Free Pattern: Baby Lamb Farm Animal

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March 5, 2019

Happy March, ya’ll! I have another free farm animal pattern for you today! Be sure
and check out my first two, Billy the Baby Pig, and Cooper the Rooster.

Meet Lyla the Lamb! Lyla is a bouncy little lamb who is always sticking her nose where
it shouldn’t be. Lyla has a way with others, though, and can make friends with just
about anyone. She’s even good friends with the sheepdogs!

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Dimensions: 3 in. (7.5 cm.) long & 2 in. (5 cm.) tall

Difficulty: Easy! This pattern is perfect for beginners.

Materials:

– Size E (3.50mm) crochet hook (I use Susan Bates HERE)

– Worsted weight (4 ply) yarn in cream, white, and black (I used Lion Brand Vanna’s
Choice for the cream in the color, “Fisherman” and Walmart’s brand Mainstays for the
black and white in colors, “Black” and “White”.)

– Polyfil (or your stuffing or choice)

– Tapestry/yarn needle

– Small amount of pink embroidery floss (for mouth)

– Stitch marker (I highly recommend these HERE)

The Pattern
Head (Starting in black or cream yarn)

R1: Ch 2, 6
sc in 2nd ch from hook

R2: *Inc*
rep 6 times (12 sts)

R3: *Sc 1,
inc* rep 6 times (18 sts)
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R4: *Sc 2,
inc* rep 6 times (24 sts)

R5: *Sc 3,
inc* rep 6 times (30 sts)

R6-8: Sc in
all 30 sts (3 rounds total – 30 sts)

R9: *Sc 3, dec* rep 6 times (24 sts)

Now we are going to be making the curly fur. To make the fur curly, we will be using
the berry stitch (bs). To make the berry stitch, insert your hook into the stitch, yarn
over and pull through. Now, working with only the front loop on the hook, ch 4. Now
yarn over and pull through both loops on the hook. Your berry stitch is completed.

https://youtu.be/7SbQvifkCR8

Basically, from here on out, every other stitch will be a bs. I’ve written out the pattern
here exactly how I did it. If you miss a bs here and there, don’t worry, it’s a very
forgiving stitch. Just make sure you have the correct stitch count at the end of each
round.

R10: *Bs 1, sc 1* rep 12 times (24 sts)

R11: *Sc 1, bs 1* rep 12 times (24 sts) R

R12: *Bs 1, sc 1* rep 12 times (24 sts)

R13: *Sc 1, bs 1* rep 12 times (24 sts) R

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Insert eyes between R8 & 9, 8 sts apart. (Hint: insert the 1st eye. Count 8 sts from the
hole where you inserted the 1st eye and insert the 2nd eye.) Take some pink
embroidery floss and embroider her nose approx. one round below the eyes. It
should look like a “Y” about 1.5 sts wide at the top.

R14: *Sc 1, bs 1, bs dec* rep 6 times (18 sts)

To make a berry stitch decrease, start making a regular decrease by inserting your
hook into the first st, yarn over, pull through, then insert hook into the next st, yarn
over pull through. You now have 3 loops on your hook. Using the loop closest to the
tip of the hook, ch 4, now yarn over and draw your hook through all loops. Your bs
dec is complete.

R15: *Bs 1, dec* rep 6 times (12 sts)

Stop and begin stuffing

R16: *Bs dec* rep 6 times (6 sts)

Finish off. Finish stuffing head firmly and use tail to

sew up hole, then weave in your end.

Ears (make 2 using black or cream yarn)

R1: Ch 5,
starting in 2nd ch from hook, inc 1, sc 3

Finish off leaving long tail for sewing. Neatly weave

the tail down to the bottom corner of the ear. Now using that same tail, sew
the ear to the head on R14. Do the same for the 2nd ear.

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Body (using cream or white yarn)

The body is also made using the berry stitch

R1: Ch 2, 6 sc in 2 nd ch
from hook

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R2: *Sc in next st, bs in same st as
last sc* rep 6 times (12 sts)

R3: *Sc 1, make 1 bs & 1 sc in next st, bs 1, make 1 sc & 1 bs in next st* rep 3 times (18
sts)

R4: *Sc 1, bs 1, 1 sc & 1 bs in

next st* rep 6 times (24 sts)

R5: *Bs 1, sc 1* rep 12 times (24 sts)

R6: *Sc 1, bs 1* rep 12 times (24 sts)

R7-10: Rep R5-6 four more times (4 rounds total–24 sts)

Finish off leaving long tail for sewing. Stuff firmly and sew it to the head using the long
tail we made and your tapestry needle over R8-15 of the head approx.

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Feet (make 4 starting in black yarn)

R1: Ch 2, 5
sc in 2nd ch from hook

If making a white and cream lamb, switch to cream yarn,

otherwise, continue in black

R2-3: Sc in
all 5 sts (2 rounds total – 5 sts)

Finish off leaving long tail for sewing. Sew the two front feet to R8-10 of the body and
the two back feet to R4-7 of the body.

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Tail (using cream or white yarn)

Ch 4, starting in 2nd ch from hook, bs 1, sc 1, bs 1

Finish off leaving long tail for sewing. Sew to the back of the body and weave in all
ends.

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~Holly :)

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