Knitted Pillow Sheep

author of the master class   Natalia

further words of the author

To knit the pillow-toy Sheep you will need:

* hook № 2, № 3 and № 3.5,

* beige cotton yarn – for knitting the head, ears, and paws,

* chocolate-colored cotton yarn – for knitting the hooves,

* pink "grass" yarn – for knitting the pillow-body of the sheep,   

* black iris yarn – for "drawing" the smile,

* brown (hazel) safety eyes,

* A LOT of stuffing for toys,

* scissors,

* needle for sewing parts,

* measuring tape.

Abbreviations used in the pattern:

- CH – chain stitch

- SC – single crochet

- INC – increase,

- DEC – decrease,

- (…) – number of stitches in a row after it has been completely knitted

- (sequence) * times – the sequence of actions indicated in parentheses should be repeated the specified number of times.

Pattern for Knitting the Pillow-Toy Sheep.

Body-pillow (1 piece) – pink "grass" yarn, hook № 3.5.

Here you will need to prepare for a long knitting session. It took me 2 days for this.

As I mentioned before, the pillow will be round and flat. It is knitted quite simply.

Phew, finally finished knitting :-)  We tighten the hole, hide the yarn.

Knitting with "grass" yarn is quite capricious; you have to watch the number of stitches very carefully. Be sure to mark the beginning of the row and periodically recount the number of stitches.

This time I managed without losses, which I wish for you too!

The diameter of the pillow was 21 cm. Here it is, fluffy, soft, and pink )

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Head  (1 piece) – beige yarn, hook №2

Measure and cut a thread 45-50 cm long for sewing.

The knitting of the head is not finished yet.

The upper fluffy and fuzzy part of the head is knitted with pink "grass" yarn, hook №3.

Finish knitting with a slip stitch (SS), cut and hide the thread
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Ears (2 pieces) – beige yarn, hook №2

Fold the piece in half and sew with single crochets.

Measure and cut a thread 15-20 cm long for sewing the piece to the head.

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Paws (4 pieces) – chocolate and beige yarn, hook №2

Measure and cut a thread 20-25 cm long for sewing the paws to the body.

The length of one paw is approximately 18 cm.

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Decoration and assembly of parts
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Insert the safety eyes. Connect the fuzzy and smooth parts of the head and sew them together, remembering to stuff them with toy stuffing.

The length of the head was 11 cm. You can also knit the eyes if you wish, as I did when knitting the first Sheep-pillow
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With black yarn (iris) embroider the line of the mouth and nose. Optionally, you can "draw" eyebrows and eyelashes. I did not do that.

Fold the ears in half, giving them the desired shape, and sew them to the head.

Sew the paws to the body-pillow on all four sides.

And the final touch, sew the head to the body-pillow.

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