MATERIALS

Get all the yarn you’ll need to make your own Bobble Sheep Pillow with the Bobble Sheep Pillow Bundle. It includes…

• Main Yarn: 4 skeins of Purl Soho’s Super Soft Merino, 100% merino wool. Each skein is 87 yards/ 100 grams; approximately 348 yards required. We used the color Heirloom White, Toasted Charcoal or Soft Black.
• Contrast Yarn: 1 skein of Purl Soho’s Season Alpaca, 100% super baby alpaca. Each skein is 218 yards/ 100 grams; approximately 110 yards required. We used the color River Rock. (Please Note: Our original Bobble Sheep featured Blue Sky Fiber’s Sport Weight Alpaca, which is no longer available.)

You’ll also need…

• US 11 (8 mm), 16 or 24-inch circular needles
• Set of US 11 double pointed needles
• Set of US 3 (3.25 mm) double pointed needles
• 1 bag of Fairfield’s Poly-fil Stuffing
• Scrap yarn (bulky weight) and crochet hook to match (for provisional cast on)

GAUGE
12 stitches = 4 inches in garter stitch with Main Yarn on larger needle

28 stitches = 4 inches in stockinette with Contrast Yarn on smaller needle

SIZE
19 inches wide (from chest to rear) x 14 inches tall (from top of back to bottom of belly)

NOTES
k3tog knit 3 together: This is a right-slanting double decrease. Insert right needle into next three stitches as if to knit, knit all three stitches together as if they were one stitch. 2 stitches decreased

MB Make Bobble: Knit into the next stitch, leaving it on the left needle, (yarn over, knit 1) into same stitch two times. Turn work so wrong side is facing you, k5; turn work so right side is facing you, k2tog; return stitch to left needle, slip remaining three stitches of bobble over the k2tog stitch, knit that stitch, returning it to the right needle. For a full-photo tutorial on how to make this particular bobble, please click here.

sk2p slip 1, k2tog, psso: This is a left-slanting double decrease. Slip 1 purlwise, knit 2 together, pass the slipped stitch over the knit stitch and off the needle. 2 stitches decreased