Crocheted lambs with patterns. Crochet sheep Matilda. Master Class. Finishing touches on the job
Hello! My name is Tatyana. For the New Year I came up with this fluffy sheep. I have already imposed a lot of them. Everyone asks for a diagram or description. So I decided to make a tutorial on knitting this toy and at the same time take part in the competition on your website in the “Editor's Choice” category.
So! For work you need: Softy plush yarn (Alize), Sirius acrylic yarn (NAKO) for the legs and face, 4 wooden beads, a decorative button, a needle with a blunt tip and a large eye, filler (holofiber), hooks No. 2 and No. 4 and any other decorative elements to your taste (photo No. 1).
Abbreviations: RLS - single crochet, VP - air loop, SS - connecting column, pr - increase (two columns in one loop of the previous row), dec - decrease (two columns knitted together).
We take hook No. 4 and Softy yarn, knit the TORSO (photo No. 2):
2. 8 increments (16)
4. 2 RLS, etc. - repeat 8 times (32)
5. 3 RLS, etc. - repeat 8 times (40)
We knit rows 6-11 without increments in a spiral (40)
12. 3 RLS, dec. - repeat 8 times (32)
13. 2 RLS, dec. - repeat 8 times (24)
14. 1 RLS, dec. - repeat 8 times (16)
Stuff the body with filler.
15. 8 decreases (8)
Tighten the loops and leave a long thread for sewing.
HEAD (photo No. 3):
Hairstyle - Softy yarn, hook No. 4
1. 8 sc in amigurumi ring (8)
2. 8 increments (16)
3. 1 RLS, etc. - repeat 8 times (24)
4. without increments (24)
5. Three SS
We break the thread, leaving a long end for sewing.
Muzzle - Sirius yarn, hook No. 2
2. 6 increments (12)
3. 1 RLS, etc. - repeat 6 times (18)
4. 2 RLS, etc. - repeat 6 times (24)
5-8. No increase (24)
9. Three SS
We break the thread.
We sew the hairstyle to the muzzle, loop to loop (photos No. 4 and No. 5), do not stuff it.
We draw the thread out from the side of the muzzle with a needle, remove the needle and use this thread to knit the eye (photo No. 6): we knit five VPs, in the second loop from the hook we knit three sc, in the next two loops one sc each, and fasten the thread.
We insert the thread into the needle again and bring it out to the other side of the muzzle (photo No. 7)
And similarly we knit the second eye (photo No. 8)
We design the face.
Using black thread (Sirius in one thread) we embroider the nose and eyes (photos No. 9 and No. 10).
We tint the cheeks, sew a button above the ear (photo No. 11).
LEGS (photo No. 12, 4 pieces):
Yarn Sirius, hook No. 2
1. 6 sc in amigurumi ring (6)
2. 6 increments (12)
3-4. No increase (12)
5. Three SS
Leave the end of the thread for sewing.
We insert wooden beads into the legs (photo No. 13).
Now assembling the sheep. Using thread from the body, we sew the upper part of the head (hairstyle) to the body of our sheep (photo No. 14).
Please note that we are not sewing on the muzzle (lower part) yet!!! We bring the remaining end of the thread with a needle to the back of the body and knit a small tail (the same way as the ears were knitted) - photo No. 15.
We fasten the thread and hide the tip.
We pin the legs to the body, give our sheep a stable position and sew it on. We hide the ends of the threads behind the unsewn part of the head and secure them there (these threads will serve as stuffing). Sew the muzzle to the end.
That's all! Our baby sheep is ready!
Happy knitting!!!
Continuing the theme of the symbol of the coming year, I propose a Sheep pillow.
You won't hear a word
You're from the little one sheep.
For any question you have
He will only stubbornly say: “Bee-e-e.”
author of the master class Natalia http://www.liveinternet.ru/users/5073039/post32624...
To knit a Sheep toy pillow you will need:
* hook No. 2, No. 3 and No. 3.5,
* beige cotton yarn - for knitting the head, ears and paws,
* chocolate-colored cotton yarn - for knitting hooves,
* pink “grass” yarn – for knitting a lamb body pillow,
* black iris yarn - for “drawing” a smile,
* brown (brown) eyes with secure fastening,
* LOTS of stuffing for toys,
* scissors,
* needle for stitching parts,
* centimeter.
Conventions used in the diagram:
- VP - air loop
- RLS - single crochet
- P - increase,
- U - decrease,
- (…) - the number of loops in the row after it is completely tied
- (sequence) * times - the sequence of actions that must be repeated the number of times indicated outside the brackets is indicated in brackets.
Knitting pattern for sheep toy pillows.
