Crochet pattern for a potholder "dog"

Lovely and useful: the crocheted potholder "dog" protects your fingers from heat of baking sheet or sauce pan and looks decorative in your kitchen while waiting for the next usage.

This tutorial will accompany you step by step to receive a decorative potholder with the shape of a dog. Detailed pictures will help you to understand the production process.
This tutorial does not include crochet basics, but requires some experience in crocheting. The following techniques are used: chain stitch, slip stitch, double crochet, half treble crochet, crochet in rounds and rows, sewing and embroidering. (Crochet terms in british english!)

If you use cotton yarn with a yardage of 200y/3.5oz (90m/50g) and a hook size 3.5, the pot holder will become approx. 11 cm long and 10 cm wide and will fit for medium sized hands.

cotton yarn with a yardage of 200y/3.5oz (90m/50g)
a hook size 3.5