Earlier this month, I wanted to knit something cute to cheer up my sister-in-law, who is in isolation. (We took her a box of goodies and did a contact-less delivery, waving to each other through the glass.) I remembered this cute Rowan pattern, which I found again on Ravelry: Esther, Ernie and Enid Easter Chickens.

I chose some Sugar Bush Itty Bitty from my stash of leftovers (the colourway is Sailor’s Sky Delight) and cast on. I made socks of this yarn a while back. The leftovers seemed like a good choice for a cheerful chick.

The chick is named Bart because Mr. Math said it looked like a bartlet pear when it was first stuffed. I used lentils to weight the base and some other yarns from my leftover sock yarn stash for the details.

Here’s Bart.

Of course, Bart was leaving 😦 so I cast on another one for Mr. Math. I used the same Itty Bitty, but this time I knit it with a strand of Kidsilk Haze in Essence, which is a pale yellow.I thought a fuzzy chick would be a good thing.

I also made two changes to the pattern, both in the base, for Bart II. First, I didn’t cast on the stitches for the base as instructed: I picked them up from the middle of the main piece, saving myself a bit of seaming. The base is a triangle, but shaped with K2tog on both the left and right side. Here’s Bart’s base to show you:

The lack of symmetry irked me. For Bart II, I did the first decrease as an SSK. Here’s the base of Bart II to show you the difference.

You can see how much fuzzier the chick ended up with the KSH, too.

I had to make three. They’re Bart’s Band and here they are:

What do you think?