Designer: Pi_bags
Sid is a quirky and lovable crochet sloth with a playful expression and a personality all his own. Featuring long limbs, a rounded body, oversized eyes, and a cheerful smile, this amigurumi character brings a fun and lighthearted touch to any handmade collection.
Stitches used in this tutorial are single crochet stitches and some crochet techniques like increasing and decreasing.
Materials used are Alize Cotton Gold yarn, a 2 mm crochet hook, 6 mm safety eyes, and wire for the neck. The long floppy limbs are surprisingly simple to make and the oversized eyes do all the character work.
You can give it as a handmade gift for animal lovers and movie fans, or add it to a collection of crochet animals and character-inspired amigurumi. This one is going to make every 90s kid absolutely lose it.
Materials
- 2 mm crochet hook
- Brown yarn (body): Alize cotton gold-262
- White: Alize cotton gold-55
- Dark Brown: Alize cotton-gold-493
- Black thin yarn for mouth
- 6 mm safety eyes
- Wire for neck 1.5 mm (optional)
Abbreviations
Mr – magic ring
sc – single crochet
inc – increase
dec – decrease
BLO – back loops only
sl st – slip stitch
hdc – half double crochet
ch – chain
Body & Head
With brown yarn.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a Mr (6)
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4: 1 sc, 1 inc, (2 sc, 1 inc) x 5, 1 sc (24)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 6: 2 sc, 1 inc, (4 sc, 1 inc) x 5, 2 sc (36)
Rnd 7: BLO, 36 sc (36)
Rnd 8-11: 36 sc (36)
Rnd 12: (4 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (30)
Rnd 13: 1 sc, 1 dec, (3 sc, 1 dec) x 5, 2 sc (24)
Rnd 14: 24 sc (24)
Rnd 15: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (18)
Rnd 16: 18 sc (18)
Fill the fiber until here.
Rnd 17: 9 dec (9)
Rnd 18-77: 9 sc (9)
Don’t fill the fiber in the neck part (9)
Rnd 78: 9 inc (18) Starting the head.
Rnd 79: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (24)
Rnd 80: (5 sc, 1 inc) x 4 (28)
Rnd 81: (6 sc, 1 inc) x 4 (32)
Rnd 82-85: 32 sc (32)
Rnd 86: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (24)
Rnd 87: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (16)
Fill with fiberfil.
Rnd 88: 8 dec (8)
Leave a long tail and close with a needle.
Arms x2
With brown yarn.
Rnd 1: 4 sc in a Mr (4)
Rnd 2: 4 inc (8)
Rnd 3: BLO: 8 sc (8)
Rnd 4-7: 8 sc (8)
Rnd 8: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 2, 2 sc (6)
Rnd 9: 6 sc (6)
Sl st. Leave a long tail.
Fingers, on BLO part, use white yarn and make (2 ch, 1 sl st) x 3.
Sew the arms on 18 row.
Legs x2
With brown yarn.
Rnd 1: 5 sc in a Mr (5)
Rnd 2: 5 inc (10)
Rnd 3: BLO: 10 sc (10)
Rnd 4-6: 10 sc (10)
Rnd 7: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 3, 1 sc (7)
Rnd 8: 1 sc, crochet both side together for closing.
Fingers, on BLO part, use white yarn and make (2 ch, 1 sl st) x 3.
Sew the legs on BLO part on body.
Nose
With dark brown yarn.
Rnd 1: 4 sc in Mr (4)
Rnd 2: 4 inc (8)
Rnd 3: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 2
On the head, 6-8 rows, sew or glue.
Eyes x2
Inside part with white yarn:
Rnd 1: 7 sc in a Mr (7)
Rnd 2: 7 inc attached the eyes (14)
Rnd 3: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 3m 2 sc (11)
Outside part with brown yarn:
Rnd 1: 8 sc in a Mr (8)
Rnd 2: 8 inc (16)
Rnd 3: (6 sc, 1 dec) x 2, 1 sl st (14)
Finish.
Put the white part to inside brown part. Glue or sew.
On the head, 5-6th rows, from the nose count 6 stitches and glue or sew.
Teeth
Use white yarn.
Make a magic ring, 1 hdc, 1 sl st, 1 hdc, sew.
Finished!
