I did mine in crochet. And the original posters recipe is crochet. Crochet is pretty easy to do. And this sweater only has one or two types of stitches. I highly recommend you go on youtube and search for crochet stitches. There are some really good tutorials on crocheting on youtube. And...
If they are too tight, the chickens will stumble a bit and feel funky. I had to stretch mine out a bit to make it more comfortable for them. Try that and see if it doesn't help. :-)
I finally got around to making a sweater for the hens. I followed the original poster's pattern. The only thing I changed was the wing opening. I doubled the opening size.
She looked a little stunned in the first pic just after I put it on her. LOL But she soon got used to it. It was...
I have been doing a lot of crocheting lately and have been needing a project. I think I am going to follow this pattern and make my birds some sweaters!