Cockapoo

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)

Difficulty:

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)

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 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

Embroider the eyes using black embroidery thread then use white to add highlights, as shown below

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

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

Thread this through the ring you just made, then sew either side to the collar.

Sew the collar around the neck of the dog.

That's all from this pattern - I hope you have enjoyed it! If you have any questions please feel free to contact me - the easiest way is to email lhodginscrochet@gmail.com. You can also folow my on Instagram (@lhodgins_crochet) to keep up to date with what I'm working on. You're very welcome to sell finished products but I do ask that you don't re-post this pattern or claim it as your own. Thank you!