What do you need:
• fuzzy/ bulky yarn/ 5-6 wpi
• fine yarn/ sport/ 5 ply/ 12 wpi
• hook 4.5 mm or 5 mm for fuzzy yarn and 3 mm for sport yarn
• tapestry needle
• common sewing needle and threads
• 2 black mushroom buttons diameter 6 mm
• one flower button average 20 mm
• scissors
• toy filling
I used these yarns:
FOR THE BODY, HAIR, TAIL and EARS:
Brown sheep: Happy by YarnArt, 100% Polyester
Yarn weight: Bulky yarn/ 5 wpi, Yardage: 191 yards (175 meters), Unit weight: 100 grams
(1.76 ounces) Gauge: 26.0 sts = 4 inches
Color: 781 light coffee
You will need about 52 grams/ approximately 141 yards of yarn totally.
I used hook 4.5 mm/ US 7
Tip: Tip for an alternative material. You could use e.g. Pipsqueak by Bernat, 100%
Polyester, hook 5 mm/ US H
FOR THE HEAD, LEGS, EYES, EARS, HANDS and CHEEKS
Kacenka by Nitarna Ceska Trebova.
The mixture of 60% cotton 40% acrylic, Yarn weight: Sport / 5 ply (12 wpi) Yardage: 164
yards (150 meters) per 50g ball. You could buy this yarn here:
I used a hook 3 mm
Colors of Brown sheep: 7104 beige about 25 gram, small amount of 0010 white, 3324 light
pink, 3374 red
Tip: Tip for an alternative material. You could use e.g. Jeans renamed in 2016 as Gina by
Yarnart, Softfun by Scheepjeswool, Cotton Blend by Red heart, they all are very similar as
Kacenka.
The dimension of finished sheep: the sheep is 32 cm/12.6 inches tall. Please remember,
that the size of finished project depends on used material and your own style of crocheting too.
Needed skills:
You will use only basic stitches, but working with the fuzzy yarn needs some practice.
Instruction
The sheep consists of several parts – body, head, ears, cheeks, eyes, hands, legs and tail. You
will make all parts separately and then you will sew them together.
Body
• Use fuzzy yarn and crochet in spiral circle rounds. It means that you will not join the round
with SlSt and you will not turn the work after finishing of every round.
• Use small piece of contrast yarn or stitch marker and mark the end of the round with it.
• Crochet in back loops only. Insert a hook from middle to the back loop of next stitch. I used
contrast smooth yarn, to you could see better the stitches worked only into back loops only.
This bulging side becomes a wrong part of the work.
Chain (CH)
Slip stitch (SlSt)
Single crochet (SC)
Half double crochet (HDC)
Double crochet (DC)
BLO – crochet in back loops only
Increasing (inc): 2 SC in same stitch
Decreasing (dec): crochet 2 SC together
[ ] …x times = repeat instructions in in brackets … times
( ) = the number of the stitches at the end of the row/round
Round 1: Use fuzzy yarn and make CH 2, 8 SC in second stitch from hook (8 SC)
Round 2: from now your will crochet in back loops only, inc in each stitch around (16 SC)
Round 3: [1 SC, inc] – repeat 8 times totally (24 SC)
Round 4: [1 SC in next 2 stitches, inc] – repeat 8 times totally (32 SC)
Round 5: [1 SC in next 3 stitches, inc] – repeat 8 times totally (40 SC)
Round 6 – 19: 1 single crochet in each stitch around (40 SC)
Round 20: 1 SC in next 13 stitches, [dec, 1 SC in next stitch] – repeat 4 times totally, dec,
1 SC in next 13 stitches (35 SC)
Tip: Mark the part of decreasing by small piece of contr
ast yarn, to know better, where is a
front part of the body.
On the picture below you could see wrong side and right side of your work. Bulging part of
back loops only stitches becomes wrong part.
Round 21-22: 1 SC in each stitch around (35 SC)
Round 23: 1 SC in next 13 stitches, [dec, 1 SC in next stitch ] – repeat it 3 times totally, 1 SC
in next 13 stitches (32 SC)
Round 24: 1 SC in each stitch around (32 SC)
Round 25: [dec, 1 SC in next 3 stitches] – repeat 6 times totally, 1 SC in next 2 stitches (26
SC)
Round 26: 1 SC in each stitch around (26 SC)
Round 27: [dec, 1 SC in next 2 stitches] – repeat it 6 times totally, 1 SC in next 2 stitches (20
SC)
Round 28: 1 SC in each stitch around (20 SC). Fill the body with toy filling carefully and
thoroughly.
Round 29: 1 SC in next 7 stitches, dec, 1 SC in next stitch, dec, 1 SC in next 8 stitches (18
SC)
Round 30: 1 SC in next 7 stitches, dec, dec, 1 SC in next 7 stitches (16 SC)
Round 31-34: 1 SC in each stitch around (16 SC), end the work after round 34. Fill the body
with a toy filling.
The shape the body after filling, nicely.
Wrong side Right side
Front Back Side Side
Head
Use sport yarn, beige color, hook 3 mm. Crochet in circle spiral rounds. Fill the head with toy
filling as you go precisely.