Pillow body (1 piece)– pink “grass” yarn, hook No. 3.5.
Here you will have to prepare yourself for a long knitting. It took me 2 days.
As I already mentioned, the pillow will be round and flat. It knits quite simply.
We measure and cut a thread 20-25 cm long for sewing the paws to the body.
The length of one paw was approximately 18 cm.
6.
Design and assembly of parts
7.
We insert eyes with secure fastening. We connect the fleecy and smooth parts of the head and sew them together, not forgetting to stuff them with stuffing for toys.
The length of the head was 11 cm. The eyes can be knitted if desired, as I did, for example, when knitting the first Sheep Pillow
8.
Using black thread (iris) we embroider the line of the mouth and nose. If desired, you can “draw” eyebrows and eyelashes. I didn't do this.
We fold the ears in half, giving them the desired shape, and sew them to the head.
We sew the paws to the pillow body on four sides.
Well, the final touch is to sew the head to the body-pillow.
9.
Pincushion Sheep
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Crochet. SHEEP potholders. Master Class
Crochet. SHEEP potholders. Master class from T.A.G.
DIY sheep master class in 30 minutes
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Good afternoon. The new year is approaching, which will be Year of the Sheep. And that means that on this holiday it will be possible to give sweet, friendly sheep to friends and family. As a symbol of the year.
Today I am posting an article with a selection of crocheted sheep. I found several ways of knitting crocheted sheep (of different shapes) - from the simplest ball-shaped sheep, to more complex and advanced crocheted pets (with a wire frame inside, whose legs and arms bend.)
So get your yarn ready.
And pack your GIFTS friends and family.
It’s so nice to find under the New Year tree SOMETHING made with soul - warm and fluffy... with cute sheep eyes...
First of all, let's see what exactly can be knitted on the theme of SHEEP CROCHET.
WHAT WE WILL KNIT IN THIS ARTICLE
- HATS in the form of sheep...(for newborns and kindergarten kids)
- Crocheted SLIPPERS and BOOTS with sheep faces...
- Crochet PILLOWS – in the shape of sheep (very simple crochet pattern)
- POTT POTS and coasters in the shape of sheep (also crocheted)
- SHEEP TOYS... (in this article you will find a whole bunch of them - from round little ones... to long-legged ones)
And... since I have accumulated a lot of crocheted sheep toys... they will go BELOW in this article... and LET'S START with hats and slippers...
Crochet HATS
in the shape of a sheep.
First of all, let’s look at what beautiful hats for children you can crochet in the shape of a cute sheep. Cozy, warm woolen ones, made by yourself.
MODEL OF SHEEP HAT No. 1
simple cap with applique.
Crochet o standard round "cap"- how many loops to add in each circle is up to you. Yes, there is no scheme here. There is simply your child’s head, and as you knit in the round, you apply the product to the top of your baby’s head and evaluate whether your circular knitting narrows and expands correctly.
When the cap is knitted, we knit the ears (you can use yarn with fluff). Then we knit the mouth and eyelashes. Eyelashes are branches of air chains tied with connecting single crochets.
You can complicate the same model of a sheep cap - and make the upper part of the hat (the beginning of knitting) using the cone-bomb technique. This technique will be discussed below in our article.
Ushanka hat in the shape of a sheep.
Here the model is the same as above... but it is visually different. How?
The first difference is that it is knitted from thick textile threads - so soft they look like rollers made of thin knitwear. By the way, some people make such threads with their own hands - they go to a fabric store, buy soft knitted fabric - and simply cut the knitted fabric into strips - and here you have thick and soft threads.
The second difference is that the hat has ears (not sheep ears) - but knitting appendages that cover the child’s ears (like ear flaps).
MODEL OF SHEEP HAT No. 3
Everything is cooler and more beautiful here. Here the hat is crocheted in the same way in the round - with a cap... And then a round applique of the muzzle is tied to it (on which the eyes, nose and cheeks are embroidered with crochet).
By the way, as we can see, the round applique of the sheep’s face is not knitted in a circular pattern, but in straight rows... and its shape is similar to a square with rounded edges. At the end, we tie such a rounded square in a circle - with single crochet stitches - with a simple white thread. This is to give completeness and roundness to the sheep's face.
The ear flaps on the hat are knitted later - when the knitted cap is ready. We simply pierce the edges of the crochet on both sides (right and left) - grab the thread - and knit several rows for the left ear-flap... and for the right ear-flap...
The bow on the hat is a crocheted rectangle, which was then tied tightly in the middle with a skein of thread...
Sheep ears are a circular knitting technique - we knit a pancake - first with pink threads and the last rows with white threads.
