Swaledale Sheep Tea Cosy

The Swaledale Sheepis a fabulous horned Yorkshire breed and Swaledale Sheep tea Cosy six page knitting pattern is an amazing project to knit. What I love about the Swaledale sheep is their curly horns and their faces that look as if they are wearing balaclavas.

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. There is a video demonstrating the stitch on Youtube.

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.