I just finished Aberly Suffolk and I’m waiting to hear back from a customer. I just wanted to give you a peek at him too.
Aberly has all my favorite things in a lamby friend:
Soft velvet, and sweet floral patchwork
Beautiful hardwood button joints, and friendly loving face.
He’s everything a soul could want in a loving lamby friend. 
This cute little Sooty lamb is the first of a line of new lambs to be born soon here on the Moor! I posted pics of Sooty on flickr to see how folks liked her.
Our friend Cat over at 
contacted me and just loved Sooty. I asked Sooty if she’d like to go live with Cat in far away U.K. and she said that sounded like a wonderful adventure!
I’ve loved Cat’s Raggy’s for a long time. Her sweeties were some of the first I visited when we started our flickr account. I just love her little standing Ratties! They are full of personality, sweet and absolutely adorable. Cat has pet rats, and I can tell how much she loves them by the care and tenderness she puts into the expression of each little one she makes.
So….when Cat asked about a trade, I said “YES!!” right away! I love natural colors, and she made one grey, and one brown.
Here they are! Cat took a pic of Gregory and Reginald Raggy Rat. They are making the long trek across the water to us this week. We can’t wait to meet them in person. The children say Reggie looks like Remmie from Ratatouille so we also hope he loves to cook
So, we say a fond goodbye to Sooty, and get ready for Sooty’s sisters and brother lambs to be born soon. And we eagerly await our little box full of Greggie and Reggie!
More pics to come when they arrive and have a look around.
Nestled in her mama’s care, or skipping across the
Moor, Sootyfoot Cottonwool is a happy little lamb. She loves to nibble the delicate purple clover dotting the green grasses, and gently nuzzle her mama ewe when the cool autumn breezes blow. Still, that irresistible, old wood fence entices her. Someday she will try to jump it!
Sootyfoot Cottonwool is 9 inches tall from head to hoof, 6 inches sitting. She’s made of creamy soft cotton repurposed sweater material with a wonderful, thick texture. Sootyfoot’s hooves, muzzle and ear linings are a beautiful,charcoal colored velvetty wool that contrasts her coat very nicely.
Sootyfoot’s sweet face is handstitched with black cotton floss, and her eyes are pretty, shining navy jet beads.
Sootyfoot is string tied and button jointed with folksy little handmade square wood buttons. They give a charming and whimsical touch to her sweet and classic features.
Her stuffing has a touch of dry lavender, and just enough steel bb’s deep within her tummy and feet to make her pleasingly heavy, and “real” feeling.
Sootyfoot Cottonwool would make a charming gift for someone you love. She is individually made with much love from gently cared for repurposed and brand new materials. She will come with a card dated and signed by the artist too!
Sootyfoot is securely made, however, as with all toys, can dissasemble with rough play. Due to her small parts, we must tell you to use your discretion when purchasing for the very young (under age 3).
Handmade is the very best way to say I love you!
Thanks so much for visiting!
I’m sure you’ve been wondering where we’ve been lately! It’s been a long time since we posted, but we’ve been busy with lots of cuteness!
A very kind lady asked us to custom make her some sweet little friends, and we have a sneak peek for you! You can find more pics and sneak peeks of our items at our Flickr page too!
It’s been so much fun creating these sweet little friends! If you love any of these and want one for your own, we can surely custom make one for you. In the meantime, we have a few new friends made and ready to post at the store for sale, so keep checking back!
Time to get back to the sewing machine
Nestled in his mama’s care, or skipping across the Moor, Soot Woolyfoot is a happy little lamb. He loves to nibble the delicate purple clover dotting the green grasses, and play “king of the hill” with his lambie cousins. Soot loves to wander too! His little tinkling bell is often heard just on the other side of the old wood fence.
Soot Woolyfoot is 9 inches tall from head to hoof, 6 inches sitting. He’s made of creamy soft cotton repurposed sweater material with a wonderful, thick texture. Soot’s hooves, muzzle and ear linings are a beautiful,charcoal colored velvetty wool that contrasts Soot’s coat very nicely.
Soot’s sweet face is handstitched with black cotton floss, and his eyes are pretty, shining black glass beads.
Soot is string tied and button jointed with folksy little handmade square wood buttons. They give a charming and whimsical touch to his sweet and classic features.
Soot is stuffed with hypoallergenic, premium quality, high loft polyfil, a touch of dry lavender, and just enough steel bb’s deep within his tummy and feet to make him pleasingly heavy, and “real” feeling. He has a cute little copper bell around his neck, secured with a leather cord.
Soot Woolyfoot would make a charming gift for someone you love. He is individually made with much love from gently cared for repurposed and brand new materials. He will come with a card dated and signed by the artist too!
Soot is securely made, however, as with all toys, can dissasemble with rough play. Due to his small parts, we must tell you to use your discretion when purchasing for the very young (under age 3).
Handmade is the very best way to say I love you!
Thanks so much for visiting!
We’ve made two new, adorable lambs here on the Craggy Moor this week!
Sarah Shropshire, (12 inches tall from head to hoof) is a cotter pin or “wobble” jointed sheep with a wonderful floppy, poseable nature so endearing in those old fashioned stuffed animal friends we remember and love. She is made of lambswool in a pretty cafe au lait color with deliecate varigated mocha and cream colors. She is stuffed with our favorite stuffing: 100% brand new wool batting, a touch of dry lavender, and just enough steel bb’s to make her pleasingly heavy and “real” feeling.
Sarah’s ear linings and the bottoms of her hooves and lining of her cute little tail are country plaid homespun in warm autum tones that pair so nicely with her lambswool.
