knitted sheep

Last night in bed, Ashwin asked me if I could please show him a sheep before winter.

I was bewildered. Why a sheep, and why before winter? We are just finishing winter, you know...

"Because," he replied, "I want to see a sheep before it gets knitted. It gets knitted for winter, and before that, we can see the inside of it. I want to see what it looks like inside."