Adorable Sheep Knitting Patterns

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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Over the years I have shared a lot of pumpkin knitting patterns, and I’ve knit and crocheted a lot of pumpkins myself. But it feels like there are always more fun things to try with knit pumpkins, so this year I wanted to look a little more beyond basic stockinette or ribbed pumpkins and share some pumpkin patterns with cables, bobbles and colorwork.

In the cable collection we’ve got these cute little basic cable and ribbed pumpkins from Elly Bear Knits. There are two sizes that make a wide, flat pumpkin and a taller round pumpkin. Both are worked in the round as a tube that’s cinched top and bottom when you’re done, and they use bulky weight yarn.

Another cute cable pumpkin knitting pattern comes from Gray Bear Akswokrat. This one is knit flat and it looks like a chunky yarn but you could use other weights to make pumpkins of different sizes. This one also has an I-cord stem and uses yarn to cinch up the sections of the pumpkin, giving it a more natural look.

Add some bobbles to your pumpkins with this design from Autumn Shelter Makes. Also worked in the round in a tube, it features a repeating pattern of bobbles and uses yarn wrapped around the outside to make segments. This one looks like worsted weight yarn to me.

Of course there’s nothing that says your pumpkin has to be a single color, so let’s throw in some colorwork. I love the look of the Cozy Fall Pumpkin knitting pattern from South Stitch Girls. The little leather loop adds a rustic touch but you could also just add a stick. These pumpkins have five colorwork options and are worked in worsted weight yarn in the round.

There’s also the Autumn Fair Isle Trio pumpkins pattern from Equestriann Style, which has three different sizes of pumpkins with four colorwork designs. They are worked in super bulky yarn in the round and look good with high contrast or more muted color combinations.

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