Crocheted Sloth

pattern designed by Theresa

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Welcome!
I hope you will enjoy the creation of this little sloth! Please don't hesitate to contact me with any
questions that you may have along the way. Have fun!

Materials You Will Need:

• Crochet hook size: G/4.00mm
• Worsted weight yarn: white (face), brown (head, body, and limbs), tan (feet), and one strand of
black (nose and mouth)
• Yarn needle
• One piece of dark brown felt (for eyes)
• One pair of 12 mm safety eyes*
• Dark brown sewing thread and sewing needle
• Polyester fiber fill stuffing
*Note: Safety eyes can be found on Etsy, Amazon, ebay, or your local craft store. The safety eyes are
highly recommended, but they can be substituted with black buttons or yarn if you prefer.

Final measurement for the finished sloth will be 6 inches (15.24 cm) tall.

Abbreviations:
ch(s) – chain/chains
sc – single crochet
sts – stitches
dec – sc decrease st*
sl st – slip stitch

*Single crochet decrease stitch explanation:

Insert the hook into the next stitch and yarn over. Pull a loop through so that there are now 2 loops on
the hook. Insert the hook into the next stitch and yarn over. Pull a loop through so that there are now 3
loops on the hook. Yarn over again and pull the loop of yarn through all 3 loops on the hook.

Note: This pattern is crocheted in continuous rows (you will not join each row).

Head
With white yarn,
Row 1: Chain 2, 6 single crochet in first chain. (6 sts)
R2: Single crochet 2 in each stitch around. (12 sts)
R3: (Single crochet 1, 2 single crochet in next st), 6 times. (18 sts)
R4: (Sc 2, 2 sc in next st), 6 times. (24 sts)
R5: (Sc 3, 2 sc in next st), 6 times. (30 sts)
R6: (Sc 4, 2 sc in next st), 6 times. (36 sts)
Switch to brown,
R7-15: Sc 36. (9 total rows)

Here, pause on the head to cut out the felt pieces for around
the eyes. Each felt piece should be about 1.625 inches (4.13
cm) long and 1 inch (2.54 cm) tall. See picture on the right
for the shape recommendation. Cut a tiny slit in the eyes as
shown by the white line in the picture. Insert the safety eyes
into this slit and insert the eyes into the sloth's face between R4 and R5. Then firmly press the backs
onto the eyes. You will sew these felt pieces down later.

Note: When placing the eyes, you can make sure one of the felt pieces around the eye covers your color
change from white to brown!

Going back to finish the head:

R16: (Sc 4, dec 1), 6 times. (30 sts)
R17: (Sc 3, dec 1), 6 times. (24 sts)
Begin stuffing the head.
R18: (Sc 2, dec 1), 6 times. (18 sts)
R19: (Sc 1, dec 1), 6 times. (12 sts)
R20: (Dec 1), 6 times. (6 sts)
Finish stuffing the head firmly.
R21: (Dec 1) 3 times. (3 sts)

Fasten off, leaving a yarn tail. Thread this tail onto your yarn needle and sew the opening at the back of
the head closed. Weave in your end.

Nose and Mouth

Take a long strand of black yarn and sew a nose between the eyes,
over top of the beginning circle of the face.

Then take another strand of black yarn, and pull it into two separate
strands, so that you are only working with half of the original
thickness of the yarn. Use this to sew a mouth two rows down from
the nose as pictured to the right.

Recommended: Use a sewing needle and dark thread to sew several

small stitches at the sides of the nose and the mouth to hold the yarn
in place.

Now, use dark brown sewing thread and a sewing needle to sew on
the felt pieces, as pictured to the right. Sew from the outside of the
felt, down into the head and back out through the top of the felt. Sew
all the way around until each felt piece is securely attached.

Note: You can use fabric glue to glue the pieces of felt to the head if
you prefer.

Body
With brown yarn,
R1: Ch 2, 6 sc in first ch. (6 sts)
R2: Sc 2 in each st around. (12 sts)
R3: (Sc 1, 2 sc in next st), 6 times. (18 sts)
R4: (Sc 2, 2 sc in next st), 6 times. (24 sts)
R5: (Sc 5, 2 sc in next st), 4 times. (28 sts)
R6-10: Sc 28. (5 total rows)
R11: (Sc 12, dec 1), 2 times. (26 sts)
R12: (Sc 11, dec 1), 2 times. (24 sts)
R13: (Sc 10, dec 1), 2 times. (22 sts)
R14: (Sc 9, dec 1), 2 times. (20 sts)
R15: (Sc 8, dec 1), 2 times. (18 sts)
R16: (Sc 7, dec 1), 2 times. (16 sts)
R17: Sc 16. (16 sts)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Stuff body firmly. Making sure the body is centered below
the face, sew the body to the bottom of the head, starting a couple rows back from where the white
switches to brown.

Arms (make 2)
With tan yarn,
R1: Ch 2, 6 sc in first ch. (6 sts)
R2: Sc 6. (6 sts)
R3: (Sc 1, 2 sc in next st), 3 times. (9 sts)
R4: Sc 9. (9 sts)
Switch to brown,
R5-13: Sc 9. (9 total rows)

Wait to fasten off. Stuff arm firmly. Then, single crochet through the top of both layers to close the
opening – 4 stitches across, as pictured above. Fasten off. Sew the arms to the sides of the sloth's body.

Legs (make 2)
With tan yarn,
R1: Ch 2, 6 sc in first ch. (6 sts)
R2: (Sc 2, 2 sc in next st), 2 times. (8 sts)
R3: Sc 8. (8 sts)
R4: (Sc 3, 2 sc in next st), 2 times. (10 sts)
Switch to brown,
R5-14: Sc 10. (10 total rows)

As with the arms, wait to fasten off. Stuff firmly. Single

crochet through both layers across the top of the leg – 4
stitches across. Sew the legs to the sides of the body.

Now, take a long strand of tan yarn, and sew the hands together and the
feet together, as pictured below.

And now you are finished!

Thank you so much for joining me in

making a sweet little sloth!
Enjoy!