This pattern is for a very fluffy cockapoo. It includes instructions on making a collar with the initial of the dog on. The pattern is easy to adapt to different colours of cockapoo and those with different markings (eg. the dog I was using as a model had little white patches on his chest and chin, but these can be easily altered)
Easy - medium
You will need:
- A 2mm crochet hook
- A 2.5mm crochet hook
- A 0.8mm crochet hook
- Dk yarn in black and white (white is optional)
- 4ply yarn in red
- #10 crochet cotton in silver and gold
- Embroidery thread in black and white
- Polyester toy stuffing
- A darning needle
- A needle and black sewing thread (optional)
- A pet brush
- A strip of cardboard
For the body:
2.5mm hook and black dk yarn make a magic loop with 6sc
Round 1: make 2sc in each st (12sc)
2.5mm hook and black dk yarn make a magic loop with 6sc
Round 1: make 2sc in each st (12sc)
Round 2: (sc, make 2sc in the next st) 6 times (18sc)
Round 3: (sc2, make 2sc in the next st) 6 times (24sc)
Rounds 4 - 10: (7 rounds) sc in each st
Round 11: sc4, make 2sc in the next st, sc19 (25sc)
Round 12: sc in each st
Round 13: sc5, make 2sc in the next st, sc19 (26sc)
Round 14: sc in each st
Round 15: sc4, make 2sc in the next st, sc3, make 2sc in the following st, sc17 (28sc)
Round 16: sc in each st
Round 17: sc4, make 2sc in the next st, sc6, make 2sc in the following st, sc16 (30sc)
Round 18: sc in each st
Round 19: sc7, make 2sc in the next st, sc3, make 2sc in the following st, sc18 (32sc)
Round 20: sc in each st
Round 21: sc7, make 2sc in the next st, sc6, make 2sc in the following st, sc16 (34sc)
Round 22: sc in each st
Round 23: sc12, make 2sc in the next st, sc20 (35sc)
Rounds 24 - 26: (3 rounds) sc in each st
Round 27: sc7, sc2tog, sc5, sc2tog, sc5, sc2tog, sc13 (32sc)
Round 28: sc8, sc2tog, sc3, sc2tog, sc3, sc2tog, sc13 (29sc)
Round 29: sc6, sc2tog, sc4, sc2tog, sc4, sc2tog, sc10 (26sc)
Round 30: sc5, sc2tog, sc3, sc2tog, sc3, sc2tog, sc10 (23sc)
Round 31: sc4, sc2tog, sc3, sc2tog, sc3, sc2tog, sc8 (20sc)
Round 32: sc4, sc2tog, sc2, sc2tog, sc2, sc2tog, sc6 (17sc)
Rounds 33 - 34: (2 rounds) sc in each st
Fasten off
Stuff
For the front legs (make 2):
Make a magic loop with 6sc
Round 1: make 2sc in each st (12sc)
Round 2: (sc3, make 2sc in the next st) 3 times (15sc)
Round 3: sc in each st
Round 4: sc2, sc2tog 3 times, sc7 (12sc)
Round 5: sc2, sc2tog twice, sc3, make 2sc in the next st, sc2 (11sc)
Rounds 6 - 7: (2 rounds) sc2, sc2tog, sc4, make 2sc in the next st, sc2 (11sc)
Round 8: sc in each st
Rounds 9 - 10: (2 rounds) sc2, sc2tog, sc4, make 2sc in the next st, sc2 (11sc)
Rounds 11 - 16: (6 rounds) sc in each st
Stuff
Round 17: sc2, sc4tog, sc, sc3tog (6sc)
Fasten off
Sew to the body
For the back legs (make 2):
Make a magic loop with 6sc
Round 1: make 2sc in each st (12sc)
Round 2: (sc3, make 2sc in the next st) 3 times (15sc)
Round 3: sc in each st
Round 4: sc2, sc2tog 3 times, sc7 (12sc)
Round 5: sc2, sc2tog twice, sc3, make 2sc in the next st, sc2 (11sc)
Rounds 6 - 7: (2 rounds) sc2, sc2tog, sc4, make 2sc in the next st, sc2 (11sc)
Round 8: sc in each st
Round 9: sc2, make 2sc in the next st, sc8 (12sc)
Round 10: sc3, make 2sc in the next st, sc5, make 2sc in the following st, sc2 (14sc)
Round 11: sc4, make 2sc in the next st, sc9 (15sc)
Round 12: sc12, make 2sc in the next st, sc2 (16sc)
Round 13: sc5, make 2sc in the next st, sc10 (17sc)
Round 14: sc5, make 2sc in the next st, sc8, make 2sc in the following st, sc2 (19sc)
Round 15: sc6, make 2sc in the next st, sc12 (20sc)
Rounds 16 - 18: (3 rounds) sc in each st
Round 19: sc2tog, sc4, sc2tog 3 times, sc4, sc2tog twice (14sc)
