The Knitter Doth Whine Too Much

Yes, I admit it. I did whine more than a little about knitting all the loops that Shaun required. I tried to get older daughter to knit the loops for me, but she apparently:

a. is not easily fooled

b. remembers Tom Sawyer

But once I stopped whining about all the loops and started knitting all the loops, the project didn't really take very long. I sort of got the knack of making the loops more and more quickly.

So now Shaun is finished and perched over my only teapot. I usually make tea with teabags, but maybe I will have to become more traditional.......

Dear Older Daughter,

Wow! I can't believe I've been so selfish. Here I've been, happily knitting away, making loops for the Shaun the Sheep tea cozy, when I suddenly realized that you would love to learn how to do this. And as you know, I'll be visiting in June.

This sheep takes hundreds, hundreds of loops, and I've been selfishly keeping them all to myself! Well, no more of that. I'm bringing Shaun and all the supplies to Austin; I'll teach you how to make loops and you can have the FUN, FUN, I say, of making the hundreds of loops remaining.

I'm nothing if not generous.

What The ??????????????

Good question! This apparent mess will eventually be, if I don't toss the whole thing into a very long time out, a tea cozy. The pattern is in Tea Cozies by Guild of Master Craftsman Publications. It has patterns for thirty really cute tea cozies, and this sheep is my first project from the book.

I have knit loops before on a scarf for younger daughter, but I had forgotten how little fun they are to do. There are a couple of hundred required for this cute sheep, so I am slogging my way through.

We are having our second day of rain, with a third to follow (yay!), so I have lots of knitting time.

Now for a name; Penelope comes to mind, but I'm not sure yet. Suggestions?