This past week it was so incredibly hot and humid that all I could do was to sit as quietly as possible under the shade of an umbrella. However sitting idle is not something that I’m good at…so I grabbed some yarn and hookied up this year’s Yarndale woolly sheep.
The heat progressed and so my sheep flock grew to eight! Meet, in no particular order (I have to say that as they are all such characters each trying to steal the show with their good looks and coy charm) Hidcote1, Munstead1, Twickle1, Little Lottie1, Rosea1, Tucker1, Provence1 and Grosso1.
I’ve had so many conversations recently about the different varieties and varying colours of lavender that as I sat and created each sheep my ideas jelled into the sleep sheep. I was also influenced by customers who like and use lavender to help them sleep. If the sheep names sound familiar it’s because each are named after a variety of Lavender and the colour on their respective sweater reflects the colour of the lavender species. Each sheep is serial named/numbered because as I stitched the face and attached the head to the body the expression and tilt of the head added such unique characteristics they’re definitely one-of-a-kind.
The final touch was the addition of a piece of felt under the sweater doused with my Lavender Hill Hippie essential oil and voila! A one-of-a-kind Lavender Hill Hippie Lavender-scented Sleep Sheep to keep close at night for a lavender-filled dreamy sheep sleep.
Rosea1 and Provence1 found new homes yesterday. Hidcote1 is my prototype and he’ll continue to make his home @ Lavender Hill. Wyckoff1 and Croxton1 are in the stash bowl waiting to be worked up/born. Rosea2 and Provence2 will follow.
Thank you Yarndale, Lucy at Attic24 and Frankie Brown Sheep in Sheeps Clothing for the pattern, for the inspiration, and for helping me fill those dreadful hot humid days with fun and creativity.
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