I’ve rounded up the sheep

Day 27, The #CowParade Project

I have a lovely row of sheep now. When I’m done blocking the entire project, I’ll go in an embroider over the eyes and around the head with the dark brown yarn to have those details pop. (You can see how it will look with the eyes of this sheep.)

Here is the view including the front leg holes, with a bonus of my new pup, Gigi. She approves of the sweater. I have about 14 inches of the body to complete and that means just 2 or 3 motifs before I get to the ribbing at the bottom. When I did my initial sketches for the proposal, I didn’t appreciate how large a gauge I would be knitting with – 3 stitches and 4 rows to the inch – which makes each motif larger than I had anticipated.

But now that I have the cow and can drape the work over it, I totally see how it needs the large motifs. Smaller designs would be lost, especially from a distance.

The next motifs will be barns and siloes, tractors, and pigs. They should finish all the available room on the sweater body.

For the sleeves, I need to choose narrower images – I’m thinking potentially wheat, shovels, and eggs. Any other suggestions?