Clue #6 - The Mystery is Solved!

Open up Evidence Bag A and take a look at it. You should have a rectangle that looks something like this:
See the four little rectangles on each corner of the larger rectangle? Those are legs and the purl side of them should be facing you.

Now - fold the right side of the rectangle over to meet the legs on the left side. Now you have a body with four legs - right? Weave the stitches on one side of the rectangle together - this is the front of the body. The legs are still dangling. Fold them in half and roll them up and weave them together. Then sew up the bottom seam and stuff the body through the back end. If you have fiberfill use that - if not, you can use the leftover yarn from Suspect #1, then sew it up.
Next remove Exhibit B from the evidence bag. This, in case you haven't noticed, is a head. Make a running stitch around the edges, stuff lightly and pull tightly. Remove the ears and tail from evidence bag C and sew the ears onto the head. Use the brown yarn to embroider eyes and mouth. If you don't know how to embroider, just make an X for the eyes and a straight line for the mouth. Sew the head to one side of the body and the tail to the other. In evidence bag D, you have, of course a sweater. Try it on your sheep. Sew a few stitches up the front and slip it over his head. Turn the garter stitch rows down to make a collar. Sew the back seam up leaving a hole for the tail.

This pattern is adapted from Frankie Brown's "Sheep in Sheep's Clothing" - I re-wrote the pattern and made some changes, but if you post a photo of your sheep, please give credit to Frankie Brown (pattern on Ravelry).

And here is the guilty sheep. He broke into the yarn shop and stole the wool to make himself a sweater. But don't be too hard on him - he lives in Maine and he was cold! Take good care of him. You might want to make him a few more sweaters - or better yet - some friends to play with!

Hope you enjoyed this Mystery KAL!

Mysteries Revealed!

First - the May Mystery KAL -It's a knitting needle cozy for Miss Silver - so that she has something to carry her needles around in when she is solving all of those crimes! The pattern was adapted from the Princess Needle Cozy by Classic Yarns . It really does hold quite a few pairs of needles - I have four in this one and could easily add a couple more. I found that the best way to put them in is pointed side up so that they don't come through the bottom of the cozy. I hope that you enjoyed knitting yours and will post your photos on the blog!

Two members guessed correctly what it was - Congratulations Valerie and Heather! If you two will send me your mailing addresses (grammieknits@yahoo.com) I will send you some personalized knitting note cards.

And...How did she know? While Tink was telling Miss Purl how he was going to kill her, she continued to plant the tulip bulbs. Little did he realize that she was planting them in a pattern. In the spring when Ms. Dunnit visited the flower gardens she could very clearly see "Tink killed me" spelled out in tulips.

At least this time you were all on the side of the law! 12 members guessed correctly - and the lucky winner is .... Aunt Kathy! Must be beginners luck! Choose a prize from the prize locker, send me your address, and it will be on it's way to you Kathy.


Be looking for a new Murder Mystery to solve later on today!

KAL scarf finished

I have finished my scarf and it just needs to be wrapped up and added to a gift package I am putting together. When we were told to just grab something form out stash, I grabbed some purple Berroco Cotton 100 and was all ready to go. As it turns out I have someone who is allergic to all animal fibers, lives in a cold area, and her favorite color is purple! I have the perfect gift for her! BTW, don't look for this wonderful yarn in your LYS, it was discontinued years ago. Mission Falls Cotton is very similar though (which was the other yarn I almost used).

Mystery KAL

Here are three mystery KAL scarves, keeping my snowmen nice and warm!

The one on the left is made with Patons SWS, the middle with Patons Classic Wool, and the one on the right is made with left-over Reynold's Boku for the two ends, and a solid Patons Wool for the middle. Hope they don't melt!