Allow me to present my spirit animal: a surly little black sheep named Stormcloud. He was born out of a slightly sour mood that coincided with my stumbling onto the technique of knitted bobbles. Did you guys know there was such a thing?!? I used to LOVE this bobble blanket my mom crocheted when I was small. I constantly got in trouble for dragging the huge block of squishy cream puffs away from its designated display place on the sofa. That memory led to wondering if I could recreate that look in knit and ultimately to this project. The bobble stitch is easy to memorize and creates a fantastic wooly texture.

YARN
100% acrylic worsted weight
For this project I used Loops & Threads Impeccable in black and dark grey

NEEDLES
US 2 (2.75 mm) DPNs, set of 5

SUPPLIES
Poly-Fil
Tapestry needle
Fabric paint or safety eyes
Stitch marker

GAUGE
Not important. My project gauge was 4 sts and 8 rows per 1”

PATTERN ABBREVIATIONS
K - knit
P - purl
SSK – slip, slip, knit (decrease)
SSP – slip, slip, purl (decrease)
Kfab – knit front and back (increase)
K2tog
MB – make bobble (see instructions below)
PM – place marker
SM – slip marker
CO – cast on
RS – right side
WS – wrong side
YO – yarn over
** - repeat instructions inside asterisks