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Free Amigurumi Sheep Pattern

April 24, 2016 emma.crook Amigurumi, Free Pattern

Hello fellow Happy Crocheters! Here comes my new free amigurumi pattern for a sad looking
black sheep. Ive been busy crocheting lots of lovely things lately, but today I will tell you about
my free Ewe Gene the Sheep crochet pattern being published in a Crochet Magazine called
Amigurumi which is a fantastic German crochet magazine focusing solely on Amigurumi
Animals!
I mainly crochet amigurumi, however every year I tend to make a blanket or some pillows and
soon regret how time-consuming crocheting bigger items take compared to making dolls or
animals. This year I have been working on the Sophies Universe CAL blanket, but adapting it to
be a pouffe / footstool cover, I havent finished it yet but will do a post once done.
While berating myself for starting such a large crochet project with no end in sight, although I
must say that you do learn a lot of new stitches and techniques with the Sophies Universe CAL,
I was contacted by the lovely Julie from Amigurumi Magazine asking if I would like to contribute
in their issue 12 of the mag which was published in March. I was over the moon and was happy
that my Ewe Gene the Sheep pattern was suitable for the publication. Anyway after confirming
that they could translate the pattern over to German for me away I went! I wish I knew German
as the rest of the free patterns in the magazine are super cute! I might try my hand at reading
the patterns to see if I can follow them. I have published the free pattern below in English.

Here is Ewe Gene being a proper couch potato on my sofa, he is by far my most popular
pattern to date. I think its the sad grumpy look on his face that make people want to cuddle
him, it does seem funny that my saddest looking crochet creation is a favourite.
Here is the free amigurumi pattern:

Ewe-Gene the Black Lamb

Notes about this pattern:


Crochet in a continuous spiral; do not join rounds with slip stitch or turn unless stated
otherwise.

Crochet through both loops.

Use a stitch marker or a piece of yarn to mark the end of the round. Move the stitch
marker after finishing each round.

Skills you will need:

Magic ring, crocheting in rounds, chain stitch, slip stitch, single crochet stitch, double loop stitch,
decreasing and increasing.

Materials and tools you will need:

Black DK yarn (100g) = approx. 200 yards (182m)

Light Grey DK yarn (50g) = approx. 100 yards (90m)

White DK yarn (5g) = approx. 10 yards (9m)

Fibrefill (or stuffing of your choice)

Crochet hook 4mm

Stitch marker, scissors, some sewing pins and a yarn needle

Abbreviations:
Pattern is written using standard US crocheting terms.
Rnd Round
ch Chain stitch
slst Slip stitch
sc Single crochet (change to Double Crochet for UK terminology)
dlc Double loop crochet (see images 2-5 below)
inc Increase (make 2 single crochet stitches into indicated stitch)
dec Decrease (crochet next 2 stitches together into 1 stitch by picking up the front loops of
two sts and crocheting one sc into both loops)
dlinc Double loop increase (make 2 double loop stitches into indicated stitch)
dldec Double loop decrease (do a double loop stitch into first loop, before completing it with
the single crochet stitch (see images below), hook into next stitch and complete the single
crochet to join both indicated stitches into one complete double loop stitch)
(#) Number of stitches after finishing the round
[] x# Repeat instructions described in brackets # times in that round

Lamb Body:
With black yarn.
*We begin by using single crochet stitches to create a flat bottom for the lamb to sit on,
see image 1 below.
Rnd 1 Magic ring with 6sc and tighten loop (6)
Rnd 2 [inc] x6 (12)
Rnd 3 [inc, sc] x6 (18)
Rnd 4 [inc, 2sc] x6 (24)
Rnd 5 [inc, 3sc] x6 (30)
Rnd 6 [inc, 4sc] x6 (36)
Rnd 7 [inc, 5sc] x6 (42)
Rnd 8 [inc, 6sc] x6 (48)
Rnd 9 [inc, 7sc] x6 (54)
*Now the stitches will be Double Loop Crochet (dlc) see images 2-6.
Rnd 10 Rnd 24 dlc in each st (54) 15 rows
Rnd 25 [dldec, 7dlc] x6 (48)
Rnd 26 [dldec, 6dlc] x6 (42)
Rnd 27 [dldec, 5dlc] x6 (36)
Rnd 28 [dldec, 4dlc] x6 (30)
Rnd 29 dlc in each st (30)
Fasten off, leave approx. 15cm of yarn to use to sew onto the head later. Stuff very firmly.