MODEL OF SHEEP HAT No. 4
And this model of the cap is exactly the same as all the others - on the principle of circular knitting, on the principle of knitting ear flaps. It differs only in what pattern we will knit our circular rows of hats.
This pattern is called cones... - it is simple (to master it, you just need to know how to knit double crochets). Nothing new…. Look, I described the principle and showed it in the photo below.
HOW TO CROCHET A PATTERN - “CONES” or “BOMBS”.
In one loop of the bottom row - we knit several double crochets at once... but every time.. we leave this stitch on the hook (we don’t knit them through each other, as usual - but leave them on the hook and start the next one)...
And when we have several stitches on the hook, we make a BROACH... pick up the thread with a hook and pull through the loop THROUGH ALL columns at once... and WE GET a bomb-cone.
Then we make four air loops (to descend from the height of the bomb)… and attach them to the bomb of the bottom row… again three air loops (to climb to the new bomb)… And so on…
BOOTS slippers –
in the form of a sheep
crocheted and knitted.
If you have knitted a hat and you have some thread left, you can knit these sheep bootie slippers. For children's feet. They are so cute - and very quick and easy to knit. A beautiful delicate crocheted sheep on each baby's leg.
You can also get creative and crochet sheep mittens - in the shape of sheep faces.
SHEEP PILLOW
as a gift for the Year of the Sheep.
Here's another gift idea - a crocheted sheep in the form of a pillow on which you can lie down. Now I will try to describe in more detail how to crochet such a sheep pillow yourself.
First we knit two pillow squares ... then we sew these squares together - along the back seam (where the lamb’s butt is).
Then we sew the sides of the squares... but only in the middle part of these sides... closer to the corners we leave unstitched sections... Because from these left slits we will START KNITTING THE LEGS.
Along the front seam we sew the entire pillow flaps - the front part and the back part.
Then from the leg holes we begin knitting the legs – we crochet the rows in a circle... then decreasing the columns (where the legs should be thinner)... then adding columns (where the legs widen).
HERE is an example of how columns are added and decreased in a row.
We knit the head separately , starting with a round nose (round flat crochet) ... then we round the nose (stop adding loops - and the knitting is rounded into the shape of a bowl ... goes into a pipe-muzzle) ...
After several rows of such cylindrical knitting, we narrow the pipe (we reduce the stitches in the row - and the knitting goes to the narrowed part of the nose)... then we expand the pipe again (we add stitches and the muzzle expands into the area of the sheep’s forehead).
Then we narrow the circular knit pipe... this is where we go from the forehead of the sheep to the back of the head... and when there are not very many columns left in the row (just so that the width of the pipe is one third of the edge of the pillow) - then we stuff padding polyester (or cotton wool) into it ) and close the pipe with a simple seam. And sew the head to the middle of the front seam of the pillow.
Knitted SHEEP POTT POTS
3 models.
And when I was hunting for ideas for toy crocheted sheep and lambs, I found these wonderful sheep pot holders... or crocheted sheep coasters (stands for hot cups). THREE MODELS...
FIRST MODEL – crocheted sheep as a hot stand.
Very easy to knit - first knit flat circle using circular technique knitting . In the last circular row we make a pattern for the curly edge of the napkin (it is simple - here there is an alternation of 3 double crochets + 1 connecting stitch... again 3 high double crochets + 1 tiny connecting stitch)... and this is how the openwork edge of the lamb napkin is obtained.
We knit a muzzle in the shape of an oval... Knitting an oval differs from a circle in that... we start knitting a circle from a chain of air loops closed in a ring... and to make it not a circle but an oval, we do not close the chain into a circle... but knit in a circle along the chain - we get oval circular knitting...
Legs of lamb are straight knitting - first a chain of chain stitches... and then a series of double crochets...
SECOND MODEL – colored potholder with a sheep.
Here the color pattern can be calculated very well right in the photograph... you can count the number of columns needed... and knit exactly the same napkin-pot holder.
MODEL THREE – volumetric potholder with a lamb.
And here 2 previous knitting techniques are combined at once... flat pattern (according to the pattern of alternating colors) + knitted applique of the muzzle, legs and tail...
And now we finally get to the toys...
Crochet SHEEP TOYS
many ideas and designs.
Sheep and lambs on a green meadow... you can create such a pastoral picture at home... You can knit sheep in secret from your child…
Then sew a green cushion... and let this peaceful herd graze on it. And what delight will be in the eyes of your baby when, returning from kindergarten, he sees this piece of fabulous alpine slopes... And how many fun games can you come up with with such game material...
