A cute and chill crochet sloth pattern
Take a cue from the slow-moving sloth to chill this holiday season. Sloths live in trees, so your Christmas tree makes the perfect home for a cozy sloth crochet ornament! Scroll down for the free sloth crochet pattern!

MATERIALS FOR SLOTH CROCHET PATTERN (RECOMMENDATIONS IN PARENTHESES)
- Lightweight yarn (light worsted, DK, 8-ply) in 5 colors (Ricorumi Cotton DK or Patons Grace Yarn)
- Body color – Ricorumi Cotton DK in Spray Beige (#208)
- Face color – Ricorumi Cotton DK in Cream (#002)
- Eye color – Ricorumi Cotton DK in Caramel (#053)
- Main hat color – Ricorumi Cotton DK in Rose (#008)
- Accent hat color & scarf – Ricorumi Cotton DK in Blue (#032)
- 2.25 mm (B) hook (Clover Amour)
- Toy stuffing (Fairfield Poly-Fil)
- Embroidery floss in black for face (DMC Embroidery Floss in black)
- Embroidery needle ((DMC Embroidery Needles)
- Tapestry needle (DMC Tapestry Needle Size 16)
- Stitch marker (Clover Quick-Locking Stitch Markers Small – I LOVE these, they don’t leave big holes in your work!)
- Scissors (Gingher Stork Scissors)
- Heavy-duty upholstery thread or strong sewing thread for making pompom (Dual Duty XP Heavy Thread)
- Sewing pins to pin pieces in place before attaching (Pearlized Sewing Pins)
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FINISHED SIZE OF CROCHET SLOTH

My finished crochet sloth is 4 inches long when using a 2.25 mm hook and Ricorumi Cotton DK yarn. You can use other hook and yarn combinations to make your crochet sloth bigger or smaller. Just make sure your stitches are tight to avoid stuffing showing through. I wrote about yarn and hook exchanges to change the size of your amigurumi in this blog post.
CROCHET STITCHES & ABBREVIATIONS
US TERMINOLOGY
ch – chain
FLO – front loop only
hdc – half double crochet
hdc inc – half double crochet increase
inc – single crochet increase
magic ring – see tutorial here.
rnd(s) – round(s)
sc – single crochet
sl st – slip stitch
st(s) – stitch(es)
[ ] – repeat steps between brackets for the specified number of times
( ) – the number of stitches you should have at the end of each round
NOTES
- Worked in a continuous round.
- Mark the beginning of each round with a stitch marker.
- Demonstration photos are shown right-handed.
- Pin pieces in place before attaching to avoid having to fix the position later!
- If you’re not familiar with crocheting in the back bump of chain stitches, check out this blog post.

SLOTH CROCHET PATTERN
HEAD & BODY
rnd 1: with body color, sc 6 into a magic ring (6 sts)
rnd 2: inc 6 (12 sts)
rnd 3: [sc 1, inc 1] 6 times (18 sts)
rnd 4: [sc 1, inc 1, sc 1] 6 times (24 sts)
rnd 5: sc around (24 sts)
rnd 6: [sc 3, inc 1] 6 times (30 sts)
rnd 7: sc around (30 sts)
rnd 8: [inc 1, sc 1] 3 times, sc in remaining sts (33 sts)
rnd 9: sc around (33 sts)
rnd 10: [sc 1, inc 1, sc 1] 3 times, sc in remaining sts (36 sts)
rnds 11-12 (2 rnds): sc around (36 sts)
rnd 13: [sc 2, inc 1] 3 times, sc in remaining sts (39 sts)
rnds 14-24 (11 rnds): sc around (39 sts)
rnd 25: sc 1, [sc 2, inv dec 1] 3 times, sc in remaining sts (36 sts)
rnd 26: [sc 4, inv dec 1] 6 times (30 sts)
• • • Start stuffing now and continue stuffing until closed. Massage your piece into an oval shape with the increases from rnds 8, 10, and 13 to the left side. • • •
rnd 27: [sc 3, inv dec 1] 6 times (24 sts)
rnd 28: [sc 2, inv dec 1] 6 times (18 sts)
rnd 29: [sc 1, inv dec 1] 6 times (12 sts)
rnd 30: inv dec 6 times (6 sts)
Sl st 1 into next st, fasten off and finish off.
SLOTH SHAPE
Massage your sloth into an oval shape like the photos below.


