Sloth

Difficulty Level: easy

Amigurumi crochet sloth

Free crochet tutorial for Sloth by Yulia Dubinina @reindeercrochet.

With this pattern, you can crochet a tiny sloth. Any cotton blend yarn works well for amigurumi: Alize Cotton Gold, YarnArt Jeans, Gazzal Baby Cotton, and others. The author recommends Alpina Anabel yarn or similar.

Materials and Tools

Alpina Anabel yarn
Crochet hook
Synthetic poly filling
Pins
Needle for sewing parts
Scissors

Abbreviations

MR - magic ring
sl st - slip stitch
ch - chain stitch
sc - single crochet
dc - double crochet
inc - increase
dec - decrease
(...) x n - repeat n times

Crochet Sloth Amigurumi Pattern

Body

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: 1 inc x 6 (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (30)
Round 6: (4 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (36)
Round 7: (5 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (42)
Round 8: (6 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (48)
Round 9: (7 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (54)
Round 10: (8 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (60)
Round 11-23: 60 sc
Round 24: (8 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (54)
Round 25: (7 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (48)
Round 26: (6 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (42)
Round 27: (5 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (36)
Round 28: (10 sc, 1 dec) x 3 (33)
Round 29-42: 33 sc
Round 43: (9 sc, 1 dec) x 3 (30)
Round 44: (3 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (24)
Round 45: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (18)
Round 46: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (12)

Pull the opening closed with yarn.

Arms (2 pieces)

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: 1 inc, 5 sc (7)
Round 3-13: 7 sc
Round 14: close the opening, fold in half, crochet 3 sc without stuffing

Legs (2 pieces)

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: (1 inc, 1 sc) x 3 (9)
Round 3-13: 9 sc
Round 14: 1 dec, 10 sc (11)
Round 9: close the opening, fold in half, crochet 4 sc without stuffing