Easter egg decoration - Sheep

Sheep I made some time ago for my Mom ( She collects sheep of any sorts and kinds). They are wonderful to decorate your table for Easter or basically any other occasion You serve eggs. They look really wonderful, a bit silly maybe but mostly very very cute.
When I was making pictures for this pattern I had this fantasy about making the whole flock of white sheep with only one black in the middle. What a wonderful table decoration that woud be. Anyway I recommend You to make at least two from the pattern below.

Special thanks to +Lương Bình who motivated me to write this pattern :)

Materials:

• white, black, brown, beige yarn ( I use the yarn which gauge is 24.0 to 30.0 sts = 4 inches/10 cm )
• hook 3 mm

Pattern:

Body:

white or black yarn

R1: 6 sc in MR (6)

R2: inc around (12)

R3: * sc 1, inc * X6 (18)

R4: * sc 2, inc * X6 (24)

R5: R6: R7: sc around (24)

R8: sc around (24)

R9:  * sc 3, inc * X6 (30)

R10: sc around (30)

R11: sc around

R12: * sc 4, inc * X6 (36)

R13-R15 sc around (36)

R16: sc around FO (36)


Face:

beige yarn

R1: 6 sc in MR (6)

R2: inc X6 (12)

R3: * sc,  inc* X6 (18)

R4-R8: sc around (18)

R9:  *sc 4, dec* X3 (15)

R10: *sc 3, dec* X3 (12)

R11: *sc 2, dec* X3 (9)

R12: *sc, dec* X3 (6) FO



Eye - make 2

white yarn

R1: 5 sc in MR (5)

R2: ss in 1-st sc  and FO




Ear - make 2

beige yarn

R1: 5 sc in MR (5)

R2: TURN (we are not making circle but half a circle) inc, sc, inc, sc, inc (8) FO

Hair

black or white yarn

R1: 6 sc in MR (6)

R2: *sc, inc, 3 sc in 1*X2 (12)

R3: *sc, 2 ch, 2 dc in 1, ch, sc* X4 FO

Leg -make 4

beige yarn

R1: 8 ch (8)

R2: starting from 2-nd ch sc 7 (7) FO



Feet - make 4

brown yarn

R1: 5 sc in MR (5)

R2: inc around (10)

R3: sc around (10)

R4: ss 4 (4) FO

Tail

white or black yarn

R1: 5 ch (5)

R2: 4 sc on one side of chain, 4 sc on other (8)

R3: inc, sc 2, inc 2, sc 3, ss (12) FO

With black thread sew black dots in the center of eyes, then sew eyes to head and head to the body. Than sew both ears and cover it a bit with hair, please see the pictures for reference. Sew each of the foot to the leg, legs to the body. Don't forget the tail. Lastly with black thread make nose and mouth in shape of "Y".