Dell the Baby Sloth

While the three-toed sloth is much more famous, I fell in love with the two-toed sloth at my favorite zoo, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs. They don’t have the characteristic mask of their cousin. Instead, their expression is more peaceful and their nose more like a boop-able pig snout.

Dell is slightly less intimidating than his mother as a project. Unlike Amelia the Sloth, Dell does not have wired fingers or need to be brushed out, so his pattern works up faster and easier. The whole body is one piece, with the legs worked directly onto “leg holes” left after make the torso.

Pattern is written in English, in US terms using Craft Yarn Council abbreviations.

Intermediate pattern. Need to have knowledge of single crochet (sc), half double crochet (hdc), double crochet (dc), slip stitch (sl st), right side (RS), wrong side (WS), increases and decreases, and amigurumi part attachment. Knowledge of loop stitch useful, but an eagerness to learn is a great substitute.