This is the first batch of spinning I did, except for some Jacobs wool which is currently being knitted into a scarf. This is spun from Hampshire and Dorset Down (the white fleece) and the brown/grey is from an unknown breed of fleece we have had for a long time - my thoughts are it is from a Manx Loughtan but I cannot be sure.
Anyway, when I made my skeins up into balls of wool, Imogen asked me what I was going to knit with it? (I think I mentioned this in a previous blog entry). I replied that I didn't know, and her suggestion was to knit a sheep, and coincidentally Alex was thinking the same. So I knitted a sheep. I finished sewing it together whilst away on holiday but have since tweaked it a bit as it's legs were too long, the face part wasn't right and the ears I knitted were not right either. I'm happy with it now. More importantly Imogen likes it, and named it ...
Patatutu
and here she is
and here she is
Patatutu is ADORABLE!
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