The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long

[ceocka]

That's a good idea on sending a pre-paid box. ron..on your thread, have you seen anything like this yet? I got some eggs packed real well..as you can see at the first part of the year. None broken, of course!

What great packing! how exciting. You need to have to take pics of your baby and new chicks together. What a great story to share with your child later. Great memories. Congrats on both!

 

[coldupnorth]

crown-less, to show off his beautiful hairdo

hope you enjoyed!

I love it! You found a perfect (and cheap) model for your new creation!

 

[ceocka]

[COLOR=4B0082]so i guess we are supposed to post entries for the chicken tiara contest here as well so here is my entry:[/COLOR] Ok so I went a bit crazy with the photos but how often do I get to enter a chicken tiara contest?


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Step two: pick your yarns

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step three: spend half an hour looking for patterns, then realize no one else has knit a chicken crown before so make up your own pattern
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step 4: cast on 40 ish stitches
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Step 5: knit 5 rows garter stitch
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step 6: knit points. I did this by *knitting 5, turn, knit 5, turn, knit two together, knit 1, knit two together, turn knit across, turn knit two together, knit two together, turn knit across, turn knit two together, bind off. reattach yarn bind off 5 repeat from * till the end (or something like that, i didn't write it down and was kind of experimenting as i went.) you are then left with this ugly mess:
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so step 7 is: weave in all loose threads
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step 8: attach two ends together... TA DA!
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Step 9: Add eyelash yarn to the bottom
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Step 10: add beads
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Step 11: decide it is too floppy and add wire to the beads
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step 12: reshape crown points.
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step 13: get really sad because it got dark while you were knitting
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Step 14: decide to knit a shawl/cape because you are grumpy it got to dark to take photos.
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Step 15: add beads and eyelash yarn
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Step 16: beg your husband to go get a chicken for you. (sorry he wouldn't pose for a photo)
Step 17 : apply crown and cape to chicken and take many photos... in this case we used "Eli" our silkie showgirl type rooster, since he is fairly mellow and didn't seem to mind wearing a crown.
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crown-less, to show off his beautiful hairdo
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hope you enjoyed!

I love his hair do! I so desperately want showgirls! And turkeys. But definitely showgirls!

 

[mlm Mike]

So You Can Hatch In The TurneR?

Not recommended! The little chicks can get their legs caught.

so i guess we are supposed to post entries for the chicken tiara contest here as well so here is my entry:
Ok so I went a bit crazy with the photos but how often do I get to enter a chicken tiara contest?


Step one: learn how to knit.



Step two: pick your yarns



step three: spend half an hour looking for patterns, then realize no one else has knit a chicken crown before so make up your own pattern


step 4: cast on 40 ish stitches


Step 5: knit 5 rows garter stitch


step 6: knit points. I did this by *knitting 5, turn, knit 5, turn, knit two together, knit 1, knit two together, turn knit across, turn knit two together, knit two together, turn knit across, turn knit two together, bind off. reattach yarn bind off 5 repeat from * till the end (or something like that, i didn't write it down and was kind of experimenting as i went.)
you are then left with this ugly mess:


so step 7 is: weave in all loose threads


step 8: attach two ends together... TA DA!


Step 9: Add eyelash yarn to the bottom


Step 10: add beads


Step 11: decide it is too floppy and add wire to the beads


step 12: reshape crown points.






step 13: get really sad because it got dark while you were knitting


Step 14: decide to knit a shawl/cape because you are grumpy it got to dark to take photos.






Step 15: add beads and eyelash yarn


Step 16: beg your husband to go get a chicken for you.
(sorry he wouldn't pose for a photo)

Step 17 : apply crown and cape to chicken and take many photos... in this case we used "Eli" our silkie showgirl type rooster, since he is fairly mellow and didn't seem to mind wearing a crown.












crown-less, to show off his beautiful hairdo

hope you enjoyed!

Very nice. And egads, I understand all the knitting terms (DW is a big knitter), somehow I can also read a knitting pattern.

 

[angelobutter]

i am not sure what he is- he was sold to me as a showgirl but obviously since his skin is red and not black he is something else. i still love him to death though and he inspired my to get some showgirl hatching eggs which will be arriving in the next few weeks

 

[angelobutter]

Very nice. And egads, I understand all the knitting terms (DW is a big knitter), somehow I can also read a knitting pattern.

haha i almost went real knitting terms ( k1, turn, k2tog, turn, k1, k2tog, k1) but then i decided to write it all out

 

[ceocka]

 i am not sure what he is- he was sold to me as a showgirl but obviously since his skin is red and not black he is something else. i still love him to death though and he inspired my to get some showgirl hatching eggs which will be arriving in the next few weeks

Who did u get your eggs from? If I may ask

 

[misskeeter]

UGH...

Now another one is going down.. My favorite little fluffy one. .. was fine earlier, but now is lethargic and pitiful... don't have vitamins on hand.. sugar water is all I've got...

This is really too stressful for me... I was planning on going to bed early. That's obviously out of the question...

 

[angelobutter]

Who did u get your eggs from? If I may ask

cj's exotics in the "buy sell trade" section on this website I think it is titled something like " silkie/showgirl pre-order spring" at least those are the keywords. just to avoid confusion the rooster in the pics was given to me by a neighbor.

 

[ceocka]

UGH... 

Now another one is going down.. My favorite little fluffy one. .. was fine earlier, but now is lethargic and pitiful... don't have vitamins on hand.. sugar water is all I've got... 

This is really too stressful for me... I was planning on going to bed early. That's obviously out of the question... 

So sorry. I wish I had advice to give you