On The Lamb

Once again, I'm side tracked from the real work at hand. No wonder I like to work at home - it's the only place I can get away with that! 

A sweet little lamb got me this time. 

So there I was minding my own business when -BAM- a cute little crocheted lamb is staring at me. From the screen of my computer of course. I was instantly in love. Which honestly doesn't happen that often. I had to click through to see what was going on with this little guy. 

It was actually an Etsy store that was selling the pre-made toys but luckily she gave credit where it was due and I clicked on through to the designer of the pattern! Yea!! The pattern designer is Lalylala. You can find her HERE on Ravelry. Or HERE for her .com store. You should click one of those links...  her toys are SO FREAKIN' CUTE! I had a moment where I couldn't decide which I liked best...but then that little lamb called out to me again and I was a goner.

And now here I am making a lamb doll for my daughter. When I should be finishing MY design to get a new pattern out. Dang. But look at this cuteness and tell me that I had any chance of resisting??

© lalylala Photo from Lalylala's Ravelry Store.

I picked out some stash yarn for the project. This is Morehouse Farms 100% merino wool. It's also worsted weight when the pattern calls for fingering weight. So my little lambie will be a larger little lambie. Which I'm totally down with since... hello... bigger lamb to squish and hug?? Yes please!!

After two hours of working... (accented by hollering at children to stop their bickering...ha!) here is what I have so far:

Basically I have the legs and butt done. :) Which is incidentally the shortest part of the figure... so yeah... this is going to take awhile. Although the arms and head should go faster since they are just single crochet. The dang bobbles on the body take awhile. But look SO cute. Totally worth it.

Wish me speedy crocheting so that I can get back to what I NEED to be doing!