Crochet dog free amigurumi pattern
Crochet your own cute dog in sweater with this free and easy amigurumi pattern. The sweater is unremovable, made by changing yarn color on the body and arms. Legs and body are worked in one piece together. The tail and arms are attached with single crochet as you crochet the body. The finished amigurumi dog is about 13 cm (5″) tall.
Designed and photos by Ekaterina Krikun
Instagram: @keti.amigurumi
Translated by Amiguroom Toys
Materials:
- Yarn: YarnArt Jeans (55% cotton, 45% acrylic, 50 g/160 m): main color – #07, ears – #71
- Hook size: 2.25 mm Clover crochet hook (or a normal crochet hook size 2.0 mm)
- 7-8 mm safety eyes
- Some black yarn for a nose
- Black embroidery floss for eyebrows and eyelashes
- Sewing needle and scissors
- Sewing pins
- Fiberfill
Abbreviations:
R = row
mc = magic circle
ch = chain
st = stitch
sc = single crochet
inc = 2 sc in the next stitch
dec = single crochet 2 stitches together
F.o. = finish off
( ) = number of stitches you should have at the end of the round/row
( ) * 7 = repeat whatever is between the brackets the number of times stated
Free amigurumi dog pattern
Head
R 1: 7 sc in mc (7)
R 2: (inc) * 7 (14)
R 3: (1 sc, inc) * 7 (21)
R 4: (2 sc, inc) * 7 (28)
R 5: (3 sc, inc) * 7 (35)
R 6: (4 sc, inc) * 7 (42)
R 7: (5 sc, inc) * 7 (49)
R 8-18: 49 sc (11 rows)
Insert safety eyes between R 14 and R 15 at the distance of 6 st from each other.
R 19: (5 sc, dec) * 7 (42)
R 20: (4 sc, dec) * 7 (35)
R 21: (3 sc, dec) * 7 (28)
R 22: (2 sc, dec) * 7 (21)
R 23: (5 sc, dec) * 3 (18)
F.o.
Muzzle
With white yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc) * 6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc) * 6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc) * 6 (24)
R 5-6: 24 sc (2 rows)
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Ears (make 2)
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc) * 6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc) * 6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc) * 6 (24)
R 5: (3 sc, inc) * 6 (30)
R 6-9: 30 sc (4 rows)
R 10: (4 sc, dec)*4, 2 sc (26)
R 11: 26 sc
R 12: (3 sc, dec)*5, 1 sc (21)
R 13-15: 21 sc (3 rows)
Don’t stuff with fiberfill.
Fold top of the ear and sc through both sides across.
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Arms (make 2)
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc) * 6 (12)
R 3: 12 sc
Change to sweater color:
R 4: 12 sc
R 5: 2 dec, 8 sc (10)
R 6-14: 10 sc (9 rows)
Stuff ½ full.
Fold top of the arm and 4 sc through both sides across.
F.o.
Tail
R 1: 5 sc in mc (5)
R 2: (inc) * 5 (10)
R 3-7: 10 sc (5 rows)
Don’t stuff with fiberfill.
Fold top of the tail and 4 sc through both sides across.
F.o.
Legs and body
Legs (make 2)
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc) * 6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc) * 3, 6 sc (15)
R 4-7: 15 sc (4 rows)
F. o.
Don’t cut the yarn when you’ll finish the second leg!
From the second leg: 4 ch, join with the first leg (38)
Continue crocheting the body in the round:
R 1: 4 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 16 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 10 sc (42)
R 2-3: 42 sc (2 rows)
Change to sweater color:
Attach the tail in R 4 (crochet sc of the body together with sc of the tail)
R 4-7: 42 sc (4 rows)
R 8: (5 sc, dec) * 6 (36)
R 9: 36 sc
Stuff with fiberfill.
R 10: (4 sc, dec) * 6 (30)
R 11-12: 30 sc (2 rows)
R 13: (3 sc, dec) * 6 (24)
R 14: 24 sc
R 15: (2 sc, dec) * 6 (18)
R 16: Attach arms on the sides of the body (crochet sc of the body together with sc of the arm) – 18 sc
R 17: 18 sc
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Assembly
Pin the muzzle to the head and sew on. Put some stuffing inside the muzzle before you finish.
Sew the ears to the head on R 7.
Embroider a nose using black yarn.
Embroider the eyebrows and lashes as shown in photo with a black floss.