Chicken Little 101 - Rice Stitch

I don't think Rice Stitch was part of the TAST list from the last round and I had told myself if there were new stitches then I would try and make time to do them.  And what fun!  There was something comforting about doing another Chicken Little, like getting into your PJs after a bad day at work even though its only 530pm (which makes my hubby roll his eyes but I still do it!).  That and creating a wee project that only took a couple of days was good for the soul after all the arguments I've been having with my other chicken project.

Anyway....

Rice stitch made me think of those golf jerseys with the diamonds on them.  You know the ones with the diamond patterns usually in pastel colours??  I did the large cross stitch in a single strand of pale pink and then did the 'legs' in two strands of the pink or purple to get the golf jersey look.

I like this wee guy quite a bit, firstly the original jpg is quite sweet.  And for some reason it made me think of my grandad.  Grandad always had a hand knitted jersey on and if it was warm then he wore a knitted vest.  Nanna always knitted his jerseys (and vests) and while I can't imagine him ever wearing one this colourful - this Chicken Little is for him!

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