Fair Isle Sheep by Sachiyo Ishii

Fair Isle Sheep

Knitting
August 2023
DK (11 wpi) ?
26 stitches and 34 rows = 4 inches
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 2 - 2.75 mm
12cm
English
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The pattern includes a white Boucle sheep and two sheep in Fair Isle jumpers. The bodies are worked in a similar method. If you have ‘The Woolly Sheep’ pattern, you already have the body pattern for the Fair Isle sheep.

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-woolly-sheep

7 pages

All parts are knitted flat and sewn up at the end. The jumper is one square piece with the colour work, and it is seamed on the tummy. The legs are attached over the jumper; hence it is not removable but easier to make. I used 2.75mm throughout, however, if you are a loose knitter, you may want to use a little finer needles for the ribbing band.
The project requires small amounts of yarn. Feel free to use your stash revering to the yarn information provided as guidance. Use 4-ply (fingering) weight yarn for the jumpers.
Finished size: 12cm
Yarn used
Rowan
A 25g Kid Classic Feather 828 DK (8-ply)-50g/140m
B 10g Soft Bouclé Snow 600- 50g/100m
C 5g Felted Tweed Black 211 50g/175m
Jamieson’s of Shetland Spindrift- 25g/105m
Small amounts in Spice 526, Apple 785, Mooskit 106, Eesit 105, Stonehenge 640

Tension with the needles used
• Boucle: 20 sts x 30 rows =10cm square
• DK: 26 sts x 34 rows = 10cm square
(not essential)
• Spindrift: 30 sts x 32 rows = 10cm square
Tools & Supplies
• 2.75 & 3.75mm knitting needles
• Chenille needle
• Toy stuffing