Craft Tutorial: Crocheting a Little New Year Dog

If you like crocheting and love dogs, this DIY is for you! The size of the ready puppy made from the specified yarn is about 7 cm.
Things you need:

  • Iris threads, three shades of brown
  • hook No. 1
  • filler for toys
  • acrylic paint
  • 4 buttons for fastening the legs
  • 2 beads for eyes
  • polymer clay for nose
  • scissors
  • needle for sewing
  • Moment Crystal glue
  • some leather, wire or pin for dog's pendant

The Keys:

CH — chain

DC — double crochet

DEC — decrease

INC — increase

1. The head

Knit with the main colour starting with the tip of the nose.

Row 1 — 6 DC in the amigurumi ring

Row 2 — 6 INC = 12 DC

Row 3 — (1 DC, INC) x 6 = 18 DC

Rows 4-7 — 18 DC

Row 8 — (1 DC, INC) x 9 = 27 DC

Row 9 — 8 DC, (INC, 4 DC) x 2, INC, 8 DC = 30 DC

Row 10 — 6 DC, INC, 2 DC, (INC, 5 DC) x 2, INC, 2 DC, INC, 5 DC = 35 DC

Row 11 — 17. INC,17=36

Rows 12-19 — 36 DC

Row 20 — (4 DC, DEC) x 6 = 30 DC

Row 21 — (3 DC, DEC) x 6 = 24 DC

Row 22 — (2 DC, DEC) x 6 = 18 DC

Row 23 — (1 DC, DEC) x 6 = 12 DC, stuff the muzzle

Row 24 — 6 DEC = 6 DC

Cut off the thread, leave a long tail.

2. The body

Knit with the main colour, starting with the front part of the chest.

Row 1 — 6 DC in the amigurumi ring

Row 2 — 6 INC = 12 DC

Row 3 — (1 DC, INC) x 6 = 18 DC

Row 4 — (2 DC, INC) x 6 = 24 DC

Row 5 — (3 DC, INC) x 6 = 30 DC

Row 6 — (INC, 9 DC) x 3 = 33 DC

Rows 7-15 — 33 DC

Row 16 — (DC, 2 DEC) x 3, 21 DC = 30 DC

Rows 17-23 — 30 DC

Row 24 — (3 DC, DEC) x 6 = 24 DC

Row 25 — (2 DC, DEC) x 6 = 18 DC

Stuff the body.

Row 26 — (2 DC, DEC) x 6 = 12 DC

Row 27 — 6 DEC = 6 DC

3. The paws

Tie 2 pieces with the colour body yarn and 2 pieces of other colours.

Row 1 — 6 DC in the amigurumi ring

Row 2 — 12 DC

Row 3 — (INC, 3 DC) x 3 = 15 DC

Row 4-5 — 15 DC

Row 6 — 1 DC, INC, 2 DC, (DEC, 1 DC) x 3 = 14 DC

Row 7 — 4 DC, (DEC, 2 DC) x 2, 2 DC = 12 DC

Row 8 — 3 DC, (DEC, 2 DC) x 2, 1 DC = 10 DC

Rows 9-10 — 10 DC

Row 11 — 3 DC, (INC, 2 DC) x 2, 1 DC = 12 DC

Row 12 — 2 DC, (INC, 2 DC) x 3, 1 DC = 15 DC

Row 13 — 15 DC

Row 14 — (4 DC, INC) x 3 = 18 DC

Rows 15-16 — 18 DC

Row 17 — (1 DC, DEC) x 6 = 12 DC

Stuff the body (leave the top practically free from filling).

Row 18 — 6 DEC = 6 DC

4. The Ears

Knit with dark brown colour.

Row 1 — 6 DC in the amigurumi ring

Row 2 — 6 INC = 12 DC

Row 3 — (1 DC, INC) x 6 = 18 DC

Row 4 — (5 DC, INC) x 3 = 21 DC

Rows 5-7 — 21 DC

Row 8 — (5 DC, DEC) x 3 = 18 DC

Rows 9-12 — 18 DC

Row 13 — (4 DC, DEC) x 3 = 15 DC

Rows 14-15 — 15 DC

Row 16 — (3 DC, DEC) x 3 = 12 DC

Row 17 — 12 DC

Row 18 — 6 DEC = 6 DC

Knit two ears.

5. The Tail

Start knitting dark brown.

Row 1 — 6 DC in the amigurumi ring

Row 2 — INC, 5 DC = 7 DC

Row 3 — 3 DC, INC, 3 DC = 18 DC

Row 4 — use yarn of the main colour, INC, 7 DC = 9 DC

Rows 5-7 — 9 DC


6. The Neck

16 ВС, close the ring.

Rows 1-2 — 16 ВС in spiral

7. Assembling

Sew one detail after another:

Here's how you can deal with the legs:

Hide all thread ends inside the toy.

Sculpt the nose from brown polymer clay, bake it and glue.

You can paint spots on the back and legs with acrylic paints.

8. The Collar

Cut a piece of leather about 9 cm, wrap a piece of wire into a buckle, attach a pendant and glue to the neck:

The doggy is ready!

Wich you successful knitting!