Get ready, mommy - you'll have to glue pens and fences from cardboard... a barn with a roof... then knit a shepherd... then his horse... then build a farmstead... and it’s not known what else this fabulous world of sheep’s happiness can acquire.
If you think that these are the tiniest crocheted sheep, you are mistaken... The tiniest sheep are made by one craftswoman... who is generally interested in creating miniature forms using the crochet technique.
This little sheep... stands on the tip of her index finger... How did they tie it up so tiny?... I can’t imagine.
SHEEP-BALL
simple knitting of a round sphere.
The easiest sheep to knit are ball-shaped toys. They are very easy and quick to knit... You don’t even need to count the stitches... we just knit by eye.
I always knit without counting– I just see that the knitting bends the shape in the right direction... that means it’s good... And if it went the wrong way... I went back (unraveled the knitting) a row back... I did it differently (more or fewer stitches)...
So...first we knit a flat circle for 4-5 rows (in each row we intensively add stitches so that the circle is flat and does not curve into a bowl).
then we begin to add new columns in a circular row less often - so that the knitted disk begins to curve inward at the edges...
Then, closer to the middle of the ball, we knit 1-2 rows without adding stitches at all...
Then we begin to decrease the columns so that our “bowl” begins to narrow and round out.
By the way... if you knit the nose of a sheep in one color (brown) and the after-nose (forehead and beyond) in a different color, you will get a beautiful brown muzzle of a sheep (as in the top photo on the right). If desired, you can add paws to the ball sheep (ears are required).
By the way, such a ball sheep can be complement with knitting with the “Bumps” pattern. You can put such a pattern directly OVER the knitted ball... that is, hook the posts BEHIND the muzzle of the sheep... and knit a new knitting of the “Bumps” pattern in a circle.
Or from just make a SPIRAL binding (SKIN IN RINGS)- from ordinary columns (as in the photo below).
We simply stick a hook into the side of the sheep and pick up the thread (the one with which we will knit the spirals)... and on the back we begin to knit a SPIRAL COMB FROM STICKS... we knit it straight as we see... we stick the hook into any hole - as long as the direction of our columns is spiral (snail)... When one spiral-curl is ready - we start a new one in the same way. In the photo below we see that our sheep is decorated with precisely these spiral combs made from ordinary columns.
Or you can do simple surface knitting... BUT ALREADY from threads with fluffy pile - as in the photo below.
Crochet round SHEEP
skin in loops.
Or you can decorate such a ball-sheep with LONG LOOPS of yarn... Such loop knitting is actually a simple thing.
Personally, I came up with the idea of using a piece of rubber hose (it’s convenient because it bends)…
First, we knit a regular ball (for the body), and then we make a binding with long loops on top of the back part of the ball.
Here's how it happens. We fasten the thread to the desired row of the back (that is, we knit small stitches). We attach a piece of rubber hose to this place so that it lies along the knitting row. We pass the thread through the hose, and then we pick it up as usual and knit it into a column. We have a loop on the hose. And again we transfer it through the hose and knit a new stitch. And we already have 2 loops on the hose.
In this way we continue to knit, and by the end of the ROW we have several loops on the hose. Then we stick this hose out of the loop tunnel. And all the loops are released.
And with this piece of hose we begin to knit a new row... just like the previous one.
You can ALSO make loops on a lamb from a REGULAR CHAIN of air loops. This is how this sheep, LalaLupsia’s friend, is in the photo below.
Each curl of the sheep's loop is a chain of air loops that enters the same loop of the row from which it came.
SHEEP bags
The formula is simple, oval shape + arms, legs, ears and muzzle. You can’t knit the lamb’s body round – and make it oval.
This carcass mating is needed start from the back of the head(upper part of the head) ... and knit in a circular pattern, expanding towards the belly and ass).
And then when the BODY-BAG is ready, you can attach ears, legs and a muzzle to it. The muzzle can be like a FLAT APPLIQUE (left photo below) ... or like a CONVEX INSERTION with padding polyester inside (right photo below).
The body of a sheep can literally look like a bag - like in the photo below.
I think you can even come up with a pocket on the back with a zipper and shoulder straps to carry such a sheep as a backpack on your back.
WHAT SHAPE ARE THE MUZZLES?
crocheted sheep.
Let's see what shape a crocheted sheep's head can have. After all, everyone’s body and legs are approximately the same, and the main texture of the model is conveyed precisely by the HEAD – its size, muzzle and the design of the eyes and nose (the mood of our sheep depends on this). So, let's look at the shapes of sheep heads.
OVAL HEAD SHAPE – crochet sheep.
