Difficulty Level: Easy

master class on crocheting a Chihuahua by Elena Lapteva.

With this description, you can crochet a Chihuahua dog using a crochet hook. Any yarn and a suitable hook are suitable for crocheting amigurumi. Any color is suitable for the sweater. The size of the dog will depend on the thickness of the yarn used.

Materials and Tools:

• Yarn: brown, white, red, black
• Crochet hook
• Toy eyes
• Stuffing for toys
• Needle for sewing parts
• Scissors
• Everything necessary can be bought here.

Abbreviations:

• CA — amigurumi ring
• ch — chain
• sl st — slip stitch
• sc — single crochet
• dc — double crochet
• inc — increase
• dec — decrease
• (…) x n — repeat n times

Description of Crocheting Amigurumi Chihuahua Dog

Head

1. 3 ch, 7 sc in the second chain from the hook (7)
2. 7 inc (14)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 7 (21)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 7 (28)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 7 (35)
   6-11. 35 sc
6. (3 sc, dec) x 7 (28)
7. (2 sc, dec) x 7 (21)
8. (5 sc, dec) x 3 (18)
9. (4 sc, dec) x 3 (15)
   16-17. 15 sc

Leave the thread for tightening. After stuffing and finishing, tighten.

Muzzle

1. 3 ch, 6 sc in the second chain from the hook (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. 12 sc (12)
4. 2 sc, turn, continue crocheting back and forth
5. ch (ch for height), inc, 1 sc (3)
6. ch, inc, 2 sc (4)
7. ch, dec, 2 sc (3)
8. ch, dec, 1 sc (2)

Leave the thread for sewing. Before sewing, add stuffing.

Ears (2 pieces)
Crocheting back and forth.

1. 3 ch, 2 sc in the second chain from the hook (2)
2. ch, inc x 2 times (4)
3. ch, inc, 3 sc (5)
   4-7. 5 sc

If you want the ear to be denser, crochet the inner white ear one row or two less.

Eyelids (2 pieces)
Chain of stitches equal in length to the diameter of the bead.

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