Knitted Fuzzy Lamb

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I found a great pattern online (and FREE) for a little knitted and stuffed lamb. Using 'Beautiful' yarn, both the white and a skein of gray for the face and feet, and size US 6 needles, I followed the free instructions . It was my first attempt at making a knitted toy, and my prior experience with knitting has been scarves and hats and my felted purse. So this was really fun. I enjoyed following a fussy little pattern. Something like this doesn't give you a chance to get bored because nearly every row is something different!

 Fuzzy Lamb on the woodpile

I know. The eyelashes kinda make it look like Lamb Chop, don't they. 
or maybe they make him look like Shari Lewis

 

 Fuzzy Lamb outdoors

You too can get the FREE pattern for 'Fuzzy Lamb.' My second attempt (below) turned out better because I used a thicker black yarn for the face which didn't leave little holes PLUS he has much more of a 'Scottish Blackface' look, which I like better. An Amish Scottish Blackface, that is, ...until I get the eyes, nose, and mouth sewn on.

After that, I knitted a toy pig, using instructions from the book, The World of Knitted Toys by Kath Dalmeny.

On Amazon, the book is shown as out of stock, but is still available from other sellers. It contains many toy patterns, all are cute, and definitely worth adding to your knitting library!

I finished the pig parts over a month ago, but still haven't sewn them together. You're starting to see a pattern of poor task completion here, aren't you. So we have pigs, parts missing, lying on my desk. Unfortunately, the interesting part is over and I really want to get on to knitting another toy animal, but I suppose I have to make myself sew on those ears and legs!

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