Meet Henry, with his charming design and lovable appearance. Make your own little sheep and add a touch of handmade cuteness to your day!

Materials used are Chenille yarn in any shade, a 4.5 mm hook, safety eyes, fiberfill, scissors, and a yarn needle.

This pattern includes how to make each part separately. It starts by making the 4 legs and feet, belly and body part, head, ears, tail, and it also has instructions on how to make ruffles across the body.

It’s perfect for adding to your amigurumi collection, decorating your shelf, or giving as a handmade gift; also, you can experiment with different yarn colors to give him your own special touch

Materials

• 4.5 mm crochet hook
• Yarnsmiths Chenille yarn
• Stitch markers
• Stuffing
• Scissors
• Safety eyes
• Sewing needle

Abbreviations

Mr – magic ring
sc – single crochet
inc – increase
dec – decrease
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
trc – triple crochet
sl st – slip stitch
BO – bobble stitch
BLO – back loops only

Legs x4

Start with the secondary color.

Rnd 1: 8 sc in a Mr (8)
Rnd 2: hdc inc, dc inc, trc inc, ch 3, in next st 2 sl st, ch 3, trc inc, dc inc, hdc inc, sc inc (22)

Each stitch in the next round is worked in the BLO.

Rnd 3: BLO: 8 sc, 2 dec, 10 sc (20)
Rnd 4: dec around (10)
Rnd 5-7: sc around (3 rounds)

Fasten off.

Belly

Start with primary color.

Rnd 1: 10 sc in a Mr (10)
Rnd 2: 10 inc (20)

We will crochet through both the legs and the belly, the steps underlined is when you crochet through the belly and the legs.

(To make sure all the hooves are facing forward attach the legs to the body in R3
Front Left: stitches 3 & 2
Back left: stitches 6 & 5
Back right: stitches 8 & 7
Front right: stitches 10 & 9)

Rnd 3: 1 sc, 2 sc, 4 sc, 2 sc, 2 sc, 2 sc, 4 sc, 2 sc, 1 sc (20)

We will crochet around the outside of the legs and the body (the underlined is the stitches on the legs)

Rnd 4: 1 sc, 8 sc, 4 sc, 8 sc, 2 sc, 8 sc, 4 sc, 8 sc, 1 sc (44)

Body (For bobble stitch effect)

Rnd 5: (BO, 1 sc, BO, inc) x 11 (55)
Rnd 6: (1 sc, BO, 1 sc, BO, 1 sc) x 11 (55)
Rnd 7: (BO, 1 sc, BO, 1 sc, BO) x 11 (55)
Rnd 8: (1 sc, BO, 1 sc, BO, 1 sc) x 11 (55)
Rnd 9: (BO, 1 sc, BO, 1 sc, BO) x 11 (55)
Rnd 10: (1 sc, BO, 1 sc, BO, 1 sc) x 11 (55)
Rnd 11: (BO, 1 sc, BO, 1 sc, BO) x 11 (55)
Rnd 12: (BO, 1 sc, BO, dec) x 11 (44)
Rnd 13: (1 sc, BO, dec) x 11 (33)

Begin stuffing the legs and the body.

Rnd 14: (BO, dec) x 11 (22)

Finish stuffing.

Rnd 15: dec around (11)
Rnd 16: 5 dec, 1 sc (6)

Fasten off.

Body (For surface crochet body)

Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc) x 11 (55)
Rnd 6-12: sc around (7 rounds)
Rnd 13: (3 sc, dec) x 11 (44)

Begin stuffing the legs and the body.

Rnd 14: (2 sc, dec) x 11 (33)
Rnd 15: (1 sc, dec) x 11 (22)

Finish stuffing.

Rnd 16: dec around (11)
Rnd 17: 5 dec, 1 sc (6)

Fasten off.

Head

Start with secondary color.

Rnd 1: 8 sc in a Mr (8)
Rnd 2: 8 inc (16)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) x 8 (24)
Rnd 4-6: sc around (3 rounds)
Rnd 7: 1 sc, 7 inc, 16 sc (31)
Rnd 8: 1 sc, (sc, inc) x 7, 16 sc (38)
Rnd 9-11: sc around (3 rounds)

Attach eyes between round 8 &0, 11 visible stitche appart.

Rnd 12: (17 sc, dec) x 2 (36)
Rnd 13: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Rnd 14: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Rnd 15: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Rnd 16: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Rnd 17: dec around (6)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Ears x2

Start with secondary color.

Rnd 1: 4 sc in Mr (4)
Rnd 2: (1 sc, inc) x 2 (6)
Rnd 3: sc around (6)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) x 2 (8)
Rnd 5: (1 sc, inc) x 4 (12)
Rnd 6-9: sc around (4 rounds)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Fold in half and sc along the bottom of the last round. Fold in half again and with your needle sew together the sides of the last 3 rows.

Fasten off. Leaving a long tail for sewing.

Tail

Start with secondary color.

Rnd 1: 6 sc in Mr (6)
Rnd 2: inc around (12)
Rnd 3-6: sc around (4 rounds)

Fold in half and sew the borrom. Fasten off.

Surface Crochet Body

To add the ruffles to the body sl st and pull a loop, sl st in the next stitch, repeat this method all around the body. Do 3 rows on the side and then work in a circle towards the top.

Asembly

• Sew on head
• Sew on ears
• Using the surface crochet method, add on the ruffles for surface crochet body only.
• Using the surface crochet method, add on the fringe.
• Sew on the tail.

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