Stuff
Round 20: (over 1 round) sc3, sc3tog, sc2tog, sc2, sc3tog, sc2tog (8sc)
Fasten off
Sew to the body
For the tail:
Make a magic loop with 6sc
Round 1: (sc, make 2sc in the next st) 3 times (9sc)
Rounds 2 - 3: (2 rounds) sc in each st
Round 4: sc, slip3, sc, hdc4
Rounds 5 - 9: (5 rounds) sc in each st
Round 10: hdc2, sc, slip3, sc, hdc2
Rounds 11 - 15: (5 rounds) sc in each st
stuff
Round 16: (sc, sc2tog) 3 times (6sc)
Fasten off
Sew to the body
For the head:
2.5mm hook and black dk yarn make a magic loop with 6sc
Round 1: make 2sc in each st (12sc)
Round 1: make 2sc in each st (12sc)
Round 2: (sc, make 2sc in the next st) 6 times (18sc)
Rounds 3 - 6: (4 rounds) sc in each st
Round 7: sc3, make 2sc in the next st, sc, make 2sc in the following st, sc, make 2sc in the next st, sc10 (21sc)
Round 8: sc4, make 2sc in the next st, sc2, make 2sc in the following st, sc2, make 2sc in the next st, sc10 (24sc)
Round 9: (sc3, make 2sc in the next st) 3 times, sc12 (27sc)
Round 10: sc6, make 2sc in the next st, sc4, make 2sc in the following st, sc4, make 2sc in the next st, sc10 (30sc)
Round 11: sc8, make 2sc in the next st, sc5, make 2sc in the following st, sc5, make 2sc in the next st, sc9 (33sc)
Round 12: sc11, make 2sc in the next st, sc9, make 2sc in the following st, sc11 (35sc)
Round 13: sc10, make 2sc in the next st, sc6, make 2sc in the following st, sc6, make 2sc in the next st, sc10 (38sc)
Rounds 14 - 18: (5 rounds) sc in each st
Round 19: sc7, sc2tog, sc8, sc2tog, sc7, sc2tog, sc8, sc2tog (34sc)
Round 20: (sc2tog, sc5) 4 times, sc2tog, sc4 (29sc)
Round 21: sc3, (sc2tog, sc4) 4 times, sc2tog (24sc)
Round 22: (sc2, sc2tog) 6 times (18sc)
Round 23: (sc2tog, sc) 6 times (12sc)
Stuff
Round 24: sc2tog 6 times (6sc)
Fasten off
For the ears (make 2):
ch8
Round 1: sc in the 2nd chain st from hook and the next 6 chain sts. Make 3sc in the first chain st you made, then sc in the back of each of the 6 chain sts you previously crocheted into, Make 2sc in the back of the first chain st you crocheted into (16sc)
Round 2: hdc2, sc3, slip5, sc3, hdc3
Rounds 3 - 4: (2 rounds) hdc3, sc3, slip5, sc3, hdc2
Round 5: hdc4, sc3, slip5, sc3, hdc
Round 6: sc8, sc3tog, sc5
Round 7: hdc4, sc2, slip5, sc2, hdc
Round 8 - 9: (2 rounds) hdc5, sc2, slip5, sc2
Round 10: sc8, sc3tog, sc3 (14sc)
Round 11: sc7, sc3tog, sc2 (12sc)
Round 12: sc in each st
Fasten off
Sew these to the head
For the eyes and nose:
Use black embroidery thread to add a nose to the end of the snout
You now need to add fur to the dog. Do this by cutting a large number of 5cm long strands of yarn (the easiest way is to cut a strip of cardboard 2.5cm wide and wrap the yarn around before cutting the yarn at one edge) and attach them to the crochet as follows: Fold the yarn in half then insert your hook under a stitch of your crochet. Pull through the folded end of the yarn to create a loop, then thread the 2 free ends through this loop. Pull tight to secure.
This is the point at which you can adapt the yarns used to add specific markings. Once the dog is completed covered use a dog brush to fray the yarn and make it fluffy.
For the collar:
With red 4ply yarn and a 2mm hook ch31
With red 4ply yarn and a 2mm hook ch31
Row 1: sc in the 2nd chain st from hook and each of the next 29sts
Fasten off
0.8mm hook and gold #10 yarn make a magic loop with 6sc
Round 1: make 2sc in each st (12sc)
Fasten off
Embroider an initial onto the front
With silver #10 ch9 tightly
sew the ends together to form a loop and sew to the gold section
With silver ch5 tightly
Sew the collar around the neck of the dog.