This horse is an ode to my own pony, Watson, and his bestest friend, Sparrow. They love to play together and can often be found leisurely grazing from one end of the field to the other.

Watson and Sparrow are knit in the round from the bottom up and their sweaters are worked flat from the top down. The barn kitty is worked in the round using icords and fits in the pockets of the large horses. The small horses have carrots for their pockets.

Materials:

Yarn for Large horses - Soft Singles from Colorwae Fiber Arts, Bulky weight, 76 yds/69 m. One skein each of Dark Moon (hooves), Fall Back (Sparrow/Watson’s lighter hooves) and Natural (Watson).
For large horse sweaters - Color DK Superwash Merino from Colorwae Fiber Arts, 231 yds/211 m. Sweater used about 165 yds/151 m of yarn held double. Sample sweaters used Ox Blood (Sparrow) and Tiger King (Watson). For a slightly smaller sweater use sport weight yarn held double.
Yarn for Small horses - Color DK Superwash Merino from Colorwae Fiber Arts, 20 yds/18 m for the hooves and mane/tail and 70 yds/64 m for the horse. For the sweater - 40 yds/37 m fingering weight yarn.
Yarn For Barn Kitty - fingering weight yarn, about 15 yds/14 m.

Needles - Large horses - US size 7 (4.5 mm) or size needed to obtain gauge below; two sets of double pointed needles (ten total). For sweaters - US size 6 (4 mm) 24” circular needle and a set of double pointed needles.
Small horses - US size 2/2.75 mm needles or size needed to obtain gauge below. You’ll need two sets of double pointed needles (ten total) and a circular needle in the same size for the sweater.
Barn Kitty - US size 1.5 (2.5 mm), one set of double pointed needles.

Horse Gauge - Large horse - 3 sts by 5 rows over 1”/2.5 cm lightly stuffed.
Small horse - 6 sts by 8 rows over 1”/2.5 cm lightly stuffed.
Sweater Gauge - Large horse - DK weight yarn held double - 4 sts by 6 rows over 1”/2.5 cm lightly blocked.
Small horse - fingering weight yarn, single strand - 7 sts by 10 rows over 1”/2.5 cm lightly blocked.

Finished size - Large horse - 12”/30 cm tall. Small horse - 6.5”/16.5 cm tall. Kitty - 2.5”/6 cm tall.

Miscellaneous - 4 jumbo locking stitch markers; large darning needle for weaving in ends; about 1.5 oz/43 g of wool stuffing per horse (or stuffing of your choice); two 8”/20 cm scraps of yarn to hold stitches for the muzzle and sweater pockets; scraps of fingering weight yarn or embroidery floss in black (kitty eyes) and pink (kitty nose).