- NEW! - Amigurumi Guide: Little Lamb (pattern compilation)

Meet my newest little animal! 

She's a sheep (with no name ☹ - maybe someone can adopt her and name her? 😉)

She will be headed to the shop soon! 

I'm making another pattern link compilation post to explain how I made her.

I have used the same base for most of my animals (except the Giraffe and Pikachu that I mentioned in previous posts).

Base pattern: FREE PATTERN ~ Bear Plush – Heart2Stitch (wordpress.com)

I start off each leg with black.

I stop on ROUND 4.

On ROUND 5 I start the tan color and finish the leg.

When I join the legs (ROUND 10) I use white yarn and sc around.

Starting from ROUND 11 to ROUND 30 in the pattern, I do the LOOP STITCH. (the link takes you to the YouTube tutorial I used)

IMPORTANT: 

1. When you do the loop stitch, the loop will naturally want to go to the back of your work (which is the INSIDE of the Amigurumi/Sheep). 

You will want to pull the loop to the front, hold it in place, complete the stitch, insert your hook into the next space to keep the loop in place and continue on.

2. When you DECREASE (ROUND 26 - 30) you will do TWO LOOPS for ONE DECREASE.

You will insert your hook, do one loop. Hold the loop to the front, insert your hook into the next stitch, do your 2nd loop, pull loop forward and complete the decrease by going throuh all of the loops on your hook. This helps with bald spots that you would otherwise get if you only did one loop in your decrease.

Face piece: (I had to make it up myself) (US terms)

*Ch - Chain

*SC - Single Crochet 

*St - stitch

*Dec - Single Crochet Decrease

*Slst - slip stitch

G Hook (same as the base pattern)

1.) Ch 14. SC across 13 (13)

2.) Ch 1. Turn. 2 SC in next st, SC across 11, 2 SC in last st (15)

3.) Ch 1. Turn. 2 SC in next st, SC across 13, 2 SC in last st (17)

4 - 5. ) Ch 1. Turn. SC across (17)

6.) Ch 1. Turn. Dec, SC across 13, Dec (15)

7.) Ch 1. Turn. Dec, SC across 11, Dec (13)

8.) Ch 1. Turn. Dec, SC across 9, Dec (11)

9.) Ch 1. Turn. SC across (11)

10.) Ch 1. Turn. Dec, SC across 7, Dec (9)

11.) Ch 1. Turn. Dec, SC across 5, Dec (7)

12.) Ch 1. Turn. Dec, SC across 3, Dec (5)

13.) Ch 1 and SC around the entire piece. When you get back to the top row (Row 12) you will slst into the first stitch. I SC around roughly 35 stitches.

For the flower:

Magic circle. 5 sc in circle. Join.

Petals- Ch 2, 2 dc, ch 2 and slst in each sc for 5 petals.

Ears: http://www.repeatcrafterme.com/2013/10/crochet-giraffe-hat-pattern.html

ENJOY! I hope this was a helpful guide to making a sheep.