Swaledale Sheep Tea Cosy Knitting Pattern

The Swaledale Sheep is a classic Yorkshire sheep that looks marvlous as a tea cosy and you can knit one with the Swaledale Sheep tea cosy knitting pattern. What is really nice about the Swaledale is that the rams and the ewes have horns; lovely big curly horns.

I chose a lovely knitting stitch to represent their dense fleece, it's called bubble stitch and it gives a billowy effect, I think it makes the sheep look woolly and chunky.

The eye patches of the sheep are worked in intarsia but only for a few rows just to achieve the patches for the eyes. The sheep has yellow cat safety eyes and they really look effective, especially against the black face.

The sheep looks as if its standing in a grassy field dotted with meadow flowers.

The Swaledale Sheep makes such a lovely and characterful tea cosy that's uplifting and heartwarming.

The 6 page knitting pattern contains lots of photos to help and guide you.

The pattern is knitted on two pins and is easy to follow.

The Swaledale Sheep tea cosy fits a medium sized teapot that covers a Teapot that holds 6 to 8 cups or 2 pints.

The pattern will be available for digital download as soon as you have completed purchase, so you could start knitting it very soon!

This product is the knitting pattern only; to knit your own Swaledale Sheep tea cosy.

The main part of the tea cosy is knitted in Bubble stitch

The head includes a small amount of intarsic knitting from a chart.

This tea cosy fits a medium sized teapot that holds 6 to 8 cups or 2 pints.

5.5 mm, UK size 5 or US size 9 knitting needles,
4.00 mm, UK size 8 or US size 6 Knitting needles,
Stitch Holder,
50g Stylecraft Special DK Cream,
13g Stylecraft Special DK Grass Green,
1g Stylecraft Special DK Citron,
11g Stylecraft Special DK White,
7g Stylecraft Special DK Black,
9g Stylecraft Special DK Buttermilk,
A pair of 18mm Yellow Cat Safety Eyes,
Stuffing.