Organic wool yarn
100% organic wool yarn from humanely treated, free roaming herded sheep.
No chemical treatments other than a good wash with soap, water and salt used. Spun in a local mill in Holland. * 3 ply heavy worsted or bulky weight Dutch wool yarn. Very hardwearing but still soft to the skin.
For US needles 6 to 9
Naturel cream colour.
price per 100 gram skein :€6,-
order *single ply bulky to aran weight French wool yarn. A lush soft yarn with a beautiful sheen. Felts great!
Natural cream colour.
price per 100 gram skein: €6,-
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* from time to time I also offer my own handspun yarns. Most likely to originate from either organic Merino or Texel sheep.
inquire about handspun yarn in stock
hand dyed yarn
all of the above can ofcourse be handdyed by me. For examples on see my gallery of knits. natural wood sheep buttons
available in 2 sizes.
small:17mm wide, 12mm high (5/8"X½")
Price: €0,20 each.
large:25mm wide, 18mm high (1"X5/8")
Price: €0,30 each.
order back to top On my Dutch site this page offers all kinds of cloth diaper patterns and materials. As the patterns are Dutch only. It makes little sense to translate this part. That's why I decided to offer you some free SITA knitting patterns in English here.
These patterns may be knit up for personal use, as a gift or for charity (but in case you knit it for charity, please LMK and mention Storm in the Attic). They may NOT be copied in any way, printed or knit up for sale. May bad karma haunt you if you do.
Enjoy the patterns! elf sock pattern
my favorite babysocks and booties are very easy to make using any standard circ. knit sock-pattern. Felted or not, tiny or huge, this toe will make any sock look elvish.
 
pictured above, roll top socks with short row heel and elf sock toes.
Simply adjust any sockpattern at the toes using these instructions:
divide the number of stitches on your needles equally in 2 where you would usually start your toe decrease. You will be working with a bottom half and an upper half from now on. Markers between each half will help you keep count.
I find that putting them on 4 dpns is easier than working with 2 circs.
This pattern works for any yarn, any gauge and any size as long as there is an even number of stitches (preferably dividable by 4) remaining on the needle just before the toe decrease. The basic trick is to make the bottom half much longer than the top half, thereby making the toe curl while decreasing into a point. Short rows are used to achieve this effect. Using any number of stitches devided equally between the 2 halves:
Knit to end of the bottom half.
Wrap and turn, purl to end of bottom half,
wrap and turn, knit to end of bottom half.
*K2tog (first 2 stitches of top half), knit to last2 stitches, SSK
K2tog (first 2 stitches of bottom half), knit to last 2 stitches, SSK, wrap and turn.
Purl all remaining stitches of bottom half, wrap and turn.
Knit to end.of bottom half* Repeat between * and * until there are 6 or less stitches remaining. Knit together all remaining stitches and weave in the end. golden boob pattern (click to blog) knit sheep/lamb toy pattern
My grandmom taught me this pattern when I was little, I've made several alterations since.
Any size, any guage, any yarn, though wool is prefered, it IS a sheep after all.
Needed: *about 200 grams of natural wool.
(I used about a 100 grams of a special handspun yarn with flecks of unspun fleece in it for the body and about a 100 grams of machine spun wool for the rest).
*about 30 to 50 grams of black wool for the details.
*some wool stuffing to fill all the body parts.
2 straight needles or 1 circular (minimum 16"), 1 circular needle.
US8 needles with bulky yarn will make an aprox. 12" sheep. Legs, knit 4.
CO 18 stitches. K 24 rows.
Row 25: K1,K2tog, K to 3 before end,K2tog,K1.
K15 rows.
Change to black.
Row 41: K2tog, K to 2 before end, K2tog.
Row 42: Purl.
Row 43: Knit.
Row 44: Purl.
Row 45: K2tog, K to 2 before end K2tog.
CO remaining stitches.
Seam together inside out, turn and stuff with stuffing. Tail.
CO 12 stitches.
K16 rows.
Row 17: K1, K2tog, K to 3 before end. K2tog, K1.
K 5 rows.
repeat last 6 rows.
Pul yarn through 8 remaining stitches and pull tight.
Seam togethter inside out, turn and stuff. Ears, knit 2.
CO 9 stitches.
K 12 rows.
Row 13: K1, K2tog, K3, K2tog, K1.
Row 14 to 16: K.
Row 17: K 1, K2tog, K1, K2tog, K1.
Row 18: K1, K3tog, K1.
CO 3 remaining stitches. Body (& head), knit 2.
CO 28 stitches. (if you want to use specialty yarn for the body, CO with that)
Row 1: K1, Knit through fornt and back loop (Ktfbl) K to last 2 st. Ktfbl, K1.
Row 2,3,4:K
Row5: K1, Ktfbl, K to end.
Row 6,7,8:K
Repeat rows 1 to 5 (34 st.)
Rows 14 to 18: K.
Row 19: K to 3 before end, K2tog, K.
Row 20,21,22: K.
Repeat last 4 rows once, then repeat row 19 (31 st.), then K 1 row.
Now split for the neck, change to normal yarn here if you were using specialty yarn for the body):
Row 1: K1, K2tog, K6, K2 tog, turn.
Put the 19 remaining stitches for the back part on a stitch holder.
Row2: K to end.
Row 3: K to 3 before end, K2tog, K1
Row4 to 12: K.
Row 13: Ktfbl, K to end.
Row 14: K to last stitch, Ktfbl.
Row 15: Ktfbl, K to end.
Row 16: K
Row 17: Cast on 4 stitches K to end.
Row 18 to 24: K.
Row 25: Cast off 5 stitches, K to end.
Row 26: K.
Row 27: Cast off 2 stitches, K to end.
Row 28 to 30: K.
Row 31: Cast off 3 stitches, K to 3 before end, K2tog, K1.
Row 32: K1, K2tog, K2.
Cast off 4 remaining stitches.
Place the 19 stitches from the stitchmarker on the needle.
Knit 4 rows.
Next row: K to 3 stitches before end, K2tog, K1.
Put on stichholder to graft to opposite bodypart. Inbetween bit of the head:
CO 3 stitches.
Row 1: Ktfbl, Ktfbl, K1
Row 2 to 6: K.
Row 7: Kw, Ktfbl, K1, Ktfbl, K1
Row 8 to 12: K.
Row 13: K1, Ktfbl, K3, Ktfbl, K1.
Row 14 to 18: K.
Row 19: Kq, Ktfbl. K5, Ktfbl, K1.
Row 20 to 24: K
Ktfbl on beginning and end of every following odd row until 23 stitches.
Knit 9 rows.
Next row: K1, K2tog, K to 3 before end, K2tog, K1.
Next row: K1, K2tog, K2 K2tog, K7, K2tog, K2, K2tog, K1.
Knit 3 rows.
Next row:K1, K2tog, K2, K2tog, K3, K2 tog, K2, K2tog, K1.
Knit 3 rows.
Next row: K1, K2tog, K 2, K2tog, K2, K2tog, K1
Knit 7 rows.
Cast off 7 remaining stitches.
Graft or kitchener the middle back together. Sew in the inbetweeny bit of the head with the cast off edge against the back and the cast on row at the nose. Seam the back and front of the body. Stuff the head and body. Close the body.
Embroider 2 eyes and a nose on the head.
Sew on the 2 ears.
Put on the legs and tail.
Finish off with an Icord or ribbon around the neck of the sheep (make sure you sew it on well). Note: Slight alterations to the lenght of the legs, shape of the ears, head and tail make all kinds of different animals. I have made pigs, cows, goats and horses using this pattern. back to top | | 
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