In my day job, I am an antique dealer, and where there are antiques, there is often primitive decor. I had the idea the other day to try and bring the primitive look to crochet. That project is still in the works, but this one has a bit of the primitive look to it as well.
I’m not sure if I will have time to get any St. Patrick’s Day projects worked up, but this one kind of works for that. It’s green at least! And there is a sheep. Sheep seem sort of Irish like, don’t they. Yes? No? Either way, here it is.
The instructions as given are to make the sheep facing as shown. If you want your sheep to face the opposite direction, work the instructions for the opposite hand (if you are right handed, work the left handed instructions and vice versa).
Supplies
6-7 oz. sage green worsted weight yarn
1 oz. white worsted weight yarn (I used a chenille style yarn for the woolly texture.)
Small amount of black worsted weight yarn
Small scrap of tan worsted weight yarn
J/6 mm hook
17″ x 14″ pillow form (mini tutorial for how to make your own custom pillow form coming soon- stay tuned!) Update- the instructions for the pillow form are here.
Stitches used
Chain (ch)
Slip Stitch (sl st)
Single Crochet (sc)
Double Crochet (dc)
Foundation Double Crochet (fdc)
Right handed version:
R1) With green, fdc 54, ch 2, turn.
R2) Dc in second stitch and each stitch across, ch 2, turn.
R3-4) Repeat row 2.
R5) Dc in second stitch and next 16 stitches. Switch to black, dc in next 4 stitches. [With green, dc in next 2 stitches, with black, dc in next 4.] Repeat [ ] two more times. With green, dc in remaining 14 stitches. Ch 2, turn.
R6) Dc in second stitch and next 12 stitches. With black, dc in next 4. [With green, dc in next two, with black, dc in next 4.] Repeat between [ ] two more times. With green, dc in remaining 18 stitches.
R7) Repeat row 5.
R8) Dc in second stitch and next 8 stitches. With white, dc in next 32 stitches. With green, dc in last 12 stitches. (At this point I found it helpful to work with two balls of green so I did not have to carry the yarn all the way across the body of the sheep.) Ch 2, turn.
R9) Dc in second stitch and next 8 stitches. With white, dc in next 36 stitches. With green, dc in last 8. Ch 2, turn.
R10) Dc in second stitch and next 6 stitches. With white, dc in next 38. With green, dc in last 8. Ch 2, turn.
R11) Dc in second stitch and next 4. With white, dc in next 42. With green, dc in last 6. Ch 2, turn.
R12-13) Repeat row 11.
R14) Dc in second stitch and next 4 stitches. With white, dc in next 12, with black, dc in next 4, with white, dc in next 26. With green, dc in last 6. Ch 2, turn.
R15) Dc in second stitch and next 6. With white, dc in next 22, with black, dc in next 8, with white, dc in next 10. With green, dc in last 6, ch 2, turn.
R16) Dc in second stitch and next 6. With white, dc in next 6, with black, dc in next 12, with white, dc in next 18. With green, dc in last 10, ch 2, turn.
R17) Dc in second stitch and next 10. With white, dc in next 16, with black, dc in next 4, with tan, dc in next 4, with black, dc in next 4, with white, dc in next 4. With green, dc in last 10, ch 2, turn.
R18) Dc in second stitch and next 12 stitches. With black, dc in next 12 stitches. With green, dc in last 28 stitches, ch 2, turn.
R19) Dc in second stitch and next 20. With black, dc in next 4, with green, dc in next 2, with black, dc in next 4, with white, dc in next 4, with black, dc in next 4, with green, dc in next 2, with black, dc in next 4. With green, dc in last 8, ch 2, turn.
R20) Dc in second stitch and next 8. With black, dc in next 4, with white, dc in next 12, with black, dc in next 4. With green, dc in last 24, ch 2, turn.
R21) Dc in second stitch and next 28. With white, dc in next 8. With green, dc in last 16, ch 2, turn.
R22-25) Repeat row 2. Finish off.
Left handed version:
R1) With green, fdc 54, ch 2, turn.
R2) Dc in second stitch and each stitch across, ch 2, turn.
R3-4) Repeat row 2.
R5) Dc in second stitch and next 12 stitches. Switch to black, dc in next 4 stitches. [With green, dc in next 2 stitches, with black, dc in next 4.] Repeat [ ] two more times. With green, dc in remaining 18 stitches. Ch 2, turn.
R6) Dc in second stitch and next 16 stitches. With black, dc in next 4. [With green, dc in next two, with black, dc in next 4.] Repeat between [ ] two more times. With green, dc in remaining 14 stitches.
R7) Repeat row 5.
R8) Dc in second stitch and next 10 stitches. With white, dc in next 32 stitches. With green, dc in last 10 stitches. (At this point I found it helpful to work with two balls of green so I did not have to carry the yarn all the way across the body of the sheep.) Ch 2, turn.
R9) Dc in second stitch and next 6 stitches. With white, dc in next 36 stitches. With green, dc in last 10. Ch 2, turn.
R10) Dc in second stitch and next 6 stitches. With white, dc in next 38. With green, dc in last 8. Ch 2, turn.
R11) Dc in second stitch and next 4. With white, dc in next 42. With green, dc in last 6. Ch 2, turn.
R12-13) Repeat row 11.
R14) Dc in second stitch and next 4 stitches. With white, dc in next 26, with black, dc in next 4, with white, dc in next 12. With green, dc in last 6. Ch 2, turn.
R15) Dc in second stitch and next 6. With white, dc in next 10, with black, dc in next 8, with white, dc in next 22. With green, dc in last 8, ch 2, turn.
R16) Dc in second stitch and next 8. With white, dc in next 18, with black, dc in next 12, with white, dc in next 6. With green, dc in last 8, ch 2, turn.
R17) Dc in second stitch and next 8. With white, dc in next 4, with black, dc in next 4, with tan, dc in next 4, with black, dc in next 4, with white, dc in next 16. With green, dc in last 12, ch 2, turn.
R18) Dc in second stitch and next 26 stitches. With black, dc in next 12 stitches. With green, dc in last 14 stitches, ch 2, turn.
R19) Dc in second stitch and next 6. With black, dc in next 4, with green, dc in next 2, with black, dc in next 4, with white, dc in next 4, with black, dc in next 4, with green, dc in next 2, with black, dc in next 4. With green, dc in last 22, ch 2, turn.
R20) Dc in second stitch and next 22. With black, dc in next 4, with white, dc in next 12, with black, dc in next 4. With green, dc in last 10, ch 2, turn.
R21) Dc in second stitch and next 14. With white, dc in next 8. With green, dc in last 30, ch 2, turn.
R22-25) Repeat row 2. Finish off.
Back of pillow- with green
R1) Fdc 54, ch 2, turn.
R2) Dc in second stitch and each stitch across, ch 2, turn.
R3-25) Repeat row 2. Do not finish off.
Weave in or knot together all ends as necessary. Place front and back wrong sides together. Continuing with yarn from back of pillow, ch 1, sc through both layers of pillow evenly around 3 sides. Insert pillow form and sc remaining side together. Slip stitch to beginning stitch. Finish off and weave in remaining end.
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