Bobble Sheep Pillow in Super Soft Merino

MATERIALS Get all the yarn you’ll need to make your own Bobble Sheep Pillow with the [Bobble Sheep Pillow Bundle][1]. It includes… - Main Yarn: 4 skeins of Purl Soho’s [Super Soft Merino][2], 100% merino wool. Each skein is 87 yards/ 100 grams; approximately 348 yards required. We used the color Heirloom White, Toasted Charcoal or Soft Black. - Contrast Yarn: 1 skein of Purl Soho’s [Season Alpaca][3], 100% super baby alpaca. Each skein is 218 yards/ 100 grams; approximately 110 yards required. We used the color River Rock. (Please Note: Our original Bobble Sheep featured Blue Sky Fiber’s Sport Weight Alpaca, which is no longer available.) You’ll also need… - US 11 (8 mm), 16 or 24-inch [circular needles][4] - Set of US 11 [double pointed needles][5] - Set of US 3 (3.25 mm) double pointed needles - One 12-ounce bag of Fairfield’s [Poly-fil Stuffing][6] - Scrap yarn (bulky weight) and [crochet hook][7] to match (for provisional cast on) GAUGE 12 stitches = 4 inches in garter stitch with Main Yarn on larger needle 28 stitches = 4 inches in stockinette with Contrast Yarn on smaller needle SIZE 19 inches wide (from chest to rear) x 14 inches tall (from top of back to bottom of belly) NOTES k3tog [knit 3 together]: This is a right-slanting double decrease. Insert right needle into next three stitches as if to knit, knit all three stitches together as if they were one stitch. [2 stitches decreased] MB [Make Bobble]: Knit into the next stitch, leaving it on the left needle, [(yarn over, knit 1) into same stitch] two times. Turn work so wrong side is facing you, k5; turn work so right side is facing you, k2tog; return stitch to left needle, slip remaining three stitches of bobble over the k2tog stitch, knit that stitch, returning it to the right needle. For a full-photo tutorial on how to make this particular bobble, please click here. sk2p [slip 1, k2tog, psso]: This is a left-slanting double decrease. Slip 1 purlwise, knit 2 together, pass the slipped stitch over the knit stitch and off the needle. [2 stitches decreased] [1]: https://www.purlsoho.com/bobble-sheep-pillow-bundle.html [2]: https://www.purlsoho.com/super-soft-merino.html [3]: https://www.purlsoho.com/season-alpaca.html [4]: https://www.purlsoho.com/tools/knitting-needles.html?type_filter=881 [5]: https://www.purlsoho.com/tools/knitting-needles.html?type_filter=888 [6]: https://www.purlsoho.com/poly-fil-stuffing.html [7]: https://www.purlsoho.com/tools/crochet-hooks.html