Sarah’s sweet face is handstitched with chocolate brown cotton floss. Her eyes are amber colored glass safety eyes.
And Meet Sarah’s lamb Ewey!
Ewey Shropshire is 6 inches tall, with 4 inch long legs. She’s made of all the same beautiful fabrics that Sarah is. Ewey is button jointed, with beautiful flower shaped vintage metal buttons from our vintage button collection. They have such a lovely yesterday feel and style, that pairs well with Ewey’s own old fashioned looks.
Ewey’s little face is handstitched with chocolate and mustard colored cotton floss and her sweetly shining eyes are beautiful navy jet beads with subtle navy and medium blue highlights.
Sarah and Ewey are such a cute pair, but they are also for sale individually. They are collectibles, and though they are sewn securely, they are not suitable for children under the age of 12.
Either of these sweet sheep would make a wonderful, unique handmade gift for someone you love, or add them to your own collectible treasures! Each lamb is individually made and one of a kind here on the Moor, and comes with a card dated and signed by the Artist.
Thank you so much for visiting!
Another lamb is leaping onto the Moor!
Sweet and soft, sturdy and adventurous, romping in the setting sun, meet Bristol Lambswool! She’s full of the lovely late summer colors we’re seeing here on the Moor.
Bristol is 10 1/2 inches head to hoof, and 7 inches sitting.
She’s made of a beautiful cabled evergreen wool, super soft and wonderfully textured. Her head and hooves are a charming buttered caramel color corduroy coordinating very nicely in both feel and appearance to her pretty evergreen coat. We added some country plaid homespun to her feet and ear linings to further add to her adorable folk art appeal.
(Bristol’s fabrics are carefully chosen, repurposed all natural fibers cared for gently here on the Moor in a smoke free, pet fur free environment)
Bristol Lambswool is jointed with some of our favorite heavy, crested metal buttons from our vintage collection. Her eyes are swirled amber tiger’s eye glass beads.
Bristol’s sweet little nose and mouth are handstitched with 6 strand cotton floss.
She’s stuffed with the Craggy Moor’s favorite stuffing:
100% brand new wool batting, a touch of dry lavender and just enough steel bb’s deep within her stuffing to make her pleasingly heavy and “real” feeling in your hand.
Bristol Lambswool would make a lovely and unique gift for someone you love, or add her to your own flock of one of a kind lambs! Each of our lambs is individually made and has their own sweet look.
Bristol will come with a card dated and signed by the Artist too!
Bristol is securely made but does contain small parts, so please use your discretion when purchasing for the very young. She’s not intended for rough play.
Thank you so much for visiting!
**Updated Pics! We shortened Nod’s nose**
We are looking for input on our newest prototype! Nottingham is made like our Craggy Moor Collectibles but he is the first to feature cotter pin joints!
Along with our regular line of button jointed friends, we’d like to add a cotter pin jointed selection. What do you think?
Nottingham is our Prototype. We hope to make storybook style hares, bears and other lambs too!
Nottingham is an all natural collectible toy with old fashioned cotter pin joints. He’s completely natural, stuffed with the Craggy Moor’s favorite stuffing: 100% wool batting, a touch of dry lavender and just enough steel bb’s to make him pleasingly heavy and “real” feeling.
Nottingham is about 7 inches sitting (10 1/2 inches head to toe). He has glass safety eyes and a sweet handstitched mouth and nose.
We have big plans for our line of cotter pin jointed friends and we would love to hear from you!
If you would like to see the Craggy Moor Store feature a line of cotter pin jointed hares, bears and lambs, please heart Nottingham!
Or leave a comment here on our blog!
Its been so much fun learning to make cotter pin jointed animals.
We would really love to make them for you!
Convos and emails are also very welcome too!
Thanks so much for your input!
***** Nottingham the Lamb is a Prototype only.Price listed for Nottingham the Lamb is NOT indicitive of the cost of our future Craggy Cotter Pin Collectibles. Price to be determined*****
Summer is a wonderful time to watch the lambs skipping and playing on the Moor. One spry fellow came up for adoption today!
Meet Liam Cottonwool! He’s full of personality and folk art charm and one of our favorite “storybook” lambs to date!He’s a soft and snuggly collectible with sweetly oversized hooves and long leggy appeal.
Liam is 5 3/4 inch tall (sitting) and made of a wonderfully intricate cotton basket weave sweater material. It has a lovely texture and beautiful pattern full of cafe au lait browns,creamy whites, and just the barest hint of mocha. His accents are cafe au lait cotton velvet.
Liam is jointed with silver metal crested buttons that give him even more folk art appeal.
Liam’s sweet nose is handstitched with a coordinating olive colred cotton floss, and his eyes are antique bronze czech glass beads.
Liam’s stuffed with the Craggy Moor’s favorite stuffing too!
100% brand new wool batting, a touch of dry lavender, and just enough steel bbs to make him pleasingly heavy and “real” feeling as he sits in your hand.
Liam would make an adorable and unique gift for someone you love, or add him to your own flock!
The Craggy Moor Store is being featured over at My Knitting Life and Other Stories today on her “Favorite Etsy Shop Friday”segment! We love this blog, and are so honored to be there today!! Nicole tells wonderful stories about her life, and the things she loves.
Nicole gave us the chance to tell her readers a little bit about us, how and why we got started and what inspires us. We hope you stop by her blog and enjoy the interview.
Knitted for Ewe is Nicole’s Etsy shop and we love it too. Nicole makes wonderful handmade knit softies, bags and other things.
We first discovered her shop when we saw the listing for this lovely wristwarmer set with embroidered leaves.
Thank you again Nicole! And keep doing what you do!