Oval is the most common shape. Here in the photo below we see example of a STRAIGHT OVAL- uniform width in the lower and upper parts of the muzzle.
It can be in the shape of an OVAL NARROWED AT THE TOP - made of colored threads in the form of a New Year's hat - to make a New Year's winter sheep.
Or the shape of a sheep’s muzzle can be like an OVAL NARROWED TO THE DOWN, like the sheep in the photo below. Here the oval narrows towards the nose and widens towards the back of the head.
FIGURED HEAD SHAPE
crochet sheep
You can knit a sheep figured head. It's all the same circular knitting.
First we knit a small flat circle, then we switch to cylindrical knitting (so that the nose begins to narrow into a tube).
After On the one side knitting pipes, add columns (to create an extension for the sheep’s forehead area). We make an addition only on one upper side (on the frontal part).
We knit in a circle and reach the back of the head (the back of the head), where we narrow the knitting (that is, we round off and close our head).
The body of a sheep is a simple oval-cylinder. Legs, tail and ears too.
If you knit the top of the head and the body from fluffy knotted threads, it will turn out even more beautiful (see photo below). And the lower leg area (the initial part of knitting the leg) can be knitted in a different color - then it will look like hooves... As in the photo below
And generally speaking…. The shape of a sheep's muzzle can be very different...
Hippopotamus head shape in sheep And.
Or this almost Hippo shape of the head... and only the bridge of the nose and the fluffy cap on the head makes this silhouette more like a SHEEP than a hippo.
Or you can make a sheep like this... with a pink nose and black nostrils... Almost like a COW...
And there may also be sheep with square muzzles... and with shaggy bellies...
SHEEP toys
with elongated muzzles.
Here's a great model of sheep... they are so cute and gentle with their eyes closed.
This is a very simple knitting... the body is a plump short cylinder... the head is a long cylinder... the legs are also long cylinders crocheted. The ears are flat round pieces knitted in the round, which were then folded in half like a pancake... and sewn to the head...
The upper part of the head and the entire body of the sheep is covered with knitting from other threads - special decorative threads with large lumps of felt fleece... (these are sold in yarn stores).
SHEEP WALKING
on long legs.
If you insert metal into a sheep SKELETON-FRAME made of wire- she will stand on her legs... bend her arms and tilt her head in a funny way... It will be more convenient to play with her.
FRAMEWORK – the skeleton is made simply.
Take a wire (copper or aluminum, which you can find in a hardware store) and bend it so that there is a central rod... and so that branches-legs and branches-arms extend from it...
When the sheep's body is ready, we simply insert the frame into it - we insert branches into the legs and arms - and fill the sheep with padding polyester and tie the necessary parts.
In the left photo below we just see such a WIRE-skeletal sheep. Her legs are bent and her head is tilted.
And as you can see, these sheep have a CURLY BUNDLE on their bellies and heads.
AT THE FIRST SHEEP we see a harness made from small round pieces in one crochet stitch... That is, we made many, many round pieces (circular knitting) but not flat ones, but convex ones (like a bowl) ... and then these round pieces stuck sheep on the required surfaces ... we got voluminous curls.
THE SECOND SHEEP has curls made with a regular crochet pattern - it’s called “Bumps” - I told you how to knit it at the very beginning of this article (where we knitted sheep hats).
If you don’t have a lot of thread, you can knit these cute baby sheep. They can be improved to make them pleasantly fluffy. The belly, bangs and ears are made from yarn of a different texture, special yarn with knots and felt lumps.
You can make a smooth-bald sheep (by the way, it’s very beautiful in black and white). Or you can decorate the sheep with loop knitting.
You can use loop crochet for a sheep of any pattern.
FUNNY smiling sheep - PINK HAPPINESS with a bell.
Like this funny sheep with a wide smile - you can sew it as a gift for a friend for the Year of the Sheep - with the wish to smile ALSO broadly this New Year.
Such a gift is very CUTE... and will definitely cause the touching admiration of everyone who sees it.
Happy knitting this new year...
Olga Klishevskaya, specifically for the site "Family Bunch"
The same image can be presented in the form of a toy, rug, potholder, slippers, pillows, cradle pendant, keychain or magnet. These “transformations” are possible with any animal, in our case it will be a lamb (hook). The diagram and description of the products are selected for beginner craftswomen, offered in sequence from simple to complex.
Sheep potholders
Lamb-shaped potholders are knitted very quickly. To do this, close the chain and knit it in a circle using single crochets or half crochets. This will be the body of a sheep. Determine the diameter of the circle based on your hand so that it is convenient to take hot lids and pans.
