Bobble Sheep Pillow in Super Soft Merino by Purl Soho

Bobble Sheep Pillow in Super Soft Merino

Knitting
March 2013
Super Bulky (5-6 wpi) ?
12 stitches = 4 inches
in garter stitch with larger needles
US 11 - 8.0 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
458 yards (419 m)
One Size
English
This pattern is available for free.

MATERIALS

Get all the yarn you’ll need to make your own Bobble Sheep Pillow with the Bobble Sheep Pillow Bundle. It includes…

  • Main Yarn: 4 skeins of Purl Soho’s Super Soft Merino, 100% merino wool. Each skein is 87 yards/ 100 grams; approximately 348 yards required. We used the color Heirloom White, Toasted Charcoal or Soft Black.
  • Contrast Yarn: 1 skein of Purl Soho’s Season Alpaca, 100% super baby alpaca. Each skein is 218 yards/ 100 grams; approximately 110 yards required. We used the color River Rock. (Please Note: Our original Bobble Sheep featured Blue Sky Fiber’s Sport Weight Alpaca, which is no longer available.)

You’ll also need…

GAUGE
12 stitches = 4 inches in garter stitch with Main Yarn on larger needle

28 stitches = 4 inches in stockinette with Contrast Yarn on smaller needle

SIZE
19 inches wide (from chest to rear) x 14 inches tall (from top of back to bottom of belly)

NOTES
k3tog knit 3 together: This is a right-slanting double decrease. Insert right needle into next three stitches as if to knit, knit all three stitches together as if they were one stitch. 2 stitches decreased

MB Make Bobble: Knit into the next stitch, leaving it on the left needle, (yarn over, knit 1) into same stitch two times. Turn work so wrong side is facing you, k5; turn work so right side is facing you, k2tog; return stitch to left needle, slip remaining three stitches of bobble over the k2tog stitch, knit that stitch, returning it to the right needle. For a full-photo tutorial on how to make this particular bobble, please click here.

sk2p slip 1, k2tog, psso: This is a left-slanting double decrease. Slip 1 purlwise, knit 2 together, pass the slipped stitch over the knit stitch and off the needle. 2 stitches decreased