FACE
• • • Work into back bump of chain stitches and then, when you turn to work down other side of chain, work into front and back loop of chain stitches. • • •
rnd 1: with face color, ch 6, starting in 2nd ch from hook sc 4, sc 3 in next ch, turn to work down other side of chain, sc 3, inc 1 (12 sts)
rnd 2: [inc 1, sc 3, inc 2] 2 times (18 sts)
rnd 3: [sc 1, inc 1, sc 4, inc 1, sc 1, inc 1] 2 times (24 sts)
Sl st 1 in next st. Fasten off, leaving a 20-inch tail for attaching.
EYE (Make 2)
• • • Work into back bump of chain stitches and then, when you turn to work down other side of chain, work into front and back loop of chain stitches. • • •
rnd 1: with eye color, ch 5, starting in 2nd ch from hook hdc inc 1, hdc 2, hdc 4 in next ch, turn to work down other side of ch, hdc 2, hdc inc 1 (12 sts)
Sl st 1 in next st. Fasten off, leaving a 15-inch tail for attaching.
EMBROIDER & ATTACH FACE & EYES
For an in-depth tutorial on embroidering on crochet, check out my blog post here.








ARM & LEG LOOP (Make 2)
rnd 1: with body color, start with an 8-inch tail for attaching, ch 5, starting in 2nd ch from hook, sc 3, sc 3 in next ch, turn to work down other side of ch, sc 3 (9 sts)
rnds 2-19 (18 rnds): sc around (9 sts)
Fasten off, leaving a 10-inch tail for attaching.
ATTACH ARM & LEG LOOPS






HAT
rnd 1: with main hat color, sc 6 into a magic ring (6 sts)
rnd 2: inc 6 (12 sts)
rnd 3: [sc 1, inc 1] 6 times (18 sts)
rnd 4: [sc 1, inc 1, sc 1] 6 times (24 sts)
rnd 5: [sc 3, inc 1] 6 times (30 sts)
rnds 6-7: sc around (30 sts for 2 rnds)
rnd 8: change to accent hat color sc around (30 sts)
rnd 9: in FLO, hdc around (30 sts)
Sl st 1 in next st, fasten off leaving a 20-inch tail for attaching.
MAKING A POMPOM
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ASSEMBLE & ATTACH HAT







SCARF
row 1: ch 56, hdc 55 starting in 2nd ch from hook and working in the back bump of the ch sts (55 sts)
Fasten off and weave in beginning yarn tail.
ATTACHING SCARF




The finished sloth crochet ornament!

I hope you enjoyed this cozy sloth crochet pattern! If you have any questions about this pattern, leave a comment below!
I’d love to see your crochet sloth – use #tinycurlpattern to share on Instagram or tag me @tinycurl, so I can see it and share it!
ヽ(゚ー゚*ヽ) This sloth crochet pattern is an original pattern by Kristina Turner of Tiny Curl. Please do not claim this sloth crochet pattern as your own. If you want to share this free pattern, you may link to it, but please do not reprint it on your site. You may keep a copy for your own personal use, but please DO NOT sell the crochet pattern or distribute it. Thank you for your understanding.
You can sell items made from this free sloth crochet pattern, as long as they are handmade by you in a limited number and you give credit to me as the crochet designer. Please use the following line in the item description of any toy you are selling: • This item is handmade by (your name) from a design and pattern by Tiny Curl, Kristina Turner | tinycurl.co • (ノ*゚ー゚)ノ
He is adorable. Can not wait to make him.
Yay! So glad you like it!
Thank you for such a cute pattern! I love it!
Thanks so much Kerry!
Adorable!
Thank you Marita!
Es muy tierno 😍
Hi! I’m trying to make this sloth but I’m stuck at the arm & leg loop. The instructions seem like it’s making a round shape rather than a long strip.
Thanks!!!! Very cute!!!
Hi thank you so much for the free pattern its SO cute !!! I’m a beginner and im stuck on some parts and i can’t seem to get it right . Im trying to make the arm and leg loop and i don’t know how to begin where it says ch5, sc3 , sc 3 in next ch??
My daughter adores sloths, so definitely going to make at least one of these! Thank you.
Adorable! Saw this on Moogly. Is your pattern listed in Ravelry’s database? I’d love to add it to my queue.
Hi! Thanks so much for your comment. I just added it onto Ravelry. Here is the link!