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Sue the Ewe
PATTERN DETAILS
RELEASE DATE:
February 1998
DESCRIPTION:
Sue is a dark-faced, dark-legged, standing-on-four-legs, stuffed sheep
about 13.5 inches long by 13 inches tall, with small horns,
mistake-stitch-rib-patterned cream-colored "fleece", a cable
down the back midline, ribbing-cuffed legs with ruffled edging, and a
separate lace shawl.
Sue is designed to be a friend to Sam the Ram, my previous sheep
design. Sam was inspired by a drawing on a note card of a sheep
wearing an Aran-patterned sweater. Sue has the same body shaping,
and the same cable down her back, but her horns are smaller (and
optional), and because she wears a shawl, I felt that a simpler fleece
design than Sam's was appropriate. She also still needed some little
thing to make the design complete, and ruffles on the leg cuffs seemed to
be the final feminine touch.
SKILL LEVEL:
Advanced -- I
caution you that the directions are complex, but I hope you find the
finished product to be worth the effort.
MATERIALS:
- YARN: please use wool (after
all, it is a sheep)
- Cream sport weight yarn for body -- about 300 yards
- Light brown heather sport weight yarn for face & legs --
about 110 yards
- OPTIONAL -- a few yard of black wool for embroidering eyes
- Colored fine yarn for shawl (e.g., sock or fingering yarn) --
about 200 yarns
- NEEDLES
- For sheep --
- 2 sets of Size 4 double point needles OR size to achieve a
gauge of 6 or more stitches per inch in stockinette stitch
- 1 or 2 cable needles/holders
- OPTIONAL -- a short (16-24 inches) circular needle in same
size as sheep
- For shawl --
- Straight or circular Size 4
- MISCELLANEOUS
- Darning needle
- Stitch markers, including at least 5 that can be pinned or tied
onto the needle (e.g., small safety pins or loops of contrasting
yarn)
- Stitch holders -- several, these need to be flexible -- yarn is good
- Stuffing -- 12+ ounces of polyester fiberfill of a color
that matches the fleece
GAUGE: The stockinette stitch pattern needs
to be a little denser than usual. Gauge is not too critical, as long as it
is 6 or more stitches per inch.
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