This is the third lamb puppet in a set for my brother’s children who are triplets. This puppet has a charcoal or “natural black” head, face and ears. The “sweater” or body and sleeves or “legs” are a grey/black traditional two color pattern suggested in the issue of Spin Off Magazine with the puppet pattern.

The magazine notes to be sure to center the colorwork pattern before making the “legs” of the puppet. That is very important! With puppet #1, I used the beginning of the colorwork round to start the leg, and the pattern was not centered. Fortunately in that puppet it was not as critical.

You will need to center the pattern in the front of the puppet, and possibly begin the round for the first leg in a different place than where the beginning of the round has been for the body of the puppet.

In this puppet I very carefully copied the centered design as shown in the magazine photo. As a result the “sweater” portion has a “v-neck” in front, and a centered peak in the design at the back neck. This particular colorwork pattern required more concentration to integrate the leg (sleeve) design into the body, but it was worth the extra effort.

I added blue trim at the bottom of the sweater for interest, as this is for a young child. I thought the children might enjoy a bright color accent more than only natural colors.

The unspun “top” fiber (like roving) is used to stuff the head of the puppet for shaping. I used short “scrap” size pieces of yarn in suitable colors for embroidering the facial features.

Recommendation: I strongly recommend using a light colored yarn for the head of the puppet when knitting this pattern for the first time. It is much easier to see the necessary decrease stitches used for shaping in a light colored yarn. It is more difficult to count the shaping stitches at this gauge when using black yarn.