I have been working on a new sheep pattern, I love the process… thinking a pattern into a form…Ā
I study photos of the animals I am designing, look at their shape, imagine their movement in my mind and think about how that would affect their musculature and overall appearance.Ā Then, I look to their jaw line, how it tapers and how it balances with the curve of their neck and back…
So today it was the sheep, I drew him, noticing how his neck and head extend outwards as if he is reaching forward to grasp something. His face also tapers very slightly downwards and upwards as if converging to a central point of meeting, at the muzzle or snout. The back legs are quite muscular compared to the front legs and the tummy section is quite a bulk of form. Even the little ears I have noticed after looking at many photos of sheep, actually stand a little out to the sides of his head and don’t hang straight down…
This is how I like to look at an animal before I design a pattern, once I have an understanding of their shapely detail I can imagine the stitches and convertĀ them to the written pattern instructions:)
Taking photos today was quite an interesting process, the chickens were intent on coming over to have a closer look at what I was doing…
The sheep…
He will be going into my shopĀ his patternĀ is already listed:) I have also added him to Ravelry, I am there as Mamma4earth.
