Who doesn't love cute little dogs, especially Dachshunds, due to their length and cuteness? The Crochet Dachshund Pattern lets you make your own cuddly puppy friend with yarn! It looks just like a real dachshund with a long body and floppy ears. This soft, huggable dog can sit in your hands and be your new best friend. It is pocket-sized, allowing you to make use of it as a keychain ornament to add to the bags, water bottles, or gifting any dog lover. Let's make a sweet puppy together; it's fun and easy!
Crochet Dachshund Free Pattern
Creative Minds! Making our yarn dachshund is super easy and fun! You will use simple stitches like the chain and single crochet, which are like the ABCs of crocheting. You're all set if you can make loops and pull yarn through. This pattern is a great way to practice and show off your new skills. So, get all the materials given in the list below, follow the easiest pattern, and bring this crochet furry pall to life in almost no time!
Designer: @natascha.zayceva
Making Your Crochet Dachshund
Yarn:
- Sport weight/4ply yarn: This is a thin and lightweight yarn, ideal for creating small projects like amigurumi.
- Yarn Art Jeans: This is a specific brand of sport-weight yarn, but you can substitute it with any other sport-weight yarn if it has a similar weight and gauge.
- Color:
- No.70 brown (main): This is the main color used for the dachshund's body.
- No.53 black (nose, dog collar): This is used for smaller details like the nose and collar.
- Material:
- Cotton 55%: This provides breathability and absorbency to the finished product.
- Acrylic 45%: This adds durability and softness.
Hook:
- Size No. 1.6: This hook size is recommended for the yarn weight and gauge specified in the pattern.
Other Materials:
- Toy filling: Any stuffing used for amigurumi toys.
- Eyes: 6 mm half beads are used for the eyes, but you can also use safety eyes for a safer alternative.
- Button: A small black button to fasten the dog collar.
- Glue: Likely used to secure the button on the collar.
- Scissors and needle: Standard tools for cutting yarn and sewing pieces together.
Abbreviations:
- MR: Magic ring (used to start crocheting in the round without a hole)
- ch: Chain stitch (used to create a foundation chain)
- SC: Single crochet (basic stitch used in many patterns)
- inc: Increase (used to add a stitch to your work)
- dec: Decrease (used to reduce a stitch from your work)
- sl st: Slip stitch (used to join stitches or work in a continuous spiral)
- 3 sc inc: Increase by making 3 single crochets in one stitch
Step by step Pattern
BODYStuff in the process.
1R. 6 sc in MR (6) 2R. inc*6 (12) 3R. (sc, inc)*6 (18)
4R. (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
5-36R. 32 rounds on 24 sc (24)
37R. (2 sc, dec)*6 (18)
38R. (sc, dec)*6 (12)
39R. dec*6 (6)
Cut the tread, fasten off and hide the end.
NECK
We crochet the neck on the body. Insert the hook under the stitches.
1R. 4 sc between rounds 3 and 4 of the body + 4 sc through stitches of rounds 4-7 of the body + 4 sc between rounds 7 and 8 of the body + 4 sc through rounds 7-4 of the body (16) 2-3R. 2 rounds on 16 sc (16), sl st
Cut the thread, leaving a tail for sewing the head.
HEAD
Stuff in the process.
Black yarn.
1R. 6 sc in MR (6) 2R. inc*6 (12)
3R. 12 sc (12) Brown yarn.
4-5R. 2 rounds on 12 sc (12)
6R. (3 sc, inc)*3 (15)
7R. 15 sc (15)
8R. (4 sc, inc)*3 (18) 9R. 18 sc (18)
10R. (5 sc, inc)*3 (21) 11R. 21 sc (21)
12R. (6 sc, inc)*3 (24) 13R. (7 sc, inc)*3 (27)
14R. (8 sc, inc)*3 (30)
15-19R. 5 rounds on 30 sc (30)
20R. (3 sc, dec)*6 (24)
21R. (2 sc, dec)*6 (18)
22R. (sc, dec)*6 (12)
23R. dec*6 (6)
Cut the thread, fasten off and hide the end.
EARS
Crochet 2 details in rows, each row starts with ch1. Leaving a tail for sewing an the beginning.
1R. ch6, 5 sc from the second chain on the hook (6)
2-6R. 5 rows on 5 sc (5)
7R. 2 sc, dec, sc (4)
8-10R. 3 rows on 4 sc (4) 11R. dec*2 (2)
Crochet around with sc. Finish crocheting with sl st.
Cut the thread, fasten off and hide the end.
LEGS
Stuff in the process. Crochet 4 details.
1R. 6 sc in MR (6)
2R. ([3 sc inc]*2, sc)*2 (14) 3R. (2 sc, inc 2, 3 sc)*2 (18) 4R. 18 sc (18)
5R. dec*5, 6 sc, dec (12) 6R. (2 sc, dec)*3 (9)
7-11R. 5 rounds on 9 sc (9) 12R. (sc, dec)*3 (6)
Tighten the hole. Hide the
thread on the two legs, for other two leave the long end of the thread for sewing.
TAIL
1R. 5 sc in MR (5)
2-12R. 11 rounds on 5 sc (5), sl st
Do not stuff. Cut the thread, leaving a tail for sewing.
DOG COLLAR
Black yarn.
ch20, from the second chain on the hook 19 sc.
In the end we make a buttonhole - I made it with thread, but you can crochet several chains and join to the collar with sl st. On the other side sew a button. Hide all the threads.
ASSEMBLY
Sew the head through both loops of the last round of the neck. Add fiberfill to the neck before closing the hole. Fix the thread, cut and hide.
Sew two legs with the remaining thread from the other two legs. Use a thread mount to make the legs movable. Pierce the needle through two legs and the body. Repeat several times and tighten the thread so that the legs do not dangle. Sew the forelegs between rounds 8 and 9. Hind legs - between rounds 34 and 35.
Sew the tail to the edge of the back in a circle through both loops of the last round.
ASSEMBLY
Sew the ears slightly obliquely with the wide part on the top. Start to sew along the top. Then fix the part of the ear under the half loops in front of the head (about 2 cm from the top), so that they do not stick out but hang. Glue eyes in rounds 10-11 at a distance of 3 sc between the inner edges. Put on the dog collar. AND THAT'S ALL!!!
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