Having reached the penultimate row, sew a fabric lining of the same size from the inside of the knitted circle. This will allow you to use the potholder longer. Take up the lamb crochet again. Knit two rows with single crochets and arches of three air loops.
Then move on to knitting the head. Create it like booties from a chain of loops and tie it in an oval. As soon as the width of the head suits you, “expand” the muzzle, turning the work first on the face, then on the wrong side. Embroider eyes, nose, mouth. Separately tie up your ears. Now attach the head to the body. Determine the location of the legs and tie them with black yarn. To prevent the paws from hanging shapelessly, make them short. You can hang the lamb by an arched loop or sew on a special loop.
Rug, pillow, panel in the shape of a lamb
The threads determine the type of product, but the image remains one (meaning crocheted lamb). The diagram and description for creating a rug, pillow, and panel are almost the same.
- Knit the body in the form of a circle with uneven shapes. To do this, make a template on paper and work according to it. You need to knit with elongated loops, just like a washcloth is knitted. The result is a body with fur.
- Next, knit an oval head and stuff it with padding polyester. Sew on the eyes, nose, ears. Attach your head to your body. Sew the legs next to it.
This is the basis of knitting, which will be the same for any type of product. Now let's pay attention to the nuances. For a carpet, the back side of the lamb is sewn together with thick fabric, or better yet, glued to the material from which bathroom rugs are made.
For the pillow, the lamb is crocheted, that is, the body will consist of two parts, stuffed with filler. And the panel is made from any thread, the lamb is glued to cardboard of the same shape, and hung by a loop.
Sledki
The principle of creating booties in the shape of a lamb can be any, the main thing is to use two types of yarn for the face and curls (special wool with lumps, bumps, curls is sold). You start the work like booties, with a long chain (its length should be a third less than the foot).
Tie it in a circle with single crochets or half-crochet stitches. Try it on your foot. Knit another row for lifting, switch to special wool in clumps. Make two rows, and then move to the toe, where you knit the “muzzle” with wool. Then you return to knitting the sides and heel with special yarn.
To get a reliable crochet lamb, sew on the ears, embroider the eyes, and the nose and mouth. Also create a second trail. Please note that the muzzle can be made round or elongated. If you don’t want to get the sole dirty, sew a leather backing to fit your foot. Or you can make a pattern and knit slippers with a lamb’s face.
Crochet: lamb amigurumi
Small amigurumi can be used as toys, souvenirs and even as a cradle pendant. We knit as follows.
- Cast on the ring and knit 6 single crochets.
- Next, increase the rows by knitting 12, 18, 24 stitches.
- Knit the next two rows unchanged from twenty-four stitches.
- Next, there is an increase in the rows again, knitting 30, 36, 42 stitches.
- Then there is a row without increases (this is necessary so that the crocheted lamb turns out to have a narrow, formed muzzle).
- Again, two rows increase, resulting in 48 and 54 columns.
- Five rows go without increment.
- The next rows are decreased, knitted from a different yarn, getting 48, 42, 36, 30, 24, 18, 12 and 6 stitches.
The result is a head. Sew on the eyes with eyelids. You knit the eyelid from a crescent chain. Knit ears in the shape of a leaf:
- Knit 6 stitches in the ring.
- Next, rows are knitted with and without increases (12 stitches, 18th, 24th).
- Now the rows are reduced by the same amount of columns until 12 loops remain.
You pull the ears together, sew them to the head, and embroider the nose and mouth in the shape of a “slingshot.”
Continuation of amigurumi
We continue to look at how to crochet a lamb.
- You knit the body like a head with increases (six, twelve, eighteen, twenty-four, thirty, thirty-six, forty-two, forty-eight and fifty-four stitches), four rows without changes, then alternate decreases with rows without increases. Decrements continue until eighteen stitches remain.
- You knit the paws from a ring of three stitches. Then increase them to twelve and knit a row without increasing. Subsequent additions with 16, 24, 32, 40 columns alternate with rows without changes. Then reduce the row to 32 columns. You tie the “hooves” with threads, forming a bend. It turns out to be almost a real crochet lamb.
The diagram of the limbs is described, now you sew the paws and head to the body. You knit the tail with a regular “ball” and sew it on the back of the back. Please note that the parts sometimes narrow and sometimes expand, so fill them at the same time, distributing the padding polyester with a pencil. By tying several amigurumi, you can hang them over the crib with various clouds, suns, stars, and planets.
Large crochet lamb: diagram and description
Using the above pattern, you can knit a large lamb. In fact, you don’t need to use clear instructions; look at the sizes and shapes of the parts. The head and body are knitted in the same style, only the sizes are different.
