Hugo the Lamb: Free Amigurumi Pattern

About the pattern

You can buy a bundle of two beautifully formatted PDF versions of this pattern on Etsy. One version uses color, while the other is made in black and white to be more printer friendly.

Here’s the link to the Hugo the Lamb Ravelry page, if you would like to start a project there.

Disclaimer: This pattern is an original pattern by Nea Creates, it may not be redistributed in any way, shape or form. If you want to share the pattern you may link to this post, you may not repost the pattern on your site. Items completed from this pattern may be sold, provided that you give Nea Creates credit for the pattern and provide a link to this post or the Nea Creates homepage.

Finished size: when finished, Hugo measures approximately 19cm tall, 13cm across the widest part of the body, 22cm (plain)/23 cm (fluffy) between the ears and 9cm thick.

Materials & Tools

– A 4mm crochet hook
– Yarn calling for a 5mm crochet hook (I used Favorite by Ice Yarns)
          approx. 50g or 105m for the fur
          approx. 10g or 21m for the legs
          approx. 10g or 21m for the inside ears
          approx. 10g or 21m for the outside ears
          approx. 10g or 21m for the arms
          approx. 0.6g/1.2m for the cheeks
– A pair of 10mm safety eyes
– Stuffing
– Stitch markers
– Scissors
– Yarn needle
– Measuring tape

Abbreviations & stitches used

• yo – Yarn over
• tyw – Turn your work
• st(s) – Stitch(es)
• mr – Magic ring/circle/loop
• ch – Chain
• sl st – Slip stitch
• sc – Single crochet
• inc – Increase, make two single crochets in the same st
• dec – Decrease, single crochet two sts together
• bs – Bobble stitch, in the same st [yo, insert hook through st, yo, pull through, yo, pull through two loops on the hook]×3, yo and pull through all 4 loops on the hook
• cc – Color change single crochet, insert hook through next st, yo, pull through, yo in new color and pull through both loops on the hook

Pattern – Hugo the Lamb

Ears (2)
Inside – In Gray or Pink

R1 6 sc in a mr (6)

R2 6 inc (12)

R3 [sc, inc]×6 (18)

R4 [sc, inc, sc]×6 (24)

R5 [3 sc, inc]×6 (30)

R6 [2 sc, inc, 2 sc]×6 (36)

R7 [5 sc, inc]×6 (42)

N! Sl st to the next st, cut the yarn, yo and pull completely through the loop on the hook, pull on the yarn tail to create a knot. (42)

Outside – In White

R1 6 sc in a mr (6)

R2 6 inc (12)

R3 [sc, inc]×6 (18)

R4 [sc, inc, sc]×6 (24)

R5 [3 sc, inc]×6 (30)

R6 [2 sc, inc, 2 sc]×6 (36)

R7 [5 sc, inc]×6 (42)

R8 42 sc (42)

N! Do not cut the yarn or tie off.

Ear Assembly – Inside & Outside

N! Line the outside up with an inside, so that the wrong sides are facing each other. (P1) (42)

R1 Plain ear: sc together the next st of the outside and the last st of the last row of the inside, [sc together the next st of the outside and the next st of the inside]×41 (P2) (42)
Picot ear: sc together the next st of the outside and the last st of the last row of the inside, [sc together the next st of the outside and the next st of the inside]×4, [ch 3, sc together the next st of the outside and the next st of the inside]×32, [sc together the next st of the outside and the next st of the inside]×5 (P2) (42)

R2 sc together the next st and the next to last st of R1, sc together the next st with the st previous to the next to last st of R1, repeat three more times (P3) (5)

N! Cut the yarn, yo and pull completely through the loop on the hook, pull on the yarn tail to create a knot. Thread the yarn tail and pull it through the opening of the ear to the outside of the ear, push it back in the same hole but between the layers and pull it out somewhere else (P4–P6). Pull on the yarn tail and cut it. (5)

Arms (2) in Gray

R1 6 sc in a mr (6)

R2 6 inc (12)

R3 [sc, inc]×6 (18)

R4-6 18 sc (18)

R7 [dec, sc]×6 (12)

R8 [dec, 4 sc]×2 (10)

R9-15 10 sc (10)

N! Sl st to the next st, cut the yarn and pull completely through the loop on the hook, pull on the yarn tail to create a knot. (10)

Legs (2) in Gray

R1 6 sc in a mr (6)

R2 6 inc (12)

R3 [sc, inc]×6 (18)

R4 [sc, inc, sc]×6 (24)

R5 [3 sc, inc]×6 (30)

R6-12 30 sc (30)

N! Sl st to the next st, cut the yarn, yo and pull completely through the loop on the hook, pull on the yarn tail to create a knot. (30)

Body, first in Gray, then White

N! After both legs are finished, line them up beside each other with their yarn tails facing you.

