Suffolk Sheep Knitting Pattern and a Giveaway

July 3, 2011 9:08 PM
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Right now. I am joining this giveaway. I will tell you why: when we were in England, we were staying at a farm-gone-bed-and-breakfast up near Shrewsbury. In a small pasture, surrounded by a low and pleasant fence, was the new Suffolk ram – whose name was Martin. Martin spent a good deal of his day gazing through the fence to the wide pasture across the road – the one where all the girls were.
He was patient with our ministrations – much patting of ears and noses as we leaned across the fence – sometimes with our bums right up in the air. And one day when Murphy and my daughters were out there with him, Martin started talking to them. He talked – and talked – baaing along, and they were utterly delighted.
So Murphy decided to answer him. And he did. In his best suffolk, Murphy baaed right back at him.
Martin’s head jerked back. If ever a sheep looked surprised, it was this one. Surprised, and then offended. Immediately, Martin turned his back on all of them and marched away. And that was the last conversation they ever had with a Suffolk sheep.
Yours is exactly right. A simple pattern that captures all the fat, round charm of the Suffolk. Another triumph for the Linda needles. Hear! Hear!!
July 3, 2011 2:34 PM