Wolf and Little Pig knitting pattern – new from Claire Garland
It’s starting to feel like a key duty of mine to share with you any new additions to Claire Garland’s collection of knitting patterns. I know just how much you love to knit her heart-warming critters, so here’s a brand new idea for you. Inspired by the Three Little Pigs fairytale, how about this pattern to make a friendly Wolf and the cutest little pig you’ve ever seen?
Here’s a little film Claire made showing the pair together – I tell myself it’s for work, but the number of times I’ve watched this is making me think I might need to get out more. You can buy the Wolf and Little Pig knitting pattern on Etsy here.
Watch the Wolf and Little Pig knitting pattern come to life
I’ll be getting my own knitting needles out at the weekend and plan to start making the piglet first. I might make three of them, like in the story. My godson has a new baby so if my wolf and piggies don’t turn out like gargoyles, I will give them to little Walter.
Using body armature
I’m interested to read that Claire recommends using ready-made 6 inch felted body armature from this Etsy shop. I haven’t worked with doll armature before, so I’m quite excited to give this a go. I’ve checked and the body armature is built around pipe cleaners, so I might try making a wolf and piglet stuffed with natural wool rovings and with embroidered eyes for baby.
Claire’s Wolf and little Pig knitting pattern also includes yarn recommendations if you’d like to make yours exactly like Claire’s but I have some wool in my stash that I think will work just well so I’m going to try that. As I say this, I’m reminded of how often my previous attempts at ‘stash busting’ have gone horribly wrong and that each time this happens I vow to always buy the correct yarn, exactly as specified, in future. And yet here we are, again. What can I tell you? I hate waste and I can take a really long time to learn from repeat mistakes.
The value of making mistakes
Thing is, I’ve recently had a small knitting triumph and it’s boosted my confidence no end. I’d started a beginner-friendly 20-stitch cable pattern sweater over a year ago and, after many, many unravellings had finally admitted defeat and stuffed the whole sorry, half-finished mess into the back of a cupboard and hadn’t knitted a stitch since.
It was my friend Katie, an adventurous knitter, who’d got me back on track a month or so ago. I’d obediently fetched the sorry thing after explaining how it was blocking me from knitting anything else. We’d snorted with laughter at the sight of my many mistakes, then snorted some more when Katie started making a whole batch of new ones. Eventually, we came to the conclusion that the pattern is misleading, leaves you in knitting no-man’s land as you hit the point where cabling and armhole shaping collide – and that it required experience of previous cabling to work out the solution. Between us Katie and I did just that and I’d finished the jumper by the end of that week. It’s now my favourite thing to wear on chilly days.
Help is always on hand
I guess the reason I’m bothering you with all of that is that the experience has left me feeling a touch evangelical about the value of taking on creative challenges. Joy and real satisfaction came from stretching myself a bit beyond my own capabilities. Rather than giving up, it was getting support and easing up on myself for making mistakes that got me through. So, if you’re a beginner at knitting and aren’t sure if this pattern might be beyond you I’m here to encourage you to give it a try.
Claire’s patterns are always full of how-to photos and easy to understand explanations to help you on your way. Plus, Claire is always very happy to respond to any messages plus you can contact her via Etsy or Instagram. So, what do you (we) have to lose? The pattern is a downloadable PDF so it could be winging its way to you right away.
As ever, do let me know how you get on – I always LOVE to see the photos of what you make- and happy knitting!
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