Emma had a little lamb...

Earlier in the spring, I decided I needed to knit toys. I knew of no children who needed toys but I just really wanted to knit some. They looked like fun.

My second toy attempt was a lamb using this pattern. I changed the pattern a tiny bit so I could use double pointed needles, because I hate sewing things up and I love DPNs! He was crazy easy to make.

Here he is in that awkward, headless, dismembered phase, being tortured with needles:



Here he is all finished (and looking more like Yoda than a lamb). If I had to do him again, I would make his ears a little smaller! I was really pleased with the yarn choice (Sirdar Snuggly Snowflake Chunky), it's very soft and doesn't really show the stitches. It hardly looks like a knitted toy at all.



As luck would have it, my brother's friends had just had a baby girl so my brother asked if he could give them the lamb. Here is Emma with her lamb Bo who is not only a beloved companion but a convenient teething chew toy (which may explain his squished face):