Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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To celebrate the Olympics we used the Emotional Support Chicken Pattern by Annette Corsino of Knitting Tree LA and got friends & followers of the shop to knit one, but first they had to choose from 205 nations taking part in the olympics and reflect the flag colours in the pattern as they knitted or Crocheted!

OH what amazing results we had! They soon were coined 'Olympi'hens' (Thanks Emme from Minnesota for that name!) and they soon started arriving at the shop from FAR & WIDE! Over 80 of them. Watch this video to see where they all came from and the total milage the 80 hens 'flew' to get to my shop in Long Melford Suffolk!

what mileage will you guess?

Want to see more of the our Olympi'hens?

BBC News article: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c51yz4d23k9o
Close ups of all 80: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCOrlMmCOH8HnTrK3Jbh7Fi0e_9vw2HaR
WATCH THE OLYMPIC Olympi'hen SHOW: youtube.com/watch?v=yKUMndKWNHM

Want to knit an emotional support chicken?
ravelry.com/patterns/library/emotional-support-chicken
Crochet one?
ravelry.com/patterns/library/emotional-support-chickentm-crochet