Lamb Hair:
With black yarn
Rnd 1 ch31, slst into first chain to create a loop (30)
Rnd 2 Rnd 5 dlc in each st (30) 5 rows
Rnd 6 [dldec, 3dlc] x6 (24)
Rnd 7 [dldec, 2dlc] x6 18)
Rnd 8 [dldec, dlc] x6 (12)
Rnd 9 [dldec] x6 (6)
Rnd 10 [dec] x 3 (3)
Fasten off, leave approx. 15cm of yarn to use to sew onto the head later.

Lamb Head:
With light grey yarn
Rnd 1 Magic ring with 6sc and tighten loop (6)
Rnd 2 [inc] x6 (12)
Rnd 3 [inc, sc] x6 (18)
Rnd 4 [inc, 2sc] x6 (24)
Rnd 5 [inc, 3sc] x6 (30)
Rnd 6 [inc, 4sc] x6 (36)
Rnd 7 [inc, 5sc] x6 (42)
Rnd 8 [inc, 6sc] x6 (48)
Rnd 9 Rnd 11 sc in each st (48) 3 rows
Rnd 12 [inc, 7sc] x6 (54)
Rnd 13 Rnd 14 sc in each st (54) 2 rows
Rnd 15 [inc, 8sc] x6 (60)
Rnd 16 sc in each st (60)
Rnd 17 [dec, 8sc] x6 (54)
Rnd 18 sc in each st (54)
Rnd 19 [dec, 7sc] x6 (48)
Rnd 20 sc in each st (48)
Rnd 21 [dec, 6sc] x6 (42)
Rnd 22 sc in each st (42)
Rnd 23 [dec, 5sc] x6 (36)
Rnd 24 Rnd 28 sc in each st (36) 5 rows
Rnd 29 [dec, 4sc] x6 (30)
Fasten off and hide yarn inside of the head. Stuff the head firmly and leave until later.

Lamb legs (make 2):


With light grey yarn
Rnd 1 Magic ring with 6sc and tighten loop (6)
Rnd 2 [inc] x6 (12)
Rnd 3 [inc, sc] x6 (18)
Rnd 4 [inc, 2sc] x6 (24)
Rnd 5 Rnd 7 sc in each st (24) 3 rows
Rnd 8 [inc, 3sc] x6 (30)
Rnd 9 Rnd 10 sc in each st (30) 2 rows
Rnd 11 [dec, 3sc] x6 (24)
Rnd 12 sc in each st (24)
Rnd 13 [dec, 2sc] x6 (18)
Rnd 14 Rnd 28 sc in each st (18) 15 rows
Fasten off, leave approx. 15cm of yarn to use to sew onto the body later. Stuff firmly.

Lamb arms (make 2):


With light grey yarn
Rnd 1 Magic ring with 6sc and tighten loop (6)
Rnd 2 [inc] x6 (12)
Rnd 3 [inc, sc] x6 (18)
Rnd 4 [inc, 2sc] x6 (24)
Rnd 5 Rnd 7 sc in each st (24) 3 rows
Rnd 8 [dec, 2sc] x6 (18)
Rnd 9 Rnd 18 sc in each st (18) 10 rows
Fasten off, leave approx. 15cm of yarn to use to sew onto the body later. Stuff firmly.