Start knitting from the narrow part. Cast on a chain and knit single crochets in a circle. Having knitted a circle according to the size of the crown, stop making increases. You get a “cup” shape. Knit a couple more rows to sew on the ears later, then add evenly more loops. To get an original crocheted lamb, change the color (white for the body, ears and crown, and beige for the face and paws).
Change the thread, knit the muzzle with increases. It should be shaped like a pear. Stuff with padding polyester and close the loops. Knit the ears, fold them, sew them to the head. You embroider the eyes, nose and mouth in the shape of a “slingshot”, eyebrows, and paint the cheeks with acrylic paints. You can sew the ears and tail from white plush, it will also look unusual.
Knitting a toy
We continue to consider it as a game. You knit the body with white threads - just like the head. The body should be one third larger in both length and width. In this case, it is better to start working with a wide part, then gradually narrow it.
At the same time, stuff the body with padding polyester, continuing knitting in the round. Sew the body to the head. Now knit the paws and tail with beige threads. You also fill them with filler and close the loops. On the feet, tie them with threads to highlight the toes. You sew all the details together.
This crocheted lamb can easily become a souvenir for any holiday. Add a red cap - and it will be a New Year's "Santa", hang a heart on your neck - give it a flower, sew it to your paws - and it will become a gift for the eighth of March, glue a lamb to your backpack - and you will have an unusual birthday accessory. Or you can knit a whole family of rams and use them as educational toys to develop mathematical abilities.
How else can you tie a lamb?
A lamb crocheted from special yarn does not require a clear body shape, since lumps and bumps create the image of curls. This yarn is soft to the touch, so it is suitable for toys and pillows. For this purpose, the sheep is knitted whole.
You start working with the muzzle, knitting it in the round with regular wool. Then switch to special yarn and knit the top of the head and body. Stuff with padding polyester and close the loops. Sew on the paws, horns (just a knitted strip folded in a spiral into a circle) and tail. Embroider the eyes (arch with eyelashes). It turned out to be a sleeping lamb.
You can also knit the body in the shape of an oval or circle with elongated loops using regular wool, then the “curls” will create the desired image. To make a “store-bought” crochet lamb (the diagram and description are given above), buy eyes and a nose, make the constrictions with monofilament, and use high-quality yarn. For kids, you can use multi-colored yarn. The sheep can be dressed up in dresses and pants, hats, then the image will be brighter.
Brief summary
Use hypoallergenic yarn if you knit pillows, slippers, and toys for children. If you are crocheting a lamb for a rug or panel (the pattern is described at the beginning of the article), then you can take cheap threads that are sold on the market. The image can be anything, so you can create your own design.
Amigurumi toys have firmly taken their place of honor in the lives of those who know how and love to crochet. And this is not at all surprising! After all toy made with your own hands- this is a great gift. In addition, if you are knitting a toy for a child, you can be sure that it will be made from environmentally friendly materials, because you will be the one choosing the yarn and filling.
Idea crochet a sheep has been in my head for a long time. And finally, I did it Master Class, in which I share with you detailed description of knitting. Why exactly a sheep? Probably because sheep are always associated with something warm and cozy.
I want to immediately warn you about the difficulties that you may encounter in the knitting process. Head and torso sheep I knitted from “Krokha” yarn with long fibers. To knit It is difficult to make from it because the loops are not visible and knitting occurs almost intuitively. Therefore, if you are just starting to master crochet technique, you may have to work a little more than experienced craftswomen. But the result is worth it! So, forewarned is forearmed. Feel free to take it hook in hand and let's start knit a lamb.
Materials and tools for knitting.
- Yarn "Iris" in beige, yellow, lilac, green and white. Of course, the color scheme for your sheep you can choose for yourself.
- Yarn "Krokha" for fluffy areas of the body. You can also use "Weed" instead.
- Hook No. 1.5 - for knitting with Iris yarn.
- Hook No. 2 - for knitting with "Krokha" yarn.
- Filler.
- Floss for embroidering a nose.
- Black beads for eyes.
Knitting a sheep's head.
We begin to knit with light beige yarn “Iris” (hook No. 1.5).
Cast on 2 chain stitches.
1st row:
2nd row:
3rd row:
4th row:
5 row:
6th row:- repeat 6 times (36 loops).
7th row:- repeat 6 times (42 loops).
8-9 rows: 1 tbsp. b/n in each loop of the previous row (42 loops).
10th row:[decrease, 5 tbsp. b/n] - repeat 6 times (36 loops).
11th row:[decrease, 4 tbsp. b/n] - repeat 6 times (30 loops).
Row 12:[decrease, 3 tbsp. b/n] - repeat 6 times (24 loops).
