Amigurumi Little Lamb Crochet Pattern

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Spring has sprung, and in terms of animals that represent spring, lambs are right up there with chicks and bunnies! This little lamb is a unique and fun amigurumi project that would make the perfect addition to any Easter basket. It’s also great for home decor, baby showers, or as a children’s toy!

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This fluffy little lamb is incredibly unique due to the yarn used to make it – it is a specialty pom pom yarn that has a wonderful soft texture unlike any other yarn I’ve worked with! Red Heart Pomp-A-Doodle is an old favorite of mine. There is yarn in between each pom pom – so when you’re done stitching, all you see is the pom poms! You can find some of this awesome yarn on Amazon HERE !

You can even make lambs in different colors with this yarn – look at these lovely pink and mint green colors!!!

There’s a funny story behind my use of this yarn! Years ago after I started my first online store, I was in a time crunch making and shipping last minute holiday orders. One of them was for a fluffy sheep like the one seen here. As I used up the last few stitches of my current skein of Pomp-A-Doodle, I gave my husband instructions on how to go get some more for me at the yarn store. Well, unbeknownst to either of us, Pomp-A-Doodle had been discontinued at that time. My husband went from craft store to craft store, searching for it to no avail, and asking associates for help finding it. He finally decided to turn around and come home after one associate burst out laughing when he stated the unusual name of the yarn, “Pomp-A-Doodle”! Poor hubs! The life of a crafter’s spouse is not an easy one! Thankfully, Red Heart decided to reintroduce this yarn a little while ago – so it’s a lot easier to find now!

This lamb works up very quickly once you get the hang of working with the Pomp-A-Doodle. Due to its large size, the body of the lamb doesn’t require many stitches at all, and the beige parts of the lamb (made using regular worsted weight yarn) are very simple to make. So feel free to make a whole herd of sheep in one sitting if you please!

Ready to get started on this bee-ewe-tiful project? Then let’s go!!

Supplies
Size D/3.25 mm crochet hook
Size N/9 mm crochet hook
1 skein of Red Heart Pomp a Doodle in Snowball
1 skein of Red Heart Super Saver in Buff
Small amount of Red Heart Soft Baby Steps in Strawberry
10 mm safety eyes in Black
Fiberfill stuffing
Scissors
Yarn Needle

Abbreviations
Beg = beginning
Ch = chain
Hdc = half double crochet
Sl st = slip stitch
Sc = single crochet
Sc2tog = single crochet 2 together
Rep = repeat
Rnd(s) = round(s)

Gauge
Exact gauge is not essential to this project.

Size
About 8” long

Notes
Pomp-a-Doodle is worked by crocheting with the sections of yarn between pom poms. See below:

Instructions

Body
This piece is worked in continuous rnds; you may wish to use a stitch marker and move it up at the beg of each rnd.
With Pomp a Doodle and N hook, Ch 9.
Rnd 1 – sc in each st across. Join with sl st to first sc to make a ring. (8 sc)

Rnds 2 – 3 – sc in each st around (8 sc per rnd)
Rnd 4 – sc2tog 3 times; leave rem sts unworked (5 sc)
Stuff Body.
Attach yarn at other end of Body and rep rnd 4 to close Body.

Head
This piece is worked in continuous rnds; you may wish to use a stitch marker and move it up at the beg of each rnd.
Rnd 1 – With Buff and D hook, make a magic ring. 6 sc in ring (6 sc)
Rnd 2 – 2 sc in each st around (12 sc)
Rnd 3 – 2 sc in first st, sc in next; rep around (18 sc)
Rnd 4 – 2 sc in first st, sc in next 2 sts; rep around (24 sc)
Rnd 5 – 2 sc in first st, sc in next 3 sts; rep around (30 sc)
Rnds 6 – 11 – sc in each st around (30 sc per rnd)
Attach safety eyes between Rnds 8 and 9, about 6 sts apart. Begin stuffing Head.
Rnd 12 – Sc2tog over next 2 sts, sc in next 3 sts; rep around (24 sc)
Rnd 13 – Sc2tog over next 2 sts, sc in next 2 sts; rep around (18 sc)
Rnd 14 – Sc2tog over next 2 sts, sc in next st; rep around. Attach Pomp-a-Doodle. Fasten off Aran, leaving a long tail for sewing. Finish stuffing Head (12 sc)
Rnd 15 – Ch 1, turn (if work is not turned at this point, pom poms will only show on inside of Head). Sc2tog around. Use beg tail from attaching Pom-a-Doodle to stuff inside head. Sl st into st directly across from current st; rep once more to further close Head. Fasten off, cutting end before the start of the next pom pom.

Ear (make 2)
Ch 5.
Row 1 – Hdc in each ch across. Fasten off, leaving long tail for sewing (4 hdc)

Feet (make 4)
This piece is worked in continuous rnds; you may wish to use a stitch marker and move it up at the beg of each rnd.
Rnd 1 – With Buff and D hook, make a magic ring. 6 sc in ring (6 sc)
Rnd 2 – 2 sc in each st around (12 sc)
Rnds 3 – 5 – sc in each st around (12 sc per rnd)
Fasten off, leaving long tail for sewing.

Finishing
Hide Pomp a Doodle Ends inside of sts that used Pomp a Doodle (to secure yarn, run a needle through the ply of the string part of the Pomp a Doodle to separate the ply, then tie a firm knot with the ends – see first photo below).

With Strawberry, make small horizontal line in bottom outer corner of each eye for Blush.

Line ears up with Eyes and sew to the sides of the Head.

Stuff Feet and sew to bottom of Body. Weave in all ends (or hide tied off ends in sts).

Here is the finished Lamb!

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