A Crazy Question & Erin Ewe - A St. Patrick's Day Freebie

Welcome dear friends. I have a crazy question. Have you ever wondered what a leprechaun's hat is called?  I was thinking about that as I was stitching my newest St. Patrick' Day piece; so being the "Curious George" that I am,  I  had to google it. I found that a leprechaun's hat goes by many names such as an Irish cap, a newsboy cap, an Irish tweed cap, a cabbie cap, or an ivy cap. I find little trivial things so interesting. lol.😃 My children would be shaking their heads right now if they heard me rambling on about such. 

This is my newest St. Patty's Day stitch that I whipped up for my decor. It is called "Erin Ewe'. Some of you know that I am on a sheep kick right now.  Speaking of sheep - let me ramble off some sheep trivia that I learned in respect to Ireland. 😆😘

SHEEP TRIVIA 

-  In 2016 there were more sheep in Ireland than there were humans with a population of 5.2 million sheep to the 4.8 million people living in Ireland.

- Most of the sheep living in Ireland are Scottish Black Faced Mountain Sheep which are white sheep with black faces. 

- Large numbers of foreign sheep were brought to Ireland starting in 1500. 

- Sometimes sheep are painted so the owners can easily  identify their sheep. 

Ok. That is enough of me talking about sheep, but it was fun for me to do a little research on them. If you would like to read more about the Irish sheep, check out this article at Hillwalk Tours  Blog  .

Now back to my stitch. As I was saying, this is Erin Ewe who is lazing about in an Irish tweed cap with sprigs of shamrocks for her munching pleasures. A little wool blanket is placed on her back with a tiny shamrock motif woven in it as well. Oh, I think she is so cute. 

I finished Erin Ewe into a little pin pillow with scraps of fabric. 

Erin is a small measuring 34 W x 33 H.  I stitched her on 14 count tea/coffee dyed aida which brought the measurements too around 2 3/8" squared.  

I used only 5 DMC floss colors which were 782, 3346, 3345, blanc, and 310. Because it was blocks of color, Erin stitched up fast.

If you would like to stitch Erin, just check out the pdfs below. I am sure you could have her stitched up in less than a couple of hours. 

For instruction page click here . 

Click here for the colored chart. 

Click here for the black and white chart. 

I hope to work on a few more sheep stitches in the future ,and of course I have got to get back to my chicken stitching. And bunnies are calling my name too. Wheew ! There is so much I want to stitch.  

I'm hoping to add a big button shamrock in the middle of the green gingham fabric. 

Well thank you dear friends for the sweet visit. You always brighten my day. Stay warm, safe and healthy and as always...

Happy stitching, ya'll

Melisa

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May the blessings of each day be the blessings you need most.