And she is all done, and packed up and waiting to be picked up out of my mailbox and sent on her way to her new home. Putting the knit blockers inside to open things up really helped speed up the drying, and I was able to stuff her yesterday afternoon and sew up the bottom. That was a little bit fiddly at the beginning and end of the opening, especially at the end, but I managed to make things look neat and tidy. She is adorable, I may have to make another one for myself. It is a pretty quick knit, if you focus on it, although the needles that I used had very sharp points, so my index finger tips did get a little bit sore from being poked - even when I tried to be careful and not use my finger tip to push on the needle tips. The gauge is tight, as required by something that you’re going to stuff, so the knitting is not effortless. I can do two-handed Fair Isle with a color in each hand, which makes the knitting go pretty fast, and the yarn easy to control. It doesn’t take much yarn - about 50 grams/120 yards for the body and 25 grams/60 yards for the contrast. I used a 16 inch circular needle for the body, and then used two 16 inch circular needles for the neck/head and tail, as well as the beak.
Pattern: Fancy Hen by Ella Austin
Yarn: Rauma Garn 3-Trads Strikkegarn
Needle: US 2.5 (3.0 mm)
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