What better way to celebrate Moorit’s first issue than with our own wee moorit sheep! Bleep the Sheep is made from pure organic wool in natural colours and filled with wool stuffing. The pieces are crocheted on as you go which means there is very minimal sewing.

Featured in Issue 1 Autumn/Winter 2021 of Moorit.

MEASUREMENTS

21.5cm / 8.5” from nose to rear end

YARN

Garthenor Number 3 DK (100% Organic British Wool; 90-115m / 98-126yd per 50g)

Garthenor Beacons DK (75% Polwarth, 25% Romney; 135m / 148yd per 50g)

Sample is made in colourways Beacons Lichen (C1 / Green), Number 3 Driftwood (C2 / Cream), Number 3 Chalkboard (C3 / Dark Brown), Number 3 Manx Moorit (C4 / Brown)

C1: 5m / 5yd
C2: 40m / 45 yd
C3: 5m / 5 yd
C4: 125m / 135yd

HOOKS & NOTIONS

1.5mm (US size 8 steel hook)
3mm (No US equivalent; use US C/2 or D/3)
30g of stuffing (we used Garthenor’s Organic Wool Stuffing)
6 stitch markers
6 pins
Waste yarn or stitch marker to track rounds

TENSION

Rnds 1-7 of body measure 5cm / 2”

Exact tension is not essential, but should be tight enough so that stuffing doesn’t show through. A different tension will affect amount of yarn required.

ACCESSIBILITY
The accessible version of the magazine is a standalone digital file which comes packaged with all digital editions of the magazine. The text is all black, 24 point sans serif font, no italics, with fully written directions. All patterns have been specially formatted and tested to be read clearly by screen reader and read aloud software.