Make a tiny, adorable, snoozing puppy perfect for joining a kid's collection of cuddly toys. It looks so peaceful, and guess what? You can make it all by yourself by following the simple pattern provided. It's easy peasy, and you’ll have fun creating your little crochet sleeping dog that kids will love and have a little buddy that looks like a wow. The pattern will show you where to make stitches, how to add those cute little ears, and how to give your sleepy pup the perfect spot to snooze. It's a piece of cake, and soon, you'll be stitching your way to a darling little doggie that any child would love to hug and hold.
Crochet Sleeping Dog
Abbreviations
- MR: Magic ring/ Magic circle
- Ch: Chain stitch
- Sc: Single crochet stitch
- Inc: Single crochet increase stitch
- Dec: Decrease stitch
- Dc: Double crochet stitch
- Hdc: Half double crochet stitch
- [...] ... x time: Repeat
- instructions x times: Number of stitches of each round
Notes
For a better result, use single crochet cross stitch (yarn under) and invisible single crochet decrease stitch unless otherwise specified. Work in a continuous spiral unless otherwise specified.
Head
Start with white yarn
- 1: sc 6 into MR (6)
- 2: inc 6 (12)
- 3: [inc, sc] 6 times (18)
- 4: sc 6, inc 4, sc 8 (22)
- 5: sc 7, [inc, sc] 4 times, sc 7 (26)
- 6: sc 3, inc, sc 5, inc, sc 6, inc, sc 5, inc, sc 3 (30)
Change to orange yarn
- 7: sc 8, inc, sc 3, inc, sc 2, inc, sc 3, inc, sc 10 (34)
- 8: sc 8, inc, sc 4, inc, sc 5, inc, sc 4, inc, sc 9 (38)
- 9: sc 5, inc, sc 4, inc, sc 3, inc, sc 6, inc, sc 3, inc, sc 4, inc, sc 7 (44)
- Change to yellow yarn on BOLD stitches
- 10: sc 17, sc, inc, sc 5, inc, sc 19 (46)
- 11: sc 16, sc 5, sc 25 (46)
- 12-13 (2 rounds): sc 16, sc 6, sc 24 (46)
- 14: sc 16, sc 3, inc, sc 2, sc 4, inc, sc 19 (48)
- 15: sc 17, sc 5, sc 26 (48)
- 16: sc 18, sc 3, sc 27 (48)
- 17: [dec, sc 6] 6 times (42)
- 18: sc 42 (42)
- 19: [dec, sc 5] 6 times (36)
- 20: sc 36 (36)
- 21: [dec, sc 4] 6 times (30)
- 22: [dec, sc 3] 6 times (24)
- 23: [dec, sc 2] 6 times (18)
- 24: [dec, sc] 6 times (12)
- 25: Dec 6 (6)
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Forelegs (x2)
Start with white yarn
- 1: sc 6 into MR (6)
- 2: inc 6 (12)
- 3: sc 12 (12)
Change to orange yarn
- 4-9 (6 rounds): sc 12 (12)
Sleeping Dog - (2)
Do not fasten off the second leg; continue to make the body
Body
Ch 2 - Here is the beginning stitch of the body.
- 1: sc (1st leg), inc 3, sc 8, sc 2 (on chain), sc 8 (2nd leg), inc 3, sc, sc 2 (on chain) (34)
- 2-4 (3 rounds): sc 34 (34)
- 5: sc 4, inc, sc 23, inc, sc 5 (36)
- 6-9 (4 rounds): sc 36 (36)
- 10: sc 4, inc, sc 25, inc, sc 5 (38)
- 11: inc, sc 37 (39)
- 12: sc 39 (39)
- 13: [sc 3, inc] 2 times, sc 22, [sc 3, inc] 2 times, sc (43)
- 14: sc 43 (43)
- 15: sc 3, inc, sc 4, inc, sc 27, inc, sc Sc (47)
- 16: sc 47 ()
- 17: sc, inc, sc 45 (48)
- 18: sc 48 (48)
- 19: sc 6, dec, sc 3, dec, sc 26, dec, sc 3, dec, sc 2 (44)
- 21: sc 5, dec, sc 2, dec, sc 24, [dec, sc 2] 2 times (39)
- 22: dec, sc 37 (38)
- 23: sc 6, dec, sc 25, dec, sc 3 (36)
- 24: [dec, sc 4] 6 times (30)
- 25: [dec, sc 3] 6 times (24)
- 26: [dec, sc 2] 6 times (18)
- 27: [dec, sc] 6 times (12)
- 28: dec 6 (6)
Fasten off, weave in ends.
Back legs (x2)
Start with white yarn
27, inc, sc 4, inc, uch
• 1: sc 6 into MR (6)
• 2: inc 6 (12)
3: sc 12 (12)
Change to orange yarn
•4-7 (4 rounds): sc 12 (12)
Right leg
- 8: sc, hdc, dc 3, hdc, sc 2, inc 3, sc (15)
- 9: sc, hdc, dc 3, hdc, sc, [inc, sc 2] 2 times, inc, sc (18)
Fasten off, leave a long tail for sewing. Left Leg
- 8: sc 2, inc 3, sc, hdc, dc 3, hdc, sc (15)
- 9: [sc 2, inc] 3 times, hdc, dc 3, hdc, sc (18)
Fasten off, leave a long tail for sewing.
Ears (1 yellow, 1 orange)
- 1: sc 6 into MR (6)
- 2: [inc, sc] 3 times (9)
- 3: [inc, sc 2] 3 times (12)
- 4: [inc, sc 3] 3 times (15)
- 5: [inc, sc 4] 3 times (18)
- 6: [inc, sc 5] 3 times (21)
- 7-8 (2 rounds): sc 21 (21)
Fasten off, leave a long tail for sewing. Do not stuff.
Tail
Start with white yarn
- 1: sc 6 into MR (6)
- 2: [inc, sc] 3 times (9)
- 3: [inc, sc 2] 3 times (12)
Change to orange yarn
- 4-5 (2 rounds): sc 12 (12)
- 6: sc 5, dec, sc 5 (11)
- 7: sc 11 (11)
- 8: sc 5, dec, sc 4 (10)
- 9: sc 10 (10)
- 10: sc 5, dec, sc 3 (9)
- 11: [dec, sc] 3 times (6)
Fasten off, leave a long tail for sewing.
Assembly
- Sew the ears to the head at round 15.
- Use black yarn to embroider the eyes from round 7 to round 10, and the snout at round 2 of the head.
- Sew the back legs to the body from round 23 to round 28.
- Sew the tail to the body at round 23.
- Sew the head to the body from round 6 to round 13.
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