Easy Sleepy Sloth Ball crochet pattern (free PDF)

R1with tan: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3(1 sc, inc) ×6(18)
R41 sc, (inc, 2 sc) ×5, inc, 1 sc(24)
R5(3 sc, inc) ×6(30)
R62 sc, (inc, 4 sc) ×5, inc, 2 sc(36)
R7(5 sc, inc) ×6(42)
R83 sc, (inc, 6 sc) ×5, inc, 3 sc(48)
R9–1448 sc(48)
R15(6 sc, dec) ×6(42)
R1642 sc(42)
R17(5 sc, dec) ×6(36)
R182 sc, (dec, 4 sc) ×5, dec, 2 sc(30)
R19(3 sc, dec) ×6(24)
R201 sc, (dec, 2 sc) ×5, dec, 1 sc(18)
R21(1 sc, dec) ×6(12)
R22dec ×6(6)
Size before assembly: about 6.6 cm at the widest, 5.4 cm long; 22 rounds.
→ Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

R1starting in the 2nd ch from hook: sc 6, 3 sc in the last ch; continue along the other side of the chain: sc 5, 2 sc in the last ch (the one you made the first sc in)(16)
R21 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc(22)
R33 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 7 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 2 sc(28)
R44 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 10 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 4 sc(34)
R55 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 13 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 6 sc(40)
A flat oval about 6.1 × 3.7 cm; 5 rounds. Worked around a chain, so it is an oval: sew it on with its long side (along the chain) running side to side. The round-start marker is in the middle of a long side (the piece's centre line), while R1 starts at a turn: after R1 shift the round start — sc 3 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
With cream: ch 8.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

R1with brown: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R312 sc(12)
A flat circle about 2.3 cm across; 3 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

R1with tan: 6 sc in MR(6)
R21 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 1 sc(8)
R3–48 sc(8)
Size before assembly: about 1.1 cm at the widest, 1.3 cm long; 4 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

The whole face is embroidered. Order: the eyes (black satin), then the white glints over them, then the nose and mouth, blush last. Mark the centres with pins first and compare with the picture. Bring thread ends out where a sewn-on piece will cover them, or bury them in the stuffing.

Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the left dark eye patch), straight stitches through: (in round 2, 3.5 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 1 and 2, 0.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 1 and 2, 0.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 2, 3.5 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's right ).
Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the right dark eye patch), straight stitches through: (in round 2, 3.5 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 1 and 2, 0.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 1 and 2, 0.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 2, 3.5 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's right ).
Satin stitch (on the sloth ball): in dark brown thread in several layers so it stands out, a oval about 8 mm wide and 5.5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 10, on the centre front line .
Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the sloth ball), straight stitches through: (between rounds 8 and 9, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 8 and 9, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 8 and 9, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 8 and 9, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).