Dogs
Free Dog crochet tutorial by Alena Pshenko @wendy_toys.
With this pattern, you can crochet a plush dog. For this amigurumi project, you will need any plush yarn and a suitable hook. You can choose any colors, for example, to make the puppy look like a husky, shepherd, German pinscher, and so on.
Materials and Tools
- Plush yarn
- 4-4.5 mm crochet hook
- Safety eyes
- Safety nose
- Synthetic poly filling
- Stitch markers
- Pins
- Needle for sewing parts together
- Scissors
Abbreviations
- MR - magic ring
- ch - chain stitch
- sl st - slip stitch
- sc - single crochet
- dc - double crochet
- inc - increase
- dec - decrease
- (...) x n - repeat n times
Amigurumi Plush Crochet Dogs Pattern
Tail
Contrast color:
Round 1: 4 sc in MR
Round 2: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 2
Main color:
Rounds 3-5: 6 sc
Round 6: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 2
Fold in half and crochet together with 2 sc.
Body and Head
Round 1: 8 sc in MR
Round 2: 3 inc, contrast color paw (3 ch, starting from the 2nd chain from the hook: puff stitch of 4 dc, 1 sc, sl st into the base), 2 inc, contrast color paw, 2 inc, in 1 stitch (1 sc, 1 sc with the tail)
Round 3: 1 sc with the tail, 15 sc
Round 4: 16 sc
Round 5: 6 sc, contrast color paw, 6 sc, contrast color paw, 4 sc
Round 6: 8 dec
Round 7: contrast color 8 inc
Round 8: 7 sc, 1 inc, 2 sc, 1 inc, 5 sc
Round 9: 10 sc, puff stitch of 4 dc, 7 sc
Rounds 10-11: main color 8 sc, contrast color 2 sc, main color 2 sc, contrast color 2 sc, main color 4 sc
Insert 8 mm safety eyes between rounds 10 and 11, 3 sc apart
Round 12: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 6
Round 13: 6 dec
Shape the eye indentations, embroider a stripe on the muzzle with thin black thread, and glue on a 6 x 8 mm nose.
Ears
Attach the yarn in round 11. In the next round, crochet 1 dc, 2 ch, sl st into the 2nd chain, 1 dc, sl st into the next stitch.
Your crocheted puppy is ready! Please tag the author on social media - @wendy_toys.