Lamb ears (make 2):


With light grey yarn
Rnd 1 Magic ring with 6sc and tighten loop (6)
Rnd 2 sc in each st (6)
Rnd 3 [inc] x6 (12)
Rnd 4 sc in each st (12)
Rnd 5 [inc, sc] x6 (18)
Rnd 6 Rnd 7 sc in each st (18) 2 rows
Rnd 8 [inc, 2sc] x6 (24)
Rnd 9 [inc, 3sc] x6 (30)
Rnd 10 [dec, 3sc] x6 (24)
Rnd 11 sc in each st (24)
Rnd 12 [dec, sc2] x6 (18)
Rnd 13 Rnd 14 sc in each st (18) 2 rows
Rnd 15 [dec, sc1] x6 (12)
Rnd 16 sc in each st (12)
Fasten off, leave approx. 15cm of yarn to use to sew onto the body later. Stuff firmly.

Lamb White Eyes (make 2):


With white yarn
Rnd 1 Magic ring with 6sc and tighten loop (6)
Rnd 2 [inc] x6 (12)
Rnd 3 Rnd 5 sc in each st (12) 3 rows
Fasten off and hide yarn inside of the eye.

Lamb Grey Eye Lids (make 2):


With light grey yarn
Rnd 1 Magic ring with 6sc and tighten loop (6)
Rnd 2 [inc] x6 (12)
Rnd 3 [inc, sc] x6 (18)
Rnd 4 Rnd 6 sc in each st (18) 3 rows
Fasten off, leave approx. 15cm of yarn to use to sew the eyes together and then onto the head
later.

Lamb Black Iris (make 2):


With black yarn
Rnd 1 Magic ring with 6sc and tighten loop (6)
SLST and fasten off, leave approx. 15cm of yarn to use to sew onto the eye whites.
If you look at the images, sew the eyes together securely before attaching them to the head.
Sew the black iris so it just rests at the top of the eye and then stitch the grey lid over the top of
the iris and the white of the eye.

1. Showing Rnd 9 of the 2. Wrap the yarn around your 3. Once you have inserted
lamb body index finger twice. It will your hook through the
look like you have 3 loops on indicated stitch, insert your
your finger. hook through all 3 loops on
your finger.

4. Pull or draw all 3 loops 5. Yarn over the working 6. The double loop stitch is
through the stitch. Now you strand of yarn (this is the last now complete.
will have 4 loops on your strand on your finger) and
hook pull through all the loops on
your hook.
7. Attach the legs using pins 8. If the legs are placed onto 9. Using the yarn left over
to put in place. the dlc part of the body it from each leg sew them
allows the lamb to sit securely onto the body of the
comfortably on a shelf and lamb.
his legs can dangle.

10. Do the same with the 11. Stuff the head firmly. 12. Pin the hair in place and
arms, placing them a few use the left over black yarn to
rows below the lambs neck. sew onto the opening of the
head.
13. The head should be 14. Pin securely so all the 15. Using black yarn sew the
placed lengthways across the body opening is pinned to the head onto the body so there
body opening. head. are no openings. Do not
fasten off yet.

16. With the left over yarn, 17. Then make a small stitch 18. Pin the ears at the side of
position the needle at the and push through to the back the head and sew into place.
back of his head and push of the head tightly make an
through to where one eye will indent, repeat for the other
be. eye and fasten off.
19. Each eye uses three 20. Sew the black iris onto 21. Pin the completed eyes
crocheted sections, the grey the white and then cup the onto the face where the
eye lid, the eye white and the eye lid over the white and iris indents were made and sew
black iris. and sew together. on securely.

22. Using black yarn start 23. Then sew through the 24. Then pull the yarn across
embroiding the nose 4 rows magic loop and through the to the right and fasten off.
above the magic loop. fourth row from the left.

Hopefully your lamb should be looking like Ewe Gene now:


I hope youve enjoyed this free amigurumi lamb pattern.

Until next time, Happy Crocheting.

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