Did you know that real chickens are used as emotional support animals to reduce anxiety and reduce isolation?
My friend Terry and I saw The Needles at the Ready podcast episode 102 where hosts Kevin and Ray told about the emotional support chickens they had knit. I was in Croatia when I watched this podcast so got yarn in the city center of Zagreb at Vuna Kavana.
There were Emotional Support Chicken kits with fun names (ie. Betty Egg-White, Dolly PartHen)you could order a kit from the The Knitting Tree L.A. “LIFE IS HARD. WE ALL NEED A CHICKEN TO HELP MAKE IT BETTER.” Was the tagline.
The Knitting Tree L.A. where I bought just the pattern designed by Annette Corsino
(Egg Machine in Croatian )j has the ya sound
My friend Alicia texted “Make sure you put a little heart in em when you stuff ❤️”
She sent this quote to me “🥹The Wizard says to the Tin Man: “And remember, my sentimental friend, that a heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.”
Awww what a great idea, Alicia. Thank you for the idea. I knit a tiny heart and stuffed it
Stitching Jajomat together now.
I love this idea. And putting a heart in it is brilliant!
That is a great idea. Much better than a live chicken.😁
What fun! I will look into making a knitted chicken, it will be much cleaner than my live chickens! They always stay outside in their coop and yard. pam
They made me smile first thing this morning. Thanks Ruth.
Are you taking orders? dc
This is so interesting, Ruth! Thanks for sharing! Miss you!
Love this!
I think we all need an emotional support chicken 🥹.
Now these are chickens I could hug. Real ones, not so much. I love how people continue to develop these creative ways to help others.
I have another blogging friend who is knitting an emotional support chicken, you are all tempting me to give it a go, if I do it will have a heart too.
I love the colors in that yarn! I had not heard of an emotional support chicken before; I wonder why that might be a preferred support animal…. ?