When Fleece and Harmony approached me to collaborate on a sheep sweater pattern it was shortly after the movie The Sheep Detectives was released in theatres. I tried to create different characters by changing the colours and using a different stranded design for each. I loved the idea of sheep climbing atop one another to peer into the crime scene.

This sweater is knit top down, in the round, with yoke worked in stranded colourwork and a stranded colourwork section before the lower ribbings. I used duplicate stitch for the sheep faces and horns but these sections can be stranded using 3 colours instead.

Ways to make it your own: use only 1 colour for the sheep; change the colours for the sheep faces; repeat the running sheep through the whole sweater.

Skills Used: stranded knitting, picking up sts for sleeves
Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)

Finished Measurements
A Chest Circumference: 32¾ (35, 39¼, 43½, 48, 52½, 56¾, 61, 65½, 70) inches/ 76 (87.5, 98, 109, 120, 131, 142, 152.5, 164, 175) cm
This sweater is designed to fit with 2-4 inches (5-10 cm) positive ease.

Recommended Yarn
Fleece and Harmony Selkirk 80 g / 200 yds; 100% Wool; light worsted
MC Midnight Mischief (dark blue): 961 (1012, 1100, 1230, 1343, 1456, 1630, 1734, 1906, 2048) yds/ 879 (925, 1006, 1125, 1228, 1331, 1490, 1586, 1743, 1873) m
A Pearl (light grey): 88 (92, 100, 112, 123, 133, 149, 158, 174, 187) yds/ 80 (84, 92, 103, 113, 122, 136, 145, 159, 171) m
B Sand (beige): 16 (17, 18, 20, 22, 24, 27, 28, 31, 33) yds/ 15 (16, 16, 18, 20, 22, 25, 26, 28, 30) m
C Seagull (dark grey): 60 (63, 69, 77, 84, 91, 102, 108, 119, 128) yds/ 55 (58, 63, 71, 77, 83, 93, 99, 109, 117) m
D Crow Wings (black): 72 (76, 83, 92, 101, 109, 122, 130, 143, 154) yds/ 66 (69, 76, 84, 92, 100, 112, 119, 131, 141) m

Needles
Collar and Ribs - Circular needles US3 (3.25 mm) 16 inches (40 cm) and length required for chest size and sleeve cuffs, or size needed to obtain gauge
Yoke, Body and Sleeves -Circular needles US5 (3.75 mm) 16 inches (40cm) and length required for chest size, or size needed to obtain gauge
Dpns US3 (3.25 mm) AND US5 (3.75 mm), or size needed to obtain gauge

Gauge
Over plain Stockinette stitch, 22 x 32 rounds = 4 inches/10 cm
Over stranded colourwork, 22 x 28 rounds = 4 inches/10 cm

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