The Swaledale Sheep Tea Cosy knitting pattern is a lovely sheep tea cosy that was inspired by Yorkshires Swaledale Sheep. 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 https://youtu.be/CqF2xnEx1hs

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.

The 6 page knitting pattern contains lots of photos to help and guide you.

The pattern is knitted on two pins and is easy to follow.

The Swaledale Sheep tea cosy fits a medium sized teapot that covers a Teapot that holds 6 to 8 cups or 2 pints.

The pattern will be available for digital download as soon as you have completed purchase, so you could start knitting it very soon!

This product is the knitting pattern only; to knit your own Swaledale Sheep tea cosy.