How to Crochet an Amigurumi Sheep

*2 x Women's Institute Premium White Acrylic Yarn 100g

*1 x Women's Institute Cool Vanilla Premium Acrylic Yarn 100g

*1 x Women's Institute Grey Premium Acrylic Yarn 100g

*1 x Women's Institute Light Pink Premium Acrylic Yarn 100g

*4mm crochet hook

*Toy stuffing

*Black embroidery thread or fine black yarn

*Tapestry needle

*Stitch marker

*Pins for sewing

Abbreviations 

Dc- double crochet

Sl st - slip stitch

Dc2tog - decrease - double crochet 2 stitches together

Bo - bobble stitch

Tr - treble crochet

St(s) - stitch/stitches

BLO - back loops only

Rnd (s) - round/rounds

[] - section to be repeated the specified amount of times

() - total number of stitches

Pattern Notes

This pattern is made with two strands of yarn held together to create a chunky and cuddly effect.

This pattern uses a 4 tr bobble stitch.

To make a bobble stitch, yarn over and insert your hook into the specified stitch. Yarn over again and pull your yarn through the first two loops on your hook. Yarn over and insert your hook into the same stitch, yarn over and pull your yarn through the first two loops on your hook.

Repeat this 2 more times until you’re left with 5 loops on your hook.

Once you have 5 loops, yarn over and pull your yarn through all stitches on your hook.

Note - to help your bobble stitches pop, try and keep the tension on your next dc stitch tight. If you find that any of your bobbles are pushed inwards, you can easily push them out with your fingers or with the back of your crochet hook. 

With Cool Vanilla and holding two yarn strands together.

Start with a magic ring and work in a spiral.

Round 1. Work 6dc into a magic ring (6)

Round 2. [2dc in each st] 6 times (12)

Round 3. [1dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (18)

Round 4. [2dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (24)

Round 5. [3dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (30)

Round 6. [4dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (36)

Round 7. [5dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (42)

Round 8. [6dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (48)

Round 9 - 20. Dc in each st for 12 rnds (48)

Round 21. [6dc, dc2tog] x 6 (42)

Round 22. [5dc, dc2tog] x 6 (36)

Round 23. [4dc, dc2tog] x 6 (30)

Tie off and weave in yarn end.

Embroider the eyes over rnd 14. With black embroidery thread or fine black yarn and a tapestry needle, insert your needle from point A through to point B and out through Point C

Insert your needle over the embroidery thread and back into point C (this will create a small loop over the embroidery thread) and insert your needle back out through point D.

Create eyelashes by sewing one stitch diagonally from the corner of the eye and one stitch horizontally from the corner of the eye. Repeat for the second eye. The eyes should be approximately 6 stitches apart. Next we’ll embroider the nose and mouth. Embroider a V shape approximately 2 stitches wide between rnds 15 - 17. Then embroider a straight line from the centre of the V from rnds 17 - 19

To create a mouth, insert your needle from point A to point B and out through point C.

Insert your needle over the embroidery thread and back into point C (this will create a small loop over the embroidery thread).

Weave in all ends and stuff the head firmly.

With Light Pink, holding two yarn strands together.

Make two.

Start with a magic ring and work in a spiral.

Round 1. Work 6dc into a magic ring, sl st into first st of the rnd (6)

Tie off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Pin and sew the cheeks between rnds 17 - 19 and weave in yarn ends. 

With White, holding two yarn strands together.

Start with a magic ring and work in a spiral.

When making the hair, every other round will have bobble stitches.

Round 1. Work 6 dc into a magic ring (6)

Round 2. [1dc and 1bo in the same st] 6 times (12)

Round 3. [1dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (18)

Round 4. [1dc, 1bo, 1dc and 1bo in the same st] 6 times (24)

Round 5. [3dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (30)

Round 6. [1dc, 1bo, 1dc, 1bo, 1dc and 1bo in the same st] 6 times (36)

Round 7. [5dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (42)

Round 8. [1dc, 1bo, 1dc, 1bo, 1dc, 1bo, 1dc and 1bo in the same st] 6 times (48)

Round 9. Dc in each st around (48)

Round 10. [1dc, 1bo] 24 times (48)

Round 11. Dc in each st around (48)

Tie off and leave a long tail (30cm) for sewing.

Place the hair on top of the head and pin and sew the hair between rnds 10 - 11.

Weave in yarn ends.

Note - the hair will be larger than the head due to the bobble stitches, however, once the hair is sewn and pushed down this should create a puffy effect for the hair.

With Cool Vanilla, holding two yarn strands together.

Make two.

Start with a magic ring and work in a spiral.

Round 1. Work 6dc into a magic ring (6)

Round 2. [1dc, 2dc in next st] 3 times (9)

Round 3. [2dc, 2dc in next st] 3 times (12)

Round 4. [3dc, 2dc in next st] 3 times (15)

Round 5. [4dc, 2dc in next st] 3 times (18)

Round 6 - 14. Dc in each st for 10 rnds (18)

Leave the ear unstuffed.

