Sheep Baby Bib Pattern

Well, with one Sarah’s baby shower gifts finished and all posted and another Sarah’s wedding shower gifts finished and in the progress of being posted, I thought I might have a chance to take a break, rest my hands, read a book…you know…relax for a few before moving on to the next project. Nope! Monday morning I got some very exciting news from one of my friends (wouldn’t you guess it…another Sara…this time without the “h”). She’s having a baby! This is all so exciting for me. So many life changing events happening for so many friends, and I’m lucky enough to get to share in all of them. Sara said she’d just completed her first trimester and was ready to tell everyone the good news. She’s due December 22nd, and is supposed to find out whether it’s a boy or girl during the weekend in July Mister and I will be visiting with her and Justin. We’ll get to celebrate with them (and I’ll also know whether to start incorporating pink or blue into my projects)!

Well, I was so excited by the news, I decided to go ahead and start the first little gift, this baby bib. It’s really fairly simple, so I’ll share with you how it’s done.

For the bib base you need:
G (4.25mm) hook
4 ply worsted-weight yarn – color of your choice, I just happened to like the lime with this one. I picked Red Heart brand yarn, since it’s what I had on hand.

The pattern I used for the base comes from the Lion Brand free patterns for a frog bib, but it works just the same here, you’re just only making the bib – not the frog face.

BIB:

Chain 17

Row 1: 2 sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in each ch across to last ch, 2 sc in last ch – 18 sts.

Row 2: Ch 1, turn, 2 sc in 2nd ch from hook (increase made), sc in each sc across to last sc, 2 sc in last sc – 20 sts at end of row.

Rows 3 and 4: Rep Row 2 – 24 sts at end of Row 4.

Row 5: Ch 1, turn, sc in each st across.

Rows 6-20: Rep Row 5.

Row 21: Ch 2, turn, hdc2tog, hdc in each of next 6 sts, sc in each of next 8 sts, hdc in each of next 6 sts, hdc2tog – 22 sts remaining at end of row.

Row 22: Ch 2, turn, hdc2tog, hdc in each of next 5 sts, sc in each of next 8 sts, hdc in each of next 5 sts, hdc2tog – 20 sts.

Row 23: Ch 2, turn, hdc2tog, hdc in each of next 4 sts, sc in each of next 8 sts, hdc in each of next 4 sts, hdc2tog – 18 sts.

Row 24: Ch 2, turn, hdc2tog, hdc in each of next 3 sts, sc in each of next 8 sts, hdc in each of next 3 sts, hdc2tog – 16 sts.

Work 1 rnd sc evenly spaced around entire outside edge of Bib. Fasten off.

TIES (make 2) From right side, join A with slip st at one upper corner of Bib. Ch 40. Fasten off. Rep on opposite corner.

From here, the options are limitless! Sure, you can do the sheep like mine, or the frog face like the Lion Brand pattern suggests, or even any other design you come up with or find online. These bibs are so quick and simple to make, you can crochet a wide variety of fun colors and designs.

If you like the sheep I used though, then follow this link to the pattern I found to use. Personally, I found it a little unclear and confusing (I’ve never heard a magic circle referred to as a “wa”!), and I really just ended up winging it to come up with a similar shape to what I wanted. I even added the little poofy tail. It may not be perfect, but I can justify it in my head as it will probably one day have spit up on it from a beautiful baby boy or girl.

— My vote is that she’s having a boy 😉 We shall see!