Sheep keychain – free crochet pattern

Such a cute amigurumi sheep will be a good decoration for a rucksack or mobile phone, and, of course, your keys will never be lost in your bag again 😀 😉

Be sure that creating this plump sheep will bring you a great pleasure. It won’t take long. A couple of hours – and the gift is ready! Make somebody’s and your day!

Amigurumi sheep keychain
Free crochet pattern

To crochet amigurumi sheep keychain you’ll need:

• Nako Bambino yarn (25% wool, 75% acryl, 130 m /50 g) for muzzle, ears and legs
• Fluffy Alize Softy yarn (100% polyester, 115 m /50 g) for body and head
• 1.75 mm crochet hook
• Hollowfibre for stuffing
• Two black beads
• Some black thread for embroidering
• Sewing needle
• Pendant with a carbine
• Any decorations

Skill level: easy

Abbreviations:
ch = chain
sc = single crochet
dc = double crochet
sl st = slip stitch
inc = increase (2 sc in one stitch)
dec = decrease (2 sc together)

The toy is crocheted in joined rounds with a chain at the beginning of each round. It’s more convenient that way. It’s possible to crochet in spiral, but you will need a stitch marker to mark the beginning of the round and not to lose the count of stitches and rounds.

It’s a bit difficult to crochet with fluffy yarn: loops are not clearly visible, that’s why you need to count stitches.

Head (make 1):
Start with smooth yarn (Nako Bambino).
Rnd 1: 4 ch, 2 sc in the second stitch from the hook, sc in the next st, 3 sc in the last st. Crochet at the other side of the chain. sc in the next st, sc in the first chain [8]
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 2 times, sc in the next st, (inc) repeat 3 times, sc in the next st, inc. [14]
Rnd 3: (sc in the next st, inc) repeat 2 times, sc in the next st, (sc in the next st, inc) repeat 3 times, sc in the next 2 st, inc. [20]
Rnd 4: (sc in the next 3 st, inc, sc in the next 5 st, inc) repeat 2 times [24]
Rnd 5-7: sc in all 24 st
Rnd 8: (sc in the next 2 st, dec) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 9: sc in all 18 st
Rnd 10: (sc in the next 2 st, inc) repeat 6 times [24]
Cut the smooth yarn and join fluffy yarn.
Rnd 11-12: sc in all 24 st
Rnd 13: (sc in the next 2 st, dec) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 14: (sc in the next st, dec) repeat 6 times [12]
Stuff the head. Shape the beautiful muzzle.
Rnd 15: Decreases till the hole is closed. Cut the yarn, weave in the end.

Legs + body (make 1):
Start with smooth yarn, then change to fluffy.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring or in a chain
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 3: sc in the next 1 st, inc, (sc in the next 2 st, inc) repeat 3 times, inc [16]
Rnd 4: sc in the next 1 st, (inc) repeat 2 times, (sc in the next 2 st, (inc) repeat 2 times) repeat 3 times, sc in the next st [24]
The part should be as a square due to the increases in the corners. Make it more square-like by pulling at the corners.

Rnd 5: sc in the next 24 st in back loops only of the previous round.
Rnd 6-7: sc in the next 24 st.
Cut the smooth yarn and join the fluffy one.
Rnd 8: (sc in the next 3 st, inc) repeat 6 times [30]
Rnd 9: (sc in the next 4 st, inc) repeat 6 times [36]
Rnd 10: sc in all 36 st
Rnd 11: (sc in the next 4 st, dec) repeat 6 times [30]
Rnd 12: (sc in the next 3 st, dec) repeat 6 times [24]
Rnd 3: (sc in the next 2 st, dec) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 14: (sc in the next st, dec) repeat 6 times [12]
Stuff with hollowfibre.
Rnd 15: Decrease till the hole is closed. Fasten off, cut the yarn and weave in the end.

Ears (make 2):
With smooth yarn
Rnd 1: 4 sc in a magic ring or in a chain
Don’t join in a circle! Turn.
Rnd 2: inc, (2 dc in one stitch) repeat 2 times, inc. Cut the yarn, fold the edge of the ear in half and sew.

Assembly and decoration:
Make a small contraction in the narrowest place of the muzzle or the eyes (one stitch in 2-3 sc.) Insert the needle in the base of the head.

Make nostrils with the same thread (symmetrically, around Round 4 from the beginning) and a mouth. Tint them with pastel or eye shadows. You can embroider a nose with contrast yarn in Y shape instead of contracting.

Sew beads for eyes in the place of contraction with black thread. Embroider eyebrows with the same thread.

Sew ears to the fluffy part of the head at the eye level so that they look a bit to the sides and downwards.

Shape the legs with contractions. Take the thread out of the first circle, insert at the border of smooth and fluffy yarn and take out in the circle one more time, make a contraction with one stitch. Repeat 3 more times. Contractions should go in the middle of each side of the square which was form in the beginning of body crocheting.

Fasten the yarn and take it out where the sheep’s bud is. Crochet 5-6 ch and sew this chain as a loop. This is a tail.

Sew the head to the body at the angle you like.

Decorate your amigurumi sheep and put it on the carbine-pendant. Congrats, you’ve done it!