I love bobbles. They are easy but gobble (bobblin gobblin) up the yarn so you’ll need more than you think. I probably used about half a ball (25g ish) of the bobble colour, this was Drops Nepal in off white I think they call it. It’s aran/worsted weight and I used a 3.5mm hook. (Btw, I always use American crochet terminology since I taught myself to crochet using Youtube videos)
To make a crochet bobble (bob): yo, insert hook in next sc, yo, pull through sc, yo pull through 2 on hook, *yo, insert hook in same sc, yo, pull through sc, yo, pull through 2 on hook* repeat from * to* until 6 loops on hook then yo and pull through all 6.
The bobbles are a lot easier to execute if you just accept that they are on the wrong side, this is just fine, turn it inside out when you’ve done. A slight complication arises if you switch to normal sc crochet (as with this crochet sheep) because you don’t want to continue working the sc with the wrong side out (or maybe you do – go for it!) It honestly doesn’t show that much if, when you join the different colour yarn, you also make your rounds go the other way and any little hiccup that does show, is easily hidden under the ear!
Pattern: Printable Version
Body & Head |
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| Row | Instruction | count |
| 1 | Make 6sc in adjustable loop | 6 |
| 2 | (sc, bob) 3 times might want to skip this row to avoid a ‘pointy bottom (tho I quite like the torpedo shape!) | 6 |
| 3 | inc 6 times | 12 |
| 4 | (sc, bob) 6 times | 12 |
| 5 | (sc, inc) 6 times | 18 |
| 6 | (sc, bob) 9 times | 18 |
| 7 | (2sc, inc) 6 times | 24 |
| 8 | (sc, bob) 12 times | 24 |
| 9 | 24sc | 24 |
| 10-11 | repeat row 8 & 9 | 24 |
| 12 | Switch to face colour, 24sc (going the other way so bobbles are now on the right/out side) | 24 |
| 13 | 24sc | 24 |
| 14 | (2sc, dec) 6 times. Stuff firmly. (Stick safety eyes in if using.) | 18 |
| 15 | (sc, dec) 6 times | 12 |
| 16 | dec 6 times | 6 |
| cut yarn, pull last loop out (not through the loop) thread end through outer loop of remaining 6sc and pull up to close. | ||
Legs (make 4) |
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| 1 | Make 6sc in adjustable loop | 6 |
| 2 | inc 6 times | 12 |
| 3 | 12sc | 12 |
| 4 | (dec, 2sc) 3 times | 9 |
| 5 | 9sc | 9 |
| 6 | (dec, sc) 3 times | 6 |
| cut yarn about 9″, pull last loop out and use end to sew to underside of body, between bobbles | ||
Ears |
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| 1 | Make 6sc in adjustable loop | 6 |
| 2 | inc 6 times | 12 |
| 3 | (inc, sc) 6 times | 18 |
| Pinch one edge of the circle and sew to the edge of the face, about a third of the way down. | ||
| Embroider some eyes and a nose. |
5 thoughts on “Free crochet sheep pattern”
Looks Good!
I love this sheep! I just finished it 🙂
I was unable to turn the bobbles inside out. I ended up just leaving it as it was, and it worked out fine. However, I was wondering if you had any good tips for turning the bobbles to the other side?
Thanks again! Great pattern 🙂
hmmm…I’ll have a think for you. It’s a while since I’ve had a look at that pattern 🙂
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Also, I am having a prob with the pattern “the cute cat thing”
Sorry about that! I’ve noticed that the subscribe panel doesn’t seem to work on my android devices..don’t know about iphone. It’s something I don’t seem able to sort out either grrrr…I can manually add your email address if you wish 😀