Pookie_Doodle
The pattern is free which is brilliant. It makes a lovely cuddly baby cocoon which fastens up the front and has a textured stitch which looks like the wool of a sheep.
Two ears on the hood and a pair of feet finish off the lovely little Lamb baby nest.
I did have a few problems with the pattern. I'm sure I have read it correctly but it just would not come right.
First there was a mistake for the buttonhole edging on the front it says to use MC (main colour, which is white) but it should be the grey contrast (A)
Then when making up the pattern says "sew buttons to back and raglan button edgings" but there are no instructions to add a button edging to the back, the only instructions are for the 30 stitches down the front raglan on the sleeve and the button hole bands on the front.
This is how it looked once complete, nowhere to sew the buttons except on the actual back piece:
So I added my own button band to the back in grey by crocheting the 30 stitches down the front raglan as per the pattern but I didn't turn, I continued down the back edge (around 35 stitches) then turned and worked the 5 rows.
This was a bit of a nightmare because I had already sewn it all together so had to undo the sleeves and in doing so accidentally cut one of the stitches so had to make the whole sleeve again:(
Never mind, it all came good in the end and I am really pleased with it. This is the back band looked, much nicer to sew the buttons on there:
Perfect gift for any new baby and a fun item too, baby is bound to turn a few heads.
The bobbly fleece looks is super:
The pattern can be found free on Ravelry: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/yawn-the-sheep
Happy crocheting!
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