Dog Fred Free Pattern

 

List of Materials

• Amigurumi Yarn 7564 - Porcelain
• Amigurumi Yarn 8001 - White
• Amigurumi Yarn 7567 - Cocoa
• Black Cléa Yarn to embroider the eyes
• 2.5 mm crochet hook (if you want tighter stitches, you can use a 2.0 mm hook)
• 9 mm black eyes
• Scissors
• Stitch marker
• Stuffing
• Tapestry needle
• Pins

Legend

• AM: Magic Ring
• Aum: Increase
• Sc: Single Crochet
• Dec: Decrease
• Slst: Slip Stitch
• Dc: Double Crochet
• X: Times
• Ch: Chain Stitch

Head

Start with the white yarn:

1. Magic ring of 6 sc (6)
2. Increase all around (12)
3. [1 sc and 1 inc] 6x (18)
4. 1 sc and 1 inc, [2 sc and 1 inc] 5x, 1 sc (24)
5. 6- sc all around (24) - [2 rows]
6. Change to porcelain yarn
7. 9 sc, [1 inc] 2x, (switch to white yarn), [1 inc] 2x, (switch to porcelain yarn), [1 inc] 2x, 9 sc (30)
8. 13 sc, (switch to white yarn), 4 sc, (switch to porcelain yarn), 13 sc (30)
9. 9 sc, [1 sc and 1 inc] 2x, (switch to white yarn), [1 sc and 1 inc] 2x, (switch to porcelain yarn), [1 sc and 1 inc] 2x, 9 sc (36)
10. 15 sc, (switch to white yarn), 6 sc, (switch to porcelain yarn), 15 sc (36)
11. 11-14: sc all around (36) - [4 rows]

Place the eyes between rows 7 and 8, with 8 visible sc after placing them.

15. 9 sc, [1 sc and 1 dec] 6x, 9 sc (30)
16. sc all around (30)
17. 9 sc, [1 dec] 6x, 9 sc (24)
18. Stuff the head and add facial expression.
19. [2 sc and 1 dec] 6x (18)
20. [1 sc and 1 dec] 6x (12)
21. 6 dec (6). Close the head with an inverted magic ring.

Body

Use the porcelain yarn:

1. Magic ring of 6 sc (6)
2. Increase all around (12)
3. [1 sc and 1 inc] 6x (18)
4. [2 sc and 1 inc] 6x (24)
5. [3 sc and 1 inc] 6x (30)
6. [4 sc and 1 inc] 6x (36)
7. 7-10: sc all around (36) - [4 rows]
8. [4 sc and 1 dec] 6x (30)
9. 12-13: sc all around (30) - [2 rows]
10. [3 sc and 1 dec] 6x (24)
11. 15-16: sc all around (24) - [2 rows]
12. [2 sc and 1 dec] 6x (18)
13. 6 sc, 1 sc and 1 hdc in the same stitch, 1 hdc and 1 dc in the same stitch, 8 dc, 1 dc and 1 hdc in the same stitch, 1 hdc and 1 sc in the same stitch, close with slst and leave a long tail to sew the head to the body.

Ears (make 2)

Use the porcelain yarn:

1. Magic ring of 6 sc (6)
2. Increase all around (12)
3. sc all around (12)
4. [1 sc and 1 inc] 6x (18)
5. 5-6: sc all around (18) - [2 rows]
6. [5 sc and 1 inc] 3x (21)
7. sc all around (21)
8. [5 sc and 1 dec] 3x (18)
9. sc all around (18)
10. [4 sc and 1 dec] 3x (15)
11. sc all around (15)
12. [3 sc and 1 dec] 3x (12)
13. sc all around (12)
14. [1 sc and 1 dec] 4x (8)

Do not stuff. Close the ear with 4 sc (4). Make 1 ch and leave a long tail to sew the ears to the head. Sew the ears between rows 11 and 14 of the head, with 6 sc spacing between them.

Legs (make 4)

Start with white yarn:

1. Magic ring of 6 sc (6)
2. Increase all around (12)
3. [3 sc and 1 inc] 3x (15)
4. sc all around (15)
5. 4 sc, 3 dec, 5 sc (12)
6. 3 sc, 3 dec, 3 sc (9)

Change to porcelain yarn:

7. sc all around (9)
8. Stuff the legs
9. 4 dec, 1 sc (5)
10. Close the leg with an inverted magic ring.

Cut two long pieces of yarn, take a leg and skip two rows from the top down. Thread the yarn as shown in the images on the next page, leaving 2 sc spacing between the ends of the yarn. First, attach the upper legs between rows 15 and 16 of the body. Then attach the lower legs between rows 7 and 8 of the body as shown in the images on the next page.

Tail

Use the porcelain yarn:

1. Magic ring of 6 sc (6)
2. 11: sc all around (6) - [10 rows]

Do not stuff. Close the tail with 3 sc (3). Make 1 ch and leave a long tail to sew the tail to the body. Sew the tail between rows 8 and 9 of the body.

Snout

Use the cocoa yarn:

1. Make a magic ring, inside the ring make 1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, 2 sc, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc. Close with slst in the next stitch.
2. Then cut a long tail to sew the second snout onto the first.
3. Sew or glue the cocoa snout on top of the white snout.

Arms (make 2)

Start with white yarn:

1. Magic ring of 6 sc (6)
2. [1 sc and 1 inc] 3x (9)
3. 3-5: sc all around (9) - [3 rows]
4. 6- [1 sc and 1 dec] 3x (6)

Change to porcelain yarn:

7. sc all around (6) - [7 rows]

Do not stuff the arms. Close the arm with 3 sc (3). Make 1 ch and leave a long tail to sew the arms to the body. Attach the arms to the body between rows 10 and 11, leaving 3 sc spacing between them.

Finishing Details

• Use the black Cléa yarn to embroider the nose and the smile on the face.
• Use the tapestry needle to hide any loose yarn ends inside the body or head.
• If you want, you can use pins to secure parts like the head, legs, and arms before sewing them permanently.