Shepherdess and Sheep
I spent some time working on the flock of sheep. Maybe not the most elegant sheep transport and sounds a bit like a horror show when you say a bag of sheep and sheep parts but it’s a bit of a production line when working on a flock of them.
As you can see I was being supervised in my Dr Franinstien endeavours. In this picture, she is wearing her first shirt and coat. You can see the sleeves are too big around and I didn’t like the way the hood worked on this one.
Last time I had finished the clothing, or so I thought. I ended up doing the shirt 4 times to get it the way I wanted it. The third one would have worked but I cut the neck hole too big.
I did get them finished and she had a dress fitting. I added a blanket stitch to the neckline and a blue star to her dress. I think this kind of dress is called a pinafore. You can see some of her flock in the background.
I took her to the Almont Fiberfest that Jan told you about and she supervised while I got her sheep some wool. This is the opposite of the way sheep, wool and shepherdesses usually work.
And another unshearing.
Next post there will be hair, a new coat and more colourful sheep. And a picture of them on display at the museum.
Happy Thanksgiving to all our Canadian followers. I hope you had a great Turkey Day!






11 thoughts on “Shepherdess and Sheep”
The red pinafore dress looks great! As do all those lovely sheep in various stages of completion. 🙂
Thanks Ladies, the sheep are fun to make even if I was in a hurry to get them done in time.
She’s looking good Ann, as are your lovely colourful sheep. I’ve seen sheep with knitted jumpers on before, but this is the first time I’ve seen un-shearing with coloured locks. It’s great to see them looking so different.
I’m sure they’ll go down a storm at the Museum.
Ann
Thanks Ann, It would be fun to make them all little sweaters but I would have to hire Leonor to do the knitting.
That pinafore looks so cute! I love it that you say you can’t knit tiny garments and I’m here thinking the same about felted ones…
I could send you a sheep to knit a sweater for. But I want a frog to make a beret for.
Cuteness overload! Beautiful. Immediately I want to recite ‘Mary had a little lamb’!
I’m so glad you like them.
Shepherdess and sheep are looking really good. I had to laugh about the sheep parts!
I love the idea of a bag of sheep parts as well as the concept of unshearing. Those colourful sheep are so jolly that I’m sure they will make people who visit them really smile.
Sheep parts, un-shearing, colourful locks this is totally undoing all my hard-won knowledge and I live in the countryside 😜🤣
Ann they are all coming along beautifully and the dress is just perfect.
Please would you take a photo holding a sheep in your hand along with the clever shepherdess (must be clever if she can un-shear) so that we can see the actual size of them all. The photo above is playing tricks re the perspective!
Xx