You’ll now crochet the top of the ear closed.

Round 15. Fold the top of the ear in half and dc in each st across, through both layers (6)

Tie off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Fold the ear in half again and sew the top of the ear closed.

Pin and sew the ears to the sides of the head just beneath the hair. The ears should be approximately 4 stitches from the eyes. Weave in yarn ends. 

With White yarn, holding two yarn strands together.

Start with a magic ring and work in a spiral.

When making the body, every other round will have bobble stitches.

Round 1. Work 6dc into a magic ring (6)

Round 2. [1dc and 1bo in the same st] 6 times (12)

Round 3. [1dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (18)

Round 4. [1dc, 1bo, 1dc and 1bo in the same st] 6 times (24)

Round 5. [3dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (30)

Round 6. [1dc, 1bo, 1dc, 1bo, 1dc and 1bo in the same st] 6 times (36)

Round 7. [5dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (42)

Round 8. [1dc, 1bo, 1dc, 1bo, 1dc, 1bo, 1dc and 1bo in the same st] 6 times (48)

Round 9. [7dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (54)

Round 10. [1dc, 1bo, 1dc, 1bo, 1dc, 1bo, 1dc, 1bo, 1dc and 1bo in the same st] 6 times (60)

Round 11. Dc in each st around (60)

Round 12. [1dc, 1bo] 30 times (60)

Round 13. Dc in each st around (60)

Round 14. [1dc, 1bo] 30 times (60)

Round 15. Dc in each st around (60)

Round 16. [1dc, 1bo] 30 times (60)

Round 17. [8dc, dc2tog] 6 times (54)

Round 18. [1dc, 1bo] 27 times (54)

Round 19. [7dc, dc2tog] 6 times (48)

Start stuffing the body firmly.

Round 20. [1dc, 1bo] 24 times (48)

Round 21. [6dc, dc2tog] 6 times (42)

Round 22. [1dc, 1bo] 21 times (42)

Round 23. [5dc, dc2tog] 6 times (36)

Round 24. [1dc, 1bo] 18 times (36)

Round 25. [4dc, dc2tog] 6 times (30)

Finish stuffing the body.

Tie off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Pin and sew the head to the body. Weave in yarn ends. 

With Light Grey, holding two yarn strands together.

Make two.

Start with a magic ring and work in a spiral.

Round 1. Work 6dc into a magic ring (6)

Round 2. [2dc in each st] 6 times (12)

Round 3. [1dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (18)

Round 4. Working in BLO, dc in each st around (18) 

Round 5 - 8. Dc in each st around for 4 rnds (18)

Change to Cool Vanilla.

Round 9 - 24. Dc in each st around for 17 rnds (18)

Stuff the leg lightly up to rnd 18, leave the top of the leg unstuffed.

Round 25. [1dc, dc2tog] 6 times (6) Dc in the next 4 - 5 stitches until the colour change from rnd 8 is centred (the colour change will be at the back of the leg once the leg is crocheted together).

Round 26. Fold the top of the leg together and dc in each stitch across through both layers (6) 

Tie off and leave a long tail for sewing. 

With Light Grey, holding two yarn strands together.

Make two.

Start with a magic ring and work in a spiral.

Round 1. Work 6dc into a magic ring (6)

Round 2. [2dc in each st] 6 times (12)

Round 3. [1dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (18)

Round 4. Working in BLO, dc in each st around (18)

Round 5 - 8. Dc in each st around for 4 rnds (18)

Change to Cool Vanilla.

Round 9 - 17. Dc in each st around for 10 rnds (18)

Stuff the leg lightly up to rnd 14, leave the top of the leg unstuffed.

Round 18. [1dc, dc2tog] 6 times (6) Dc in the next 4 - 5 stitches until the colour change from rnd 8 is centred (the colour change will be at the back of the leg once the leg is crocheted together). 

Round 19. Fold the top of the leg together and dc in each stitch across through both layers (6) 

With White, holding two yarn strands together.

Start with a magic ring and work in a spiral.

Round 1. Work 6dc into a magic ring (6)

Round 2. [2dc in each st] 6 times (12)

Round 3. [1dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (18)

Round 4. Dc in each st around (18)

Round 5. [1dc, dc2tog] 6 times (12)

Leave the tail un-stuffed.

Round 6. Fold the top of the tail in half and dc in each stitch across through both layers. 

Pin and sew the back legs to the bottom of the body over rnds 5 - 7 (counting from the base of the body).

Make sure to pin the back legs towards the front of the body so that your sheep can sit upright.

Pin and sew the front legs to the front of the body between rnds 17 - 18 approximately 3 - 4 stitches apart.

Pin and sew the tail to the back of the body between rnds 7 - 8.

Weave in any remaining yarn ends.