Plush Dog

Free Plush Dog crochet tutorial by Yulia Tikhonova.
With this pattern, you can crochet a plush dog. Any plush yarn will work for this amigurumi project: YarnArt Dolce, Himalaya Dolphin Baby, Etrofil Yonca Baby, and others. Using cotter pin joints or thread joints, you can make the legs movable. You can decorate the toy with a collar or a bow.
Finished toy size is about 20 cm.
Materials and Tools
- YarnArt Dolce plush yarn: 1 skein in the main color and about 1/3 skein in another color
- 4 mm crochet hook
- 10-13 mm safety eyes
- Safety nose
- Synthetic poly filling
- Collar or bow
- 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 Dog Crochet Pattern

Head
Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: 1 sc, 1 inc (18)
Round 4: 2 sc, inc (24)
Rounds 5-8: 24 sc
Round 9: 3 sc, inc (30)
Round 10: 10 inc, 20 sc (40)
Round 11: 20 dc, 20 sc (40)
Rounds 12-15: 40 sc
Round 16: 6 sc, dec (35)
Round 17: 35 sc
Round 18: 3 sc, dec (28)
Round 19: 28 sc
Round 20: 2 sc, dec (22)
Round 21: 1 sc, dec (14)
Round 22: 7 dec
Fasten off and hide the yarn tail.
Ears (2 pieces)
Round 1: 5 sc in MR
Round 2: 5 inc (10)
Round 3: 4 sc, inc (12)
Rounds 4-5: 12 sc
Round 6: 5 sc, inc (14)
Rounds 7-9: 14 sc
Body
Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: 1 sc, inc (18)
Round 4: 2 sc, inc (24)
Round 5: 3 sc, inc (30)
Round 6: 4 sc, inc (36)
Rounds 7-11: 36 sc
Round 12: 4 sc, dec (30)
Rounds 13-15: 30 sc
Round 16: 3 sc, dec (24)
Rounds 17-20: 24 sc
Round 21: 2 sc, dec (18)
Round 22: 18 sc
Round 23: 1 sc, dec (12)
Round 24: 6 dec
Front Legs (2 pieces)
Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: 1 sc, inc (18)
Rounds 4-5: 18 sc
Round 6: 3 dec, 12 sc (15)
Round 7: 2 dec, 11 sc (13)
Rounds 8-16: 13 sc
Round 17: 1 dec, 4 sc, 1 dec, 5 sc (11)
Round 18: 1 dec, 2 sc, 1 dec, 2 sc, 1 dec, 1 sc (8)
Round 19: 4 dec
Fasten off, hide the yarn tail, and crochet the second leg.
Muzzle
Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Rounds 3-7: 12 sc
Neck
Round 1: chain 23, join with a sl st into a ring
Rounds 2-4: 22 sc around
Back Leg (2 pieces)
Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: 1 sc, 1 inc (18)
Rounds 4-5: 18 sc
Round 6: 3 dec, 12 sc (14)
Round 7: 2 dec, 11 sc
Rounds 8-11: 13 sc
Round 12: 5 inc, 2 sc, 2 dec, 2 sc (16)
Round 13: 3 sc, 4 inc, 3 sc, 3 dec (17)
Round 14: 6 sc, 1 inc, 10 sc (18)
Rounds 15-16: 18 sc
Round 17: 1 sc, 1 dec (12)
Round 18: 12 sc
Round 19: 1 sc, dec (6)
Round 20: 3 dec
Tail
Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: 6 sc
Round 3: 1 sc, inc (9)
Rounds 4-5: 9 sc
Round 6: 1 dec, 2 sc, 2 inc, 2 sc (10)
Round 7: 1 dec, 3 sc, 1 inc, 3 sc (9)
Rounds 8-10: 9 sc
Round 11: 1 sc, dec (6)
Round 12: 3 dec
Fasten off and hide the yarn tail.