Crochet Dog Pattern

Amigurumi dog pattern that you can customize and download.

How to Make an Easy Crochet Dog 

This free crochet dog pattern consists of crocheting one head, one body, two arms, two legs and one tail, which is common for most mammal amigurumi. There is a colour change in the head so that the bottom of the head matches the colour of the muzzle.

In the part of the crochet dog head pattern that requires the colour change, it will read:

R10 (sc 4, inc) three times, place marker, (sc 4, inc) three times (36)
R11 With W, sc in each st around (36)

Up until R10, you are crocheting in colour A and then you will need to switch to colour B for R11 and onward. To have a clean colour change,  before completing last stitch of R10 (at the stage where you have two loops on your hook), yarn over with colour B and draw through the two loops on your hook.

Amigurumi Dog Tips

The arms and feet in this amigurumi dog pattern use a special stitch called the “puff stitch” which resemble little thumbs or toes.

puff st: *Yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, draw yarn through stitch. Yarn over, draw yarn through 2 loops on hook. Repeat from * one more time in the same stitch, ending with 3 loops on the hook. Yarn over and draw yarn through all 3 loops.

Dog Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

This crochet dog amigurumi pattern uses dark brown as the main body colour and beige for the contrasting muzzle. The black yarn is used to embroider a nose on the muzzle before it is sewn onto the head. A 4.0 mm crochet hook is suggested for working with medium/worsted weight yarn, but if you are finding your stitches too loose, you can use a 3.5 mm crochet hook.

The pieces of the dog amigurumi are sewn together with a yarn needle, also called a darning needle, and has a large eye for threading thick yarn.

Materials and Yarn for Amigurumi Dog Pattern

Head

Use dark brown (D) yarn.

R1 With D, sc 6 into magic ring (6)

R2 inc in each st around (12)

R3 (sc 1, inc) six times (18)

R4 (sc 2, inc) six times (24)

R5 (sc 3, inc) six times (30)

R6-9 sc in each st around (30)

R10 (sc 4, inc) three times, place marker, (sc 4, inc) three times (36)

R11 With W, sc in each st around (36)

R12 sc in each st around (36)

R13 (sc 4, dec) six times (30)

R14 (sc 3, dec) six times (24)

R15 (sc 2, dec) six times (18)

R16 (sc 1, dec) six times (12) Insert safety eyes below

R10, and four stitches from each side of the marker.

R17 dec six times (6) Finish with a sl st into the next stitch.

Cut a short yarn tail (10 cm) for sewing. Stuff the head and sew the opening closed.

Muzzle

Use beige (B) yarn.

R1 With B, sc 6 into magic ring (6)

R2 inc in each st around (12)

R3 (sc 2, inc) two times, (inc, sc 2) two times (16)

R4 sc in each st around (16)

Finish with a sl st into the next st. Cut a long yarn tail (20 cm) for sewing. Cut a strand of black yarn and embroider a nose to the muzzle. Place a small amount of stuffing behind the muzzle and sew to the head.

Ear (Make 2)

Use dark brown (D) yarn.

R1 With G, sc 6 into magic ring (6)

R2 (sc 1, inc) three times (9)

R3 (sc 2, inc) three times (12)

R4 sc in each st around (12)

R5 (sc 2, inc) four times (16)

R6-7 sc in each st around (16)

R8 (sc 6, dec) two times (14)

Finish with a sl st into the next st. Cut a long yarn tail (20 cm) for sewing. Sew the ears to the head.

Body

Use dark brown (D) yarn.

R1 With D, sc 6 in magic ring (6)

R2 inc in each st around (12)

R3 (sc 1, inc) six times (18)

R4 (sc 2, inc) six times (24)

R5-6 sc in each st around (24)

R7 (sc 4, dec) four times (20)

R8 sc in each st around (20)

R9 (sc 3, dec) four times (16)

R10 sc in each st around (16)

R11 (sc 2, dec) four times (12)

Finish with a sl st into the next stitch. Cut a long yarn tail (20 cm) for sewing. Stuff the body. Sew the head to the body.

Arm (Make 2)

Use beige (B) and dark brown (D) yarn.

R1 With B, sc 6 in magic ring (6)

R2 (inc, inc, sc 1) two times (10)

R3 sc in each st around (10)

R4 (sc 3, dec) two times (8)

R5 With D, sc in each st around (8)

R6 sc 6, dec (7)

R7 sc 5, dec (6)

Finish with a sl st into the next stitch. Cut a long yarn tail (15 cm) for sewing. Stuff the arm. Sew the arms to the body.

Leg (Make 2)

Use beige (B) and dark brown (D) yarn.

R1 With B, sc 6 in magic ring (6)

R2 inc in each st around (12)

R3 sc 3, (puff st, sc 1) three times, sc 3 (12)

R4 sc in each st around (12)

R5 With G, (sc 4, dec) two times (10)

R6 sc in each st around (10)

Finish with a sl st into the next stitch. Cut a long yarn tail (15 cm) for sewing. Stuff the foot. Sew the feet to the body.

Tail

Use dark brown (D) yarn.

R1 With D, sc 6 in magic ring (6)

R2 sc in each st around (6)

R3 sc 5, inc (7)

R4 sc in each st around (7)

R5 sc 6, inc (8)

R6-8 sc in each st around (8)

Finish with a sl st into the next stitch. Cut a long yarn tail (15 cm) for sewing. Sew the tail to the back of the body.

Customize a Crochet Dog Pattern

If you would like to change the colours of this dog amigurumi crochet pattern or change the sizes of the ears or limbs, you can customize this pattern using Amigurumio. You will be able to customize the colour of each dog part and generate a PDF crochet dog pattern that includes all of your customizations.