R1 make a slipknot and put it on the hook, insert the hook from the inside of the right leg to the inside of the left leg through one st on each leg, make a sc (P7–P9), 29 sc around the left leg, insert the hook from the inside of the left leg to the inside of the right leg through the same sts that you made the first sc in, make a sc, 29 sc around the right leg (60)

R2-3 60 sc (60)

R4 cc (to white), sl st, 58 sc (60)

R5 60 sc (60)

R5.5 sc, sl st (60)

N! From this point we will be working in closed rounds. Because bobble stitches build on the wrong side, the rows with bobble stitches will be worked from the inside of the body instead of the outside.

R6 ch 1, tyw (working from the inside), skip the sl st, [bs, sc]×29, bs, sc in the same st as the sl st of the previous row was made in, sl st to ch 1 (60)

R7 ch 1, tyw (working from the outside), 60 sc, sl st to ch 1 (60)

R8 ch 1, tyw (working from the inside), [bs, sc]×30, sl st to ch 1 (60)

R9 repeat row 7 (60)

R10 repeat row 8 (60)

R11 repeat row 7 (60)

R12 repeat row 8 (60)

N! With arms: fold each arm with the yarn tail to one side to make 5 pairs of sts (P10). When attaching the arms the yarn tails should be facing each other.

R13 With arms: 17 sc, [sc through two sts of an arm and the next st]×5 (P11), 16 sc, [sc through two sts of an arm and the next st]×5, 17 sc, sl st to ch 1 (P12) (60)
Without arms: repeat row 7 (60)

R14 repeat row 8 (60)

N! With rosy cheeks: cut two pieces of pink yarn, approximately 60cm long, to use for each cheek. For R15 crochet with the pink yarn around the white yarn to carry the white yarn over each cheek.

R15 With rosy cheeks: 21 sc, cc (to pink), sc, cc (to white), 11 sc, cc (to pink), sc, cc (to white), 22 sc, sl st to ch 1 (P13) (60)
Without rosy cheeks: repeat row 7 (60)

N! With rosy cheeks: for R16 pull the white yarn in on the inside of the body before switching to the pink yarn. Do not crochet around the white yarn. Pull the pink yarn tail in on the inside of the body and on top of the white yarn when switching back so that the pink yarn is caught on the inside of the body by the first yo in white.

R16 With rosy cheeks: ch 1, tyw, [bs, sc]×10, bs, cc (to pink), bs, cc (to white), [bs, sc]×5, bs, cc (to pink), bs, cc (to white), [bs, sc]×11, sl st to ch 1 (60)
Without rosy cheeks: repeat row 8 (60)

N! With rosy cheeks: tie a knot with the yarn tails of each cheek.

R17 repeat row 7 (60)

R18 repeat row 8 (60)

R19 repeat row 7 (60)

R20 ch 1, tyw, [bs, sc]×12, 2 sc, [bs, sc]×4, 2 sc, [bs, sc]×12, sl st to ch 1 (60)

R21 ch 1, tyw, [8 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 8 sc]×2, sl st to ch 1 (52)

R22 ch 1, tyw, [bs, sc]×26, sl st to ch 1 (51)

R23 ch 1, tyw, [6 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 6 sc]×2, sl st to ch 1 (44)

N! Insert one safety eye in each of the two spaces made in R20, start stuffing the body. (P14–P16)

R24 ch 1, tyw, [bs, sc]×22, sl st to ch 1 (44)

R25 ch 1, tyw, [2 sc, dec]×2, sc, [sc through both the next st and a st of an ear]×5 (P17), dec, [2 sc, dec, 2 sc]×2, dec, [sc through both the next st and a st of the second ear]×5, sc, [dec, 2 sc]×2 (36)

R26 ch 1, tyw, [bs, sc]×18, sl st to ch 1 (36)

R27 ch 1, tyw, [2 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 2 sc]×2, sl st to ch 1 (28)

R28 ch 1, tyw, [bs, sc]×14, sl st to ch 1 (28)

N! Keep stuffing and shaping the body.

R29 ch 1, tyw, [2 sc, 2 dec, 2 sc, 2 dec, 2 sc]×2, sl st to ch 1 (20)

R30 ch 1, tyw, [bs, sc]×10, sl st to ch 1 (20)

N! Keep stuffing and shaping the body.

R31 ch 1, tyw, 2 sc, 8 dec, 2 sc, sl st to ch 1 (12)

R32 ch 1, tyw, [bs, sc]×6, sl st to ch 1 (12)

N! Do the final stuffing of the body.

R33 ch 1, tyw, 6 dec, sl st to ch 1 (8)

N! Make sure that you have stuffed the body properly, then cut the yarn and thread it on a yarn needle, weave the yarn tail through the front loops only of the remaining sts (8), pull to close (P18). Make a knot or two with the tail then bury it inside of the toy.

All done!

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