Rows 13-17:
We begin to knit the “forelock” of the sheep with “Krokha” yarn, for this we use hook No. 2.
18 rows: 1 tbsp. b/n in each loop of the previous row (24 loops).
Stuff the part of the face knitted with beige Iris yarn.
Row 19: When knitting with such yarn, the loops of the previous row are very difficult to see. We knit very loosely and pull out the loops. Decrease in each loop of the previous row - 6 times (12 loops).
Fill with filler.
Row 20: decrease until the hole is completely closed. It's better to just skip the loops. We finish knitting and hide the tail.
The photo below shows the head of a sheep.
Knitting ears for a sheep (2 parts).
We knit with beige yarn "Iris". Hook No. 1.5.
1st row: 6 tbsp. b/n in the second loop from the hook (6 loops).
2nd row:- to the end of the row (9 loops).
3rd row:- repeat 4 times, at the end of the row knit 1 tbsp. b/n (13 loops).
4-6 rows: 1 tbsp. b/n in each loop of the previous row (13 loops).
7th row:[decrease, 1 tbsp. b/n] - repeat 4 times, at the end of the row 1 tbsp. b/n (9 loops).
8th row: 1 tbsp. b/n in each loop of the previous row (9 loops).
We finish knitting. There is no need to stuff your ears. Leave a long “tail” so you can sew the ears to the sheep’s head later. You can slightly flatten the ears with your fingers and give them the desired shape (see photo).
Knitting the body.
In my opinion, this is the most difficult stage. Now I will explain why. The fact is that the yarn "Krokha" from which we will to knit torso for sheep much thicker than "Iris" yarn. I give a description specifically for the specified yarn. If you will be to knit the body is made of thinner yarn, then after the fifth row you will need to make a few more increases in the row. That is, in the 6th row we knit - repeat until the end of the row, in the 7th row - etc. until the body sheep will not reach the required size. The main thing is that it turns out in the shape of a pear. If you knit from the same yarn as me, then just follow the description below and you will succeed.
We knit the body with “Krokha” or “Grass” yarn. Hook No. 2.
Cast on 2 chain stitches.
1st row: 6 tbsp. b/n in the second loop from the hook (6 loops).
2nd row:- repeat 6 times (12 loops).
3rd row:- repeat 6 times (18 loops).
4th row:- repeat 6 times (24 loops).
5 row:- repeat 6 times (30 loops).
6th row: 1 tbsp. b/n in each loop of the previous row (30 loops).
Stuff the sheep's body with stuffing.
7th row: decrease until the hole is completely closed. I repeat: it is better to knit through one loop (if you are knitting with very fluffy yarn).
We finish knitting and hide the tail.
I specially photographed the sheep’s head and body side by side so that you know what size the body should be relative to the head.
Knitting paws (4 parts).
We begin to knit with beige yarn "Iris". Hook No. 1.5.
Cast on 2 chain stitches.
1st row: 6 tbsp. b/n in the second loop from the hook (6 loops).
2nd row:- repeat 6 times (12 loops).
3rd row:- repeat 6 times (18 loops).
4th row: 1 tbsp. b/n in each loop of the previous row. We knit behind the back wall (18 loops).
5-6 rows: 1 tbsp. b/n in each loop of the previous row (18 loops).
7th row:[decrease, 1 tbsp. b/n] - repeat 6 times (12 loops).
8th row:
Starting from the 9th row we will alternate the colors of the yarn: purple, yellow, green, white. So, we knit the 9th row with purple yarn.
Rows 9-17: 1 tbsp. b/n in each loop of the previous row (12 loops).
We stuff the foot: we stuff the bottom tightly and the striped part loosely.
10th row: knit with single crochets. There will be less than 12 of them, because the “Krokha” yarn is much thicker than the “Iris” yarn from which the previous row is knitted. Therefore, we knit the shoulder of the lamb “by eye”.
11th row: decrease until the hole is completely closed.
So, we need to knit 4 identical legs for a sheep.
Assembling the toy.
Now that all the parts of the sheep are connected, you can begin assembling the toy. First, let's design the muzzle. I recommend doing this before you sew on the head, because in the place where the head will be attached to the body, you can hide the “tails” of thread that will remain after you sew on the eyes and embroider the nose.
After the muzzle is ready, you can sew on the ears. And now we sew the head to the body. I did this with ordinary threads, because the yarn from which the forelock of the head and the body are connected is completely inconvenient to sew.
And finally, we sew on the paws. Experiment with their position so that the sheep sits and does not fall over on its side.
Happy knitting! With best wishes in your creativity, the author of the toy, Anna Lavrentieva.
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