Free sweet sheep crochet pattern
Make a sweet sheep amigurumi with this free crochet sheep pattern! This cute crochet lamb features a fluffy texture and a charming design making it a perfect handmade toy or nursery decoration. The head, body and legs are crocheted as one piece and sewing is a breeze. You will need two types of yarn: cotton or acrylic for the face, ears, arms, and legs, and soft chenille yarn to create the fur coat.
📊 Pattern Information
👤 Designer: @toys_vera
📸 Photo: @foxik_home
🧶 Skill Level: Intermediate
📏 Size: 5.5-6.7″ (14-17 cm) tall
Supplies
- Yarn option 1: YarnArt Jeans (55% cotton, 45% acrylic; 50 g/160 m) with a 2.5 mm crochet hook
or YarnArt Baby (100% acrylic; 50 g/150 m) with a 2.75 mm crochet hook - Yarn option 2: Alize Softy held double (100% micropolyester; 50 g/115 m) with a 2.75-3.0 mm crochet hook
or YarnArt Velour (100% micropolyester; 100 g/170 m) with a 2.75 mm crochet hook - Safety eyes or black half beads
- Sewing thread to match the plush yarn
- Tapestry / yarn needle
- Scissors
- Satin ribbon for decoration
- Fiberfill stuffing
Abbreviation used (US terms)
- Rnd – round
- ch – chain
- sl st – slip stitch
- sc – single crochet
- inc – increase (2 sc in the next stitch)
- dec – invisible decrease (single crochet 2 stitches together)
- (…) – total number of stitches you should have at the end of the round
- (…)* 6 times – repeat the instructions between the brackets the indicated number of times
Free crochet sheep amigurumi pattern
Arms (make 2)
With YarnArt Jeans / YarnArt Baby yarn:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: (inc)* 6 times (12)
Rnd 3-5: 12 sc (3 rounds)
Rnd 6: (dec, 4 sc)* 2 times (10)
Rnd 7-11: 10 sc (5 rounds)
Stuff the arm lightly.
Rnd 12: (dec, 3 sc)* 2 times (8)
Rnd 13: 8 sc
Fold the arm in half and crochet through both layers, 3 sc.
Fasten off.
Legs, body and head (one piece)
Legs (make 2)
Start with YarnArt Jeans / YarnArt Baby yarn:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: (inc)* 6 times (12)
Rnd 3-7: 12 sc (5 rounds)
2 sl st on the first leg.
Fasten off the first leg but not on the second leg.
We will join the two legs in the next round with a chain 3.
Continue on to the body.
Body
Continue from the 2nd leg: ch 3, join with the 1st leg.
Rnd 1: 12 sc on the 1st leg, 3 sc in 3 ch, 12 sc on the 2nd leg, 3 sc in 3 ch (opposite side) (30)
2 sl st, fasten off.
Change to YarnArt Velour / Alize Softy yarn and continue crocheting, starting from the side of the body:
Rnd 2-3: 30 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 4: 28 sc — make 2 dec (1 on each side)
Rnd 5: 28 sc
Rnd 6: 26 sc — make 2 dec (1 on each side)
Rnd 7: 26 sc
Rnd 8: 24 sc — make 2 dec (1 on each side)
Rnd 9: 24 sc
Rnd 10: 22 sc — make 2 dec (1 on each side)
Rnd 11: 22 sc
Rnd 12: (dec, 4 sc, dec, 3 sc)* 2 times (18)
Stuff the legs and body.
Change to YarnArt Jeans / YarnArt Baby yarn:
In the next round, attach the arms:
Rnd 13: 18 sc (crocheting the arms in on the sides of the body)
Rnd 14: (dec, 1 sc)* 6 times (12)
Rnd 15: 12 sc
Continue crocheting the head.
Head
Rnd 1: (inc, 1 sc)* 6 times (18)
Rnd 2: (1 sc, inc, 1 sc)* 6 times (24)
Rnd 3: (inc, 3 sc)* 6 times (30)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc, 2 sc)* 6 times (36)
Rnd 5-13: 36 sc (9 rounds)
Rnd 14: (dec, 4 sc)* 6 times (30)
Rnd 15: (dec, 3 sc)* 6 times (24)
Rnd 16: (dec, 2 sc)* 6 times (18)
Stuff the neck (firmly) and the head as you go.
Rnd 17: (dec, 1 sc)* 6 times (12)
Rnd 18: (dec)* 6 times (6)
Fasten off.
Hat
With YarnArt Velour / Alize Softy yarn:
Rnd 1: 8 sc in a magic ring (8)
Rnd 2: (inc)* 8 times (16)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc)* 8 times (24)
Rnd 4: (5 sc, inc)* 4 times (28)
Rnd 5-9: 28 sc (5 rounds)
Fasten off.
Sew the hat to the head around the edge using a thin thread matching the yarn color.
Ears (make 2)
With YarnArt Jeans yarn:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: (inc)* 6 times (12)
Rnd 3-10: 12 sc (8 rounds)
Flatten ear and then fold ear in half, and attach to the head, so that the opening of the fold faces forward.
Tail
With YarnArt Velour / Alize Softy yarn:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: (inc, 2 sc)* 2 times (8)
Rnd 3-5: 8 sc (3 rounds)
Fasten off.
Sew the tail to the lower back of the body.
