, 2009 @ 6:18 am
--------------------------
OMG! I LOVE this. I wish I still had my city-council banned chicks to make little shawls for. I had to include this in my blog, it gave me a great laugh on this dreary April Tuesday.
Comment by Woodchuck —
April 21, 2009 @ 4:29 am
--------------------------
That is the most adorable thing I’ve seen all week. I’d love to keep chickens, but I don’t think I would ever have thought of knitting for them!
Comment by Deena —
April 21, 2009 @ 7:48 am
--------------------------
Love (2 zillion)
Comment by Rain —
April 23, 2009 @ 2:46 am
--------------------------
Found you through Ravelry and just had to come by and congratulate you on this. This is fabulous and OMG funny. Love it. You have a wonderful sense of humor!
Comment by shea —
April 27, 2009 @ 5:56 pm
--------------------------
[...] it’s on dogs, downright dangerous when you extend the concept to cats. And here’s a shawl on a real live chicken. [Aside: Redshirt Knitting's narrative of chicken husbandry is so funny and appealing, it makes me [...]
Pingback by Sleeping in Public, Finished Hats, Dressing Cats « Knit Like You Mean It. —
May 1, 2009 @ 3:25 am
--------------------------
This is cracking me up! On a more serious note, my husband the Root Cause
Analyst said, and I quote: “They should make chick VESTS, because the chick doesn’t
like her wings covered up. They use their wings for balance, and they feel off-balance
with the shawl on.”
While that doesn’t explain why you have to take a cat for a drag,
he may have something to add to Chick Knit.
I found some idea-sparkers. My personal fave is the Cabaret Capelet,
for those nights on the town.
http://www.fabulousyarn.com/stitchdiva_Patterns_allpatterns.shtml
http://www.interweavestore.com/Knitting/Patterns/Wraps-Ponchos-Shrugs.html
Of course you genius knitters will figure out how to make it socially acceptable among Chicks.
Comment by Jeanne —
May 2, 2009 @ 4:05 am
--------------------------
I cannot get over how hysterical this is, especially the refusal to stand up. Can’t wait until I have some chickens of my own to knit for!
Comment by Kara —
January 28, 2010 @ 8:25 pm
--------------------------