Charlie the Dog crochet pattern

Meet Charlie the Dog who loves wearing bright striped pullovers and elegant high hats! Make a pretty keychain or rucksack pendant using this fun and easy dog crochet pattern.

To make Charlie the Dog you’ll need:

• Semi-cotton 4ply yarn of 7 colors: white, milk, black, pink, sky-blue, violet and lavender-blue
• 2 mm crochet hook
• 5 mm button eyes
• Fiberfill
• Scissors and sewing needle

The size of finished crochet dog is 13-14 cm.

Skill level: easy

Charlie the Dog
Free crochet pattern

Abbreviations:
ch = chain
sc = single crochet
st = stitch
inc = increase
dec = decrease
sl st = slip stitch
(..) = repeat the space in brackets the given number of times
[..] = total number of stitches

Hat:
Start with violet yarn.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 3: (inc, sc in next st) repeat 6 times [18]

Rnd 4-6: sc in all 18 st [18]
Change to pink yarn.
Rnd 7-8: sc in all 18 st [18]

Change to violet yarn.
Rnd 9: (inc) repeat 18 times [36]
Rnd 10: sc in all 36 st [36]
Fasten off and weave in the end.

Head:
Crochet with milk yarn.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 3: (inc, sc in next st) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 4: (inc, sc in next 2 st) repeat 6 times [24]
Rnd 5: (inc, sc in next 3 st) repeat 6 times [30]
Rnd 6: (inc, sc in next 4 st) repeat 6 times [36]
Rnd 7-12: sc in all 36 st [36]
Rnd 13: (sc in next 4 st, dec) repeat 6 times [30]
Rnd 14: (sc in next 3 st, dec) repeat 6 times [24]
Rnd 15: (sc in next 2 st, dec) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 16: (sc in next st, dec) repeat 6 times [12]
Stuff the head with fiberfill.
Rnd 17: (dec) repeat 6 times [6]
Fasten off leaving a tail for sewing.

Legs:
Start with lavender-blue yarn.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 3: (inc, sc in next st) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 4-6: sc in all 18 st [18]
Change to milk yarn.
Rnd 7: (sc in next st, dec) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 8: sc in all 12 st [12]
Change to sky-blue yarn.
Rnd 9-13: sc in all 12 st [12]
Fasten off and weave in the end.

Crochet the second leg in the same way, but don’t fasten off.

Make 2 ch and join with sl st to the first leg. Continue crocheting the body:
Rnd 1: sc in next 12 st of first leg, sc in next 2 ch, sc in next 12 st of the second leg, sc in next 2 ch (opposite side) [28]
Rnd 2-3: sc in all 28 st [28]

Change to pink yarn.
Rnd 4: sc in all 28 st [28]
Change to violet yarn.
Rnd 5: sc in all 28 st [28]
Change to pink yarn.
Rnd 6: sc in all 28 st [28]
Change to violet yarn.
Rnd 7: (sc in next 5 st, dec) repeat 4 times [24]
Change to pink yarn.
Rnd 8: (sc in next 2 st, dec) repeat 6 times [18]
Stuff the body and the legs firmly.
Change to violet yarn.
Rnd 9: (sc in next st, dec) repeat 6 times [12]
Fasten off and weave in the end.

Arms (make 2):
Start with milk yarn.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 3-4: sc in all 12 st [12]
Change to pink yarn.
Rnd 5: sc in all 12 st [12]
Change to violet yarn.
Rnd 6: sc in all 12 st [12]
Change to pink yarn.
Rnd 7: sc in all 12 st [12]
Change to violet yarn.
Rnd 8: sc in all 12 st [12]
Change to pink yarn.
Rnd 9: sc in all 12 st [12]
Stuff slightly with fiberfill.
Change to violet yarn.
Rnd 10: (sc in next st, dec) repeat 4 times [8]
Fasten off leaving a tail for sewing.

Muzzle:
Crochet with white yarn.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 3: (inc, sc in next st) repeat 6 times [18]
Fasten off leaving a tail for sewing.

Ears (make 2):
Crochet with black yarn.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 3: (sc in next st, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 4-8: sc in all 18 st [18]
Rnd 9: (sc in next st, dec) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 10: (sc in next 2 st, dec) repeat 3 times [9]
Rnd 11: (sc in next st, dec) repeat 3 times [6]
Fasten off leaving a tail for sewing.

Assembly:
1. Embroider a nose and a mouth on the muzzle.

2. Sew the muzzle to the head.
3. Sew button eyes at Rnd 7 (8-9 stitches between the eyes).
4. Sew ears at Rnd 5.
5. Stuff the hat with fiberfill and sew it on the top of the head fixing its shape.
6. Sew arms to the body one round down from the top of the body.
7. Sew the head to the body.

Your little crochet dog is done!

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