(Photo ©Susan Gibbs and reproduced courtesy of Juniper Moon Farm)
The Shepherd and the Shearer is live! So, if you would like to purchase one of a limited number of kits to knit either (or both!) of mine and Kirsten’s designs, please pop over to the Juniper Moon Farm Shop. Or, if you’d just like the pattern for the Shepherd hoody, you can now purchase this digitally via Ravelry here.
ETA: Kirsten has also written a post about the process of designing her richly-cabled, perfectly balanced, and totally timeless Shearer pullover, and you’ll find the Ravelry link for The Shearer here.
Happy knitting! x
KDD & Co 
I am absolutely drooling over both these gorgeous designs! I definitely went back for more wool to make both. I am so glad I could support this awesome undertaking!
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Very cool hoody! I would wear this to death :)
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Amazing design Kate, I didn’t dare hope it would be available as a pattern only option. So very pleased that it is! Thank you. Fiona
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Both sweaters soooo lovely. I’m one of those oglers who follows all this wonderful stuff but have never actually knitted anything in my life. Just wondered if I could get a pattern to knit the smiling doggie in the lower left of the picture?
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It’s gorgeous! I’ve just knitted my swatch – is the gauge blocked or unblocked?
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Glad you like the pattern! You should definitely wash and block your swatch
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So excited about this. I’ve just ordered the wool and your pattern. Can’t wait and I love everything you design Kate. I wish I had enough time to knit everything.
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Both sweaters are stunning! Can’t wait to knit them.
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Thank you! Just got it and it is going to be truly lovely. great story how it came to be!
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I’m one of the lucky original supporters but ordered the Shepherd digital pattern as well. I have not knitted that many cables in my life so it will be a real and glorious project!
Thank you, Kate!!
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So happy to see this! Bought the pattern immediately – couldn’t justify getting the kit as i already have way too much wool :))
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Dear Kate, I just noticed on the Finished measurements for the metric values, there appears to be a typo. It currently reads: Finished bust: 30 ¾ (33 ½, 38 ¼, 41 ¼, 45 ½,
49 ¼, 53, 57 ¼)” / 77 (88.5, 85, 97, 105, 115.5, 125, 134.5, 145.5) cm but the values for the 33 ½, 38 ¼ should be (85, 97…) versus (88.5, 85… You have listed 8 sizes in inches but 9 sizes in centimeters.
I just downloaded my pattern from Ravelry as info. If it has already been corrected, please disregard.
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Hi Alexandra, the pattern has been tech edited (and measurements in cms added) by the team at Juniper Moon. It looks as if this is a typo – just email Lauria AT fibrefarm.com re: the correction.
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Dear Kate, e-mail has been sent to Lauria as requested.
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Thank you for making this available too. Tomorrow is my birthday, so this is a gift to me :-)
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Thanks for making this available.
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Ohhhh, yeeeaaaahhhhh!
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Also, sorry to be thick, but I’ve just bought the pattern, and not quite sure about ‘knitted with 5cm of positive ease’ – does that mean I have to add 5cm to my normal chest measurement to get the size I need, or does it mean that the size I would normally pick will have about 5cm ‘extra’ round my chest?
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The measurements given in the pattern are the actual finished dimensions of the garment – so you need to add a minimum of 2 ins / 5cm to your body measurements to get the correct size. Eg – if you are a 38 in bust, you would knit a hoody in the fourth size (41.25 in) (or if you’d like more ease, the next size up)
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When asked to supply my size by JMF so that they could send me the correct amount of yarn for my Shepherd and Shearer allotment of yarn and patterns and all that I was given as a Christmas present, Lauria asked for us to give exact measurements and said that the sweaters had 2 inches of ease built in.
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That’s right – the sweater is designed to be worn with 2 ins of positive ease
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