A free crochet sheep pattern for a tiny curly white lamb keychain with a dark face and a chain loop. This amigurumi lamb is covered in soft padded wool bobbles, with a charcoal face, droopy ears, little dark hooves and pink cheeks, a cute sheep plushie for keys or a bag. It is worked in single crochet with fingering yarn and a 2 mm hook, stands about 5 cm (2 in) tall, and uses 7 mm safety eyes with an embroidered nose, with the face, ears and bobbles sewn on. Follow it row by row with stitch counts and turn the interactive 3D model to see where every bobble goes.

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wool white yarnfingering weight40 m
ear grey yarnfingering weight5 m
face grey yarnfingering weight5 m
dark brown yarnfingering weight5 m
blush pink yarnfingering weight5 m
Crochet hooksize 2 mm1
Safety eyesor embroider them for small kids2
Fiberfillpolyester stuffing30 g
Stitch markerfor spiral rounds1
Tapestry needlefor sewing parts1

Gauge

1 sc ≈ 3 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 2.7 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 33 sc × 37 rounds); yarn about 1.4 mm thick. The gauge sets the size of the toy; crochet tightly so the stuffing does not show.

Worked in

Continuous spiral rounds. Don't join. Move a stitch marker up every round.

Parts

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R1with wool white: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3(1 sc, inc) ×6(18)
R41 sc, (inc, 2 sc) ×5, inc, 1 sc(24)
R5(3 sc, inc) ×6(30)
R62 sc, (inc, 4 sc) ×5, inc, 2 sc(36)
R7(5 sc, inc) ×6(42)
R83 sc, (inc, 6 sc) ×5, inc, 3 sc(48)
R9(BLO)48 sc(48)
R10–1548 sc(48)
R163 sc, (dec, 6 sc) ×5, dec, 3 sc(42)
R1742 sc(42)
R183 sc, (dec, 5 sc) ×5, dec, 2 sc(36)
R19(4 sc, dec) ×6(30)
R202 sc, (dec, 3 sc) ×5, dec, 1 sc(24)
R21(2 sc, dec) ×6(18)
R22(1 sc, dec) ×6(12)
R23dec ×6(6)
Size before assembly: about 5 cm at the widest, 4.4 cm long; 23 rounds.
→ Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

R1starting in the 2nd ch from hook: sc 3, 3 sc in the last ch; continue along the other side of the chain: sc 2, 2 sc in the last ch (the one you made the first sc in)(10)
R2(inc ×2, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc) ×2(16)
R31 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc(22)
R4–522 sc(22)
R6(2 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 2 sc) ×2(18)
R7(2 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 1 sc) ×2(14)
R8(1 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 1 sc) ×2(10)
R9(dec ×2, 1 sc) ×2(6)
Size before assembly: an oval about 2.5 × 1.6 cm at the widest, 2.1 cm long; 9 rounds. The piece is oval: the rounds go around the chain, and on the finished toy the chain (the long side of the oval) runs side to side; the starting chain is at the back of the piece (on the finished toy). The round-start marker is in the middle of a long side (the piece's centre line), while R1 starts at a turn: after R1 shift the round start — sc 2 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
With face grey: ch 5.
→ Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

R1with ear grey: 5 sc in MR(5)
R2inc ×2, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc(8)
R3(3 sc, inc) ×2(10)
R4–510 sc(10)
R62 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 1 sc(8)
Size before assembly: about 1 cm at the widest, 1.5 cm long; 6 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff it lightly — a thin layer, just enough to hold the walls apart: the ear about 8 mm thick, with thick rounded edges. Then shape it into a spoon: push the front wall toward the back wall — a concave spoon about 0.8 mm deep in front, a rounded back; about 10 mm wide. Keep the opening a curve, hollow side forward, not a straight line.

R1with blush pink: 5 sc in MR(5)
R2inc ×4, 1 sc(9)
A flat circle about 1.1 cm across; 2 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

R1with ear grey: 5 sc in MR(5)
R2inc ×2, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc(8)
R38 sc(8)
R4dec ×2, 1 sc, dec, 1 sc(5)
Size before assembly: about 0.8 cm at the widest, 1.1 cm long; 4 rounds.
→ Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 5 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

R1with wool white: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
Of these: on the wool body — 26 (10 pairs, left and right, and 6 single). A flat circle about 1.1 cm across; 2 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

Safety eyes and noses go in before the piece is stuffed and closed (see the pieces above); embroidery is easier before the piece is sewn on.

Safety eyes with a printed glint 7 mm (on the face): in round 6, 7 st apart (count along round 6: about 3.4 st each side of the centre top line).
Satin stitch (on the face): in nose pink thread, a oval about 4.6 mm wide and 3.2 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 8, on the centre top line .

Abbreviations

MR: magic ring
sc: single crochet
inc: 2 sc in the same stitch
dec: single crochet two stitches together (invisible decrease recommended)
BLO: work the round in back loops only
FLO: work the round in front loops only
ch: chain
sl st: slip stitch
st: stitch
R5: round 5; R7–14 = rounds 7 to 14 are the same
(…) ×6: repeat 6 times
(24): stitches in the round when it is done

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