Round 1: CH 2, 7 SC in second stitch from hook (7 SC)
Round 2: inc in each stitch around (14 SC)
Round 3: [1 SC, inc] – repeat 7 times totally (21 SC)
Round 4: [1 SC in next 2 stitches, inc] – repeat 7 times totally (28 SC)
Round 5: [1 SC in next 3 stitches, inc] – repeat 7 times totally (35 SC)
Round 6: [1 SC in next 4 stitches, inc] – repeat 7 times totally (42 SC)
Round 7: [1 SC in next 5 stitches, inc] – repeat 7 times totally (49 SC)
Round 8-17: 1 SC in each stitch around (49 SC). Fill the head with toy filling as you go.
Round 18: [dec, 1 SC in next 3 stitches] – repeat 9 times totally, dec, 1 SC in next 2 stitches
(39 SC)
Round 19: [dec, 1 SC in next 2 stitches] – repeat 9 times totally, dec, 1 SC in next stitch
(29 SC)
Round 20-31: 1 SC in each stitch around (29 SC)
Round 32: [dec, 1 SC in next 1 stitches] – repeat 9 times totally, dec (19 SC)
Round 33: [dec] – repeat 9 times totally, 1 SC in next stitch (10 SC). End the work. Sew the
rest of the stitches.
Hair
Use fuzzy yarn and crochet in spiral circle rounds, in back loops only.
Round 1: CH 2, 8 SC in second stitch from hook (8 SC)
Round 2: inc in each stitch around (16 SC)
Round 3: [1 SC, inc] – repeat 8 times totally (24 SC)
Round 4 – 7: 1 SC in each stitch around (24 SC)
Round 8: [dec, 1 SC in next 3 stitches] – repeat 4 times totally, dec, 1 SC in next 2 stitches
(19 SC), end the work.
Ears
The ears consist of two parts.
Part I: Use fuzzy yarn, hook 4.5 mm. Make two same pieces.
Beginning: CH 7
Row 1: insert a hook in second stitch from the hook and crochet 1 SC in next stitch, 1 HDC in
next stitch, 1 DC in next 3 stitches, 1 HDC in next stitch, end the work.
Part II: Use sport yarn, light pink color, hook 3 mm. Make two same pieces.
Beginning: CH 7
Row 1: insert a hook in second stitch from the hook and crochet 1 SC in next 3 stitches,
1 HDC in next stitch, 1 DC in next stitch, 5 DC in last stitch, don’t turn the work, continue in
circle direction, crochet in opposite part of chains from beginning and crochet 1 DC in next
stitch, 1 HDC in next stitch, 1 SC in next 3 stitches, end the work.
Eyes
Make 2 same pieces. Use sport yarn, white color, hook 3 mm.
Round 1: CH 2, insert a hook in second stitch from the hook and crochet SC 5 (5 SC)
Round 2: [inc] – repeat 5 times totally (10 SC)
Round 3: 1 single crochet in each stitch around (10 SC)
Round 4: [dec, 1 SC in next stitch] – repeat 3 times totally, 1 SC in next stitch (7 SC)
End the work. Neaten free threads. Sew tiny mushroom button average 6 mm or black beads
in the middle of the eye. Fill the eyes with small amount of toy filling.
Hands
Make two same hands. Use sport yarn, beige color, hook 3 mm. Crochet in circle spiral rounds.
Fill the hands with toy filling only at the beginning to the round 12. Rest of the hands stays
empty.
Round 1: CH 2, 8 SC in second stitch from hook (8 SC)
Round 2: [1 SC, inc] – repeat 4 times totally (12 SC)
Round 3 – 42: 1 SC in each stitch from previous round (12 SC). End the work after round 42.
Cheeks
Make 2 same pieces. Use sport yarn, light pink color, hook 3 mm.
Beginning: use light pink yarn and make magic circle
Round 1: CH 3 as a first DC, 11 DC in the middle of the circle. 1 SlSt in first stitch of the
round, end the work.
Legs
Make two same legs. Use sport yarn, beige color and hook 3 mm. Crochet in circle spiral
rounds. Fill the legs with toy filling only to the round 12. Rest of the legs stays empty.
Round 1: CH 2, 7 SC in second stitch from hook (7 SC)
Round 2: inc in each stitch around (14 SC)
Round 3: [1 SC, inc] – repeat 7 times totally (21 SC)
Round 3 – 21: 1 SC in each stitch from previous round (21 SC). End the work after round 21.
Tail
Use fuzzy yarn and crochet in spiral circle rounds, in back loops only. Fill the tail with a toy
filling.
Round 1: CH 2, 7 SC in second stitch from hook (7 SC)
Round 2: inc in each stitch around (14 SC)
Round 3-4: 1 SC in each stitch around (14 SC). End the work after round 4.
Finishing
You made all parts of the sheep. Shape them nicely and pin them together and then sew them
together. Use common sewing thread and needle. Neaten free threads. Sew flower button on
the head.
Sew the hair and head together. Use common sewing thread and needle.
Then sew the body and head together. Shape it nicely. Use common sewing thread and needle.
Fill the neck with toy filling thoroughly.
Sew pink and fuzzy part of the ear together and then sew them on the head. Use common
sewing thread and needle.
Sew the eyes on the head. Sew the eyes close to each other.
Use red yarn and the tapestry needle and sew the cheeks visible. Pull the rest of the yarn into
the head by your hook.
Use common sewing thread and needle and sew the muzzle, as you see on the picture bellow.
Sew the tail. On the back side of the sheep. Use common sewing thread and needle and sew
the legs. Fill the legs with a small amount of toy filling and then sew them on the bottom of the
body, shape the sheep to stand without any support nicely. Sew the flower button average 20
mm on the head.
Your Sheep is finished – congratulation ♥
♥ I wish you nice crocheting ♥