Cheerful Puppy

Materials:

1. Yarn, (acrylic, wool, fluffy yarn or cotton) of your choice.

Main color: at your discretion. For nose: Black.

My dog is crocheted from 450m / 100gr (Acrylic+Wool) yarn. The height of the dog is 10.5cm

2. Hollow fibre for stuffing

3. A crochet hook, I have 1.25 mm crochet hook

4. For eyes: 2 half-beads or ready-made eyes (I used 6mm diam beads)

5. A sewing needle, matching sewing threads

6. Black cotton thread (e.g., “mouline”) for sewing eyes and a mouth embroidery

7. Wire with a diameter of 1-1,5 mm, 15 cm long

8. Pliers (optional)

Abbreviations:

- MR — Magic Ring

- sc — single crochet

- hdc — half double crochet

- ch — chain

-  = N — number of stitches in a row/round

- sl st — slip stitch

- inc — increase (2 sc in one stitch)

- dec — invisible decrease (2 sc together through front loops)

- *N — repeat N times

Foreleg (make 2)

1. 6 sc in MR = 6

2-6. 6 sc

Cut the thread, hide the end. Add some hollow fiber.

Hind leg (make 2)

1. 6 sc in MR = 6

2-5. 6 sc

6. Add some hollow fiber. Fold the part in two, work 3 sc by hooking through both edges of the part.

Fasten off, leave a long tail (15-20 cm) for sewing.

Body

Crochet with the main color. Stuff as you go.

1. 6 sc in MR = 6

2. inc*6 =12

3. (1 sc, inc)*6=18

4-7.  18 sc

Next, join the forelegs.

8. 6 sc, attach the left leg, work the loops of the leg and body together: 2 sc, further work into loops of the body: 2 sc, attach the right leg, work the loops of the leg and body together: 2 sc, further work into loops of the body: 6 sc = 18

9. 6 sc, work into loops of the left leg 4 sc, 2 inc, work into loops of the right leg 4 sc, 6 sc = 24

10. 24 sc

11. (6 sc, dec)*3 = 21

12. 21 sc

13. (5 sc, dec)*3 = 18

14. 18 sc

15. (4 sc, dec.)*3 = 15

16 -17. 15 sc

18. (3 sc, dec)*3 = 12

19. 12 sc

20. (2 sc, dec)*3 = 9

21. 9 sc

Fasten off, leave a long tail (15-20 cm) for sewing.

Optional: insert a wire frame inside. The wire frame will stretch from the body to the head.

Ears (make 2)

The main or contrasting color yarn.

1. 7 sc in MR = 7

2. inc*7 =14 sc

3. (6 sc, inc)*2 = 16.

4-10.  16 sc

11. 8 sc, dec, 6 sc = 15

12. dec, 13 sc = 14

13. 14 sc

14. 7 sc, dec, 5 sc = 13

15. dec, 11 sc = 12

16. 12 sc

17.  3 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 1 sc = 10

18.  10 sc

19. 2 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 1 sc = 8

20. 7 sc, 1 sl st = 8

Fasten off, leave a long tail (15-20 cm) for sewing.

Tail

Ch 11.

1. starting from 2nd ch from hook: 1 sl st, 2 sc, 2 hdc, 2 hdc in 1 loop, 2 hdc, 2 sc = 11

Fasten off, leave a long tail (15-20 cm) for sewing.

Nose

Black yarn

1. 6 sc in MR = 6

2. inc*6 = 12

3. (3 sc, inc)*3 = 15

4. 15 sc

 Fasten off, leave a long tail for sewing.

Head

1. 7 sc in MR = 7

2. (inc)*7 = 14

3. (1sc, inc)*7 = 21

4. (2 sc, inc)*7 = 28

5. (3 sc, inc)*7 = 35

6. (4 sc, inc)*7 = 42

7-15. 42 sc

16. 20 sc, skip 21 stitch,1 sc = 21

Continue crocheting along the small ring. Crocheting direction is marked with an arrow on the photo.

17-18.  21 sc

19. 9 sc, dec, 10 sc = 20

20-21. 20 sc

22. 5 sc, dec, 6 sc, dec, 5 sc = 18

23.  18 sc

24. 7 sc, dec, 7 sc, dec = 16

25.  16 sc

26. 8 sc, dec, 6 sc = 15

27. (3 sc, dec)*3 =12.

28. (2 sc, dec)*3 = 9

29 incomplete.  3 dec

Pull off the loops. Cut the thread, hide the end.

Insert an additional thread (cm 20) into the needle and sew the muzzle over the edge from A to B. Begin to sew up from the "bridge of the nose", do not reach one cm to the end of the nose. Add hollow fiber to the resulting hole to give the muzzle volume.

In the 7th round, mark the point O in the middle of the back of the head (see photo). This is the place of attachment to the body.

Assembly

Look at the photo and find points 1,2,3,4 and О.

To sculpt the eyes: take some strong sewing thread and fasten it below in point О, take the needle out in point 1. Insert the needle in point 2 and back in point 0. Sculpt the second eye. Points О - 3 - 4 - О.

Fasten the thread.  

Sew or glue the eyes.

Sew the body to the head. Extend the hole (point О), e.g. with a thick knitting needle. Insert the wire into the marked point of the head and exit it through the crown.

If the dog is a keychain, use pliers to make a loop at the end of the wire. If the dog is a toy, cut off the excess wire.

Attach the hind legs so that the dog is sitting. Sew them on.

Sew on the tail. Place a nose on the hole in the muzzle and sew it.

Sew on the ears 4-5 rounds below the crown.

Embroider a smile, starting in round 10 from the beginning of the head. Embroider eyebrows with the same thread.

If desired, make a forelock.

The cheerful puppy is completed!