Mary raises her sheep in Fennville, and the first time I saw them, the ewes were heavy with lambs and ready for shearing.Her pasture is an old pear orchard and I’m told that the sheep run from tree to tree in the fall when they hear the pears dropping. Along with cjkoho Designs, I’ve purchased her entire clip to create the Welcome Home yarn line that the sample is knit in.

Fennville makes use of little bits of color to recreate Mary’s sheep waiting underneath pear blossoms and ready to birth their lambs…any wool lover will appreciate the scene.

The larger than traditional gauge will make this hat or cowl a speedy knit working through the different portions of the chart from grass to sheep to canopy.I suspect everyone in your knitting group is going to want one for themselves, but you’ll be able to say you set the trend by knitting it first.

Skills needed: Long tail cast on, knit, purl, two-color knitting, decrease

SIZES 0-6 months, 6-18 months, 18 months to 4 years, 4 years to adult S, adult M/L

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS Unblocked hat circumference: 14” (16”, 18”, 20”, 22”) To fit heads 15-16” (17-18”, 19-20”, 21-22”, 23-24”)

Unblocked Cowl: 21.5”x8.5”

MATERIALS DK or light Worsted Weight Yarn, yardage will make any size hat or cowl
Fence:85 yards
Grass:55 yards
Sheep:55 yards
Faces:30 yards
Flowers:20 yards
Sky:45 yards
Canopy:85 yards

16” length US #4/3.5 mm circular needle
16” length US #6/4.0 mm circular needle
1 set(s) US #6/4.0 mm double-point needles

notions required: stitch markers, tapestry needle

PATTERN MODEL Size Large Hat: cjkoho Designs Welcome Home 100% wool

GAUGE 24 sts/28 rows = 4”in unblocked, two color knitting