Have you been around the online knitting community long enough to remember the winter everyone was knitting Baa-ble hats? It was 2015, which feels like ages ago. I never got around to knitting one (you can still get the pattern on Ravelry) but I still think about it from time to time and how cute it is.
Of course any kind of knit sheep is cute, whether a hat or sheep amigurumi, which is what I’m focusing on in this post. I saw the Woolly Sheep from Claire Garland online recently (the pattern is available on Ravelry), which is what got me thinking about it. I love that this on uses mohair and boucle yarns to make the sheep actually look fuzzy, and the cute scenes she puts her characters in don’t hurt the cute factor, either.
You can stitch up a tiny sheep like this one from Anna Hrachovec (Ravelry) or a much bigger sheepy pillow like Sam the Ram from Rita O’Connell (also on Ravelry). I love his cabled body! This one is worked in sport weight yarn, but you could make an even bigger buddy with worsted weight yarn if you want.
Somewhere in between (though there’s a tiny version of this one, too) is Moss the Sheep from Fluff and Fuzz on Etsy. This one uses moss stitch for the texture of the wool, and it’s worked in worsted weight yarn. Also check out her Baa-bara the Sheep, which looks a bit like a famous sheep of a different name and is super cute worked in a fluffy DK weight yarn.
Sheldon Sheep and Friends by Amy Gunderson for Universal Yarn is a super cute black sheep with wool of different colors for their “hair.” They’re worked in bulky yarn.
If you’re looking for even more sheep related patterns, I did a whole roundup of sheep knitting patterns (ironically in 2015) when it was the year of the sheep in the Chinese zodiac. Also check out Miranda the Sheep!
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