Valentine Dog

Free crochet tutorial for a Valentine Dog by Ekaterina Musatskova @ekaterina.musatskova.

Using this pattern, you can crochet a dog holding a heart for Valentine's Day. Any cotton blend yarn will work for this amigurumi: Alize Cotton Gold, YarnArt Jeans, Gazzal Baby Cotton, or a similar yarn.

Materials and Tools

• Alize Cotton Gold yarn: 382 beige (half a skein for the body)
• Alize Cotton Gold Hobby yarn: 56 red (for the scarf)
• YarnArt Baby yarn: 338 brown (for the nose)
• 1.6 mm crochet hook
• Synthetic poly filling
• Needle for sewing the pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR — magic ring
• ch — chain stitch
• sl st — slip stitch
• sc — single crochet
• hdc — half double crochet
• inc — increase
• dec — decrease
• (...) x n — repeat n times

Crochet Valentine Dog Amigurumi Pattern

Body

Round 1: 12 sc in MR (cinch around the joint) (If you are using cotter pins and joint discs instead of a plastic joint, split the first round into two rounds:
Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6)
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
then continue following the pattern)

Round 2: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (18)
Round 3: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (24)
Round 4: 24 sc (24)
Round 5: (the marker runs down the center of the back) 5 sc, inc, 11 sc, inc, 6 sc (26)
Round 6: 6 sc, inc, 12 sc, inc, 6 sc (28)
Round 7: 28 sc (28)
Round 8: 6 sc, inc, 14 sc, inc, 6 sc (30)
Round 9: 7 sc, inc, 14 sc, inc, 7 sc (32)
Round 10: 32 sc (32)
Round 11: 7 sc, inc, 16 sc, inc, 7 sc (34)
Round 12: 8 sc, inc, 16 sc, inc, 8 sc (36)
Round 13: 36 sc (36)
Round 14: 8 sc, inc, 18 sc, inc, 8 sc (38)
Round 15: 9 sc, inc, 18 sc, inc, 9 sc (40)
Round 16: 9 sc, inc, 20 sc, inc, 9 sc (42)
Round 17: 10 sc, inc, 20 sc, inc, 10 sc (44)
Round 18: 44 sc (44)
Round 19: inc, 3 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc) x 5, 3 sc, inc (shaping the bottom and belly) (52)
Rounds 20-25: (6 rounds) 52 sc (52)
Round 26: dec, 3 sc, dec, (6 sc, dec) x 5, 3 sc, dec (44)
Round 27: 44 sc (44)
Round 28: 10 sc, dec, 20 sc, dec, 10 sc (42)
Rounds 29-30: 42 sc (42)
Round 31: 4 sc, place a marker, then work 14 sc and join to the stitch where you placed the marker (this creates a ring of 15 sc)

Right Leg

Rounds 1-5: 15 sc (15)
Round 6: 9 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc (17)
Round 7: 3 sc, inc, 5 sc, 5 inc, 3 sc (23)
Make sure the increases are at the front of the foot. Shift the start of the round if necessary.
Rounds 8-9: 23 sc (23)
Round 10: (1 dec, 1 sc) x 8 (15)
Round 11: dec x 8

Fasten off and close the opening.

Left Leg

Join the yarn after counting 15 sc around the semicircle:

Round 1: 15 sc, join into a ring
Rounds 2-6: 15 sc
Round 7: 2 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 9 sc (17)
Round 8: sc, 5 inc, 5 sc, inc, 5 sc (23)
The increases should be at the front of the foot. Shift the start of the round if necessary.
Rounds 9-10: 23 sc (23)
Round 11: (dec, sc) x 8 (15)
Round 12: dec x 8

Fasten off and close the opening. Stuff the body and sew the opening between the legs closed.

Head

Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6)
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: ch 3, skip 2 sc, starting in the 3rd stitch work (sc, inc) x 5 (18)
Round 4: 4 sc into the ch-3 space, (2 sc, inc) x 5 (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Round 6: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Round 7: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Round 8: (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
Rounds 9-13: 48 sc (48)
Align the marker with the center back of the head, using the joint opening as a guide.
Round 14: 12 sc, dec, 5 sc, dec, 6 sc, dec, 5 sc, dec, 12 sc (44)
Round 15: 44 sc (44)
Round 16: 10 sc, dec, 5 sc, dec, 6 sc, dec, 5 sc, dec, 10 sc (40)
Round 17: dec, 8 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 5 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 8 sc, dec (34)
Rounds 18-21: 34 sc (34)
Attach the head to the body. Stuff as you go.
Round 22: (3 sc, dec) x 6, 4 sc (28)
Round 23: 26 sc, dec (27)
Round 24: (sc, dec) x 9 (18)
Round 25: dec x 9 (9)
Round 26: (dec, sc) x 3 (6)

Fasten off and close the opening.

Ears (make 2)

Round 1: ch 7, starting in the 2nd chain from the hook: 5 sc, 3 sc in one stitch, 5 sc, turn
Round 2: 3 sl st, sc, 4 inc, sc, 3 sl st along the bottom of the ear, ch 1, 3 sc

Fasten off and cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing. Make the second ear the same way.

Nose

Round 1: ch 4, starting in the 2nd chain from the hook: 2 sc, 3 sc in one stitch, sc, inc
Round 2: inc, 2 sc, 2 inc, 2 sc, inc
Round 3: inc, 4 sc, 2 inc, 4 sc, inc
Round 4: 2 inc, sc, dec, sc, 4 inc, 4 sc, 2 inc (23)
Round 5: 23 sc

Fasten off and cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing. Sew the nose to the head. When only a small opening remains, stuff the nose and sew the opening closed.

Eyes (make 2)

Start with black yarn:

Round 1: 5 sc in MR, change to blue yarn
Round 2: 5 inc, change to white yarn
Round 3: sc, inc, sc, turn
Round 4: skip the first stitch, work 2 sc starting in the second stitch, sl st in the last stitch, sl st in the nearest stitch of Round 2 (blue)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Move to the opposite side (I simply carry the working yarn across the wrong side without cutting it), join in the first stitch of the last round, sl st in the first stitch of Round 3 (white), then sl st in the nearest stitch of Round 2 (blue). Fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing. Make the second eye the same way. Before sewing on the eyes, I shade the area around one eye.

Sew on the eyes as shown in the photo. Embroider the upper eyelids with the main color, and the eyebrows and smile with brown yarn.

Arms (make 2)

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Rounds 3-20: (18 rounds) 12 sc (12)
Round 21: dec x 6

Fasten off and close the opening. Make the second arm the same way. Attach the arms to the body with thread joints.

Tail

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: 6 sc (6)
Round 3: (2 sc, inc) x 2 (8)
Round 4: 8 sc
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x 2 (10)
Rounds 6-7: 10 sc (10)

Sew the tail to the body. Once the toy is fully assembled, shade the inside of each ear, one side of the body, and one side of the bottom next to the tail.

Heart

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: 2 inc, (sc, dc, sc) in one stitch, 2 inc, sl st
Round 3: sc, hdc inc, hdc, inc, sc, (sc, hdc, sc) in one stitch, sc, inc, hdc, inc, hdc, sc, sl st

Fasten off and cut the yarn. Sew the heart to the dog.