Counting Sheep Blanket

Sheep are the source of the beautiful, luxurious wool that many knitters use to knit their creations. They can also be darned cute! This blanket has an entire herd of sheep on each side of the blanket. Use any color combination you can imagine! The blanket also comes in handy for insomnia - counting the sheep should put you right to sleep!

Double knit, the blanket is fully reversible, featuring opposite color schemes on each side. Full instructions are included for the double knitting technique.

The pattern includes two sizes -- baby blanket and throw blanket. The finished size of the baby blanket is approximately 36” x 40” (91 cm x 102 cm). The finished size of the throw blanket is approximately 51” x 56” (130 cm x 142 cm). You could make an even larger version with more repeats of the charts.

Required yarn

Baby: 1350 yards (1234 m) each of two colors of worsted weight yarn

Throw: 2500 yards (2286 m) each of two colors of worsted weight yarn

Worked on size 5 US (3.75 mm) needles.