Crochet Sheep Potholder Free Pattern

Crochet Sheep Potholder Pattern by Crochet For You.

Welcome back to the last pattern of the Farm Animal Potholder Pattern Series.
Every Thursday of this month (September 2019) including today I share adorable farm animal potholder crochet patterns. This time I came up with farm animals + potholders theme. I hope you will love making these farm animal themed potholders, don’t you?

At the end of this series, you will have a set of cute farm animal potholders. They are perfect for gift-giving, selling and brighten up your own kitchen space with these cute little faces.

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Updated: Check other Farm Animal Potholder patterns of this series.

• Pig Potholder
• Cow Potholder
• Chicken Potholder

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As the last pattern, we are going to make cute sheep potholder.

First, you need to make two flat circles. After adding facial features on to the one flat circle you will see a cute sheep face. The next step is joining these two circles together to get a double thickness. And it will cover the yarn ends on the wrong side of the sheep face.

Skill Level: Easy

Finished size: 7.25″ diameter

Materials
4-Medium weight / Worsted / 100% Cotton / 150 total yards

(I used)

• Drops Paris UNI COLOR (Amazon links)
  (1 skein of White (No 16) / Small amount of Black (No 15) 
• H-8 / 5 mm crochet hook
• Tapestry needle
• Stitch markers
• Scissors

Gauge: Gauge is not very important for this pattern.

Abbreviations

• ch = chain
• sl st = slip stitch
• sc = single crochet
• hdc = half double crochet
• dc = double crochet
• st = stitch
• sk = skip
• beg = beginning
• *to ; = repeat * to the instructions.
• [ ] work instructions within brackets as many times as directed.

Notes

• Beg ch does not count as st.
• Gauge is not very important for this pattern.

Crochet Sheep Potholder Pattern

(make 2)
With black color, Make a magic/adjustable ring.
Round 1: ch 1, 10 hdc into the ring, sl st to the first st. (10 sts)

Round 2: ch 1, 2 hdc in each st around, sl st to the first st. (20 sts)

Round 3: ch 1, 2 hdc in first st, *hdc in next st, 2 hdc in next st; repeat * to around, sl st to the first st. (30 sts)

Round 4: ch 1, sc in each st around, sl st to the first st. (30 sts)

With white color
Round 5: ch 1, 2 hdc in first st, * hdc in each of next 2 st, 2 hdc in next st; repeat *to around, sl st to the first st. (40 sts)

Round 6: ch 1, 2 hdc in first st, * hdc in each of next 3 st, 2 hdc in next st; repeat *to around, sl st to the first st. (50 sts)

Round 7: ch 1, 2 hdc in first st, * hdc in each of next 4 st, 2 hdc in next st; repeat *to around, sl st to the first st. (60 sts)

Round 8: ch 1, 2 hdc in first st, * hdc in each of next 5 st, 2 hdc in next st; repeat *to around, sl st to the first st. (70 sts) Fasten off and weave the ends.

Head top (3 circles)
Small (2 circles)
With white color, Make a magic/adjustable ring.
Round 1: ch 1, 8 hdc into the ring, sl st to the first st. (8 sts)

Large (1 circle)
With white color, Make a magic/adjustable ring.
Round 1: ch 1, 10 hdc into the ring, sl st to the first st. (10 sts)

Ears (make 2)
Row 1: ch 3, 2 hdc in last ch from the hook, turn. (2 hdc)
Row 2: ch 2, 2 hdc in each st. (4 hdc) Fasten off and cut the yarn leaving about 8″ long yarn tail.

Legs (make 2)
ch 7, hdc in 3rd ch from the hook, hdc in each st across, turn. (5 hdc)
Work sc around and fasten off and cut the yarn leaving about 8″ long yarn tail.

Finishing
Get one circle and attach a stitch marker in one of a stitch. We are going to sew facial features on this marked circle and the marked st for making a hanging loop. So make sure to attach facial features when the marked stitch facing up. Sew 3 circles for the on the head top and ears, (shown below) with the yarn tail and a tapestry needle. With white color yarn, embroider 2 ears and nose on the black circle.

Joining two pieces together
Holding two pieces together right side out, with the same color yarn begins with sc at the top of the st of two circles (don’t forget to insert the hook in that marked st of the one circle),
*sk next st, 5 hdc in next st, sk next st, sc in next st; repeat around until last st, ch 11, sl st to the first st (made a loop), Fasten off and weave the end.

Adding legs
Lastly, sew the legs as shown on the photo.

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