Difficulty level: Easy
According to this description, you can crochet a plush dog with long ears. Any plush yarn will suit for amigurumi: Himalaya Velvet, Himalaya Dolphin Baby, YarnArt Jeans, and others. The puppy’s ears are crocheted with a larger hook. Smooth black yarn is also needed for embroidering the mouth and toes.
The finished toy size is about 25-26 cm.
Materials and tools:
Plush yarn Himalaya Velvet 90030 (1.3 skeins)
Thread for embroidering the face and toes
Hooks 3.5 mm (main) and 5 mm (for ears)
Eyes for toys 18 mm
Nose for toys 25 mm
Stuffing for toys
Markers
Needle for sewing parts
Scissors
Everything necessary can be bought here.
Legend:
MR — magic ring
ch — chain stitch
sc — single crochet
hdc — half double crochet
inc — increase
dec — decrease
(…) x n — repeat n times
Description of crocheting amigurumi plush puppy
Lower legs (2 pieces)
Round 1. 7 ch, from the 2nd chain from the hook 5 sc, 3 sc in 1 stitch, turn, 4 sc, inc (14)
Round 2. inc, 4 sc, 3 inc, 4 sc, 2 inc (20)
Round 3. sc, inc, 4 sc, (sc, inc) x 3, 4 sc, (sc, inc) x 2 (26)
Round 4. 7 sc, (2 sc, inc) x 3, 10 sc (29)
Rounds 5-7. 29 sc
Round 8. 6 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 7 sc (25)
Round 9. 6 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 7 sc (21)
Round 10. 5 sc, 5 dec, 6 sc (16)
Round 11. 4 sc, 4 dec, 4 sc (12)
Rounds 12-19. 12 sc (8 rounds)
Crochet 3 more sc to the middle of the leg.
Cut the yarn and hide it inside the part. You can also fold the part in half and crochet 7 sc, then crochet one less row, i.e., instead of 19 rows, crochet 18. I prefer to crochet the parts together without a joining row.
Upper legs (2 pieces)
Round 1. 4 ch, from the 2nd chain from the hook 2 sc, 3 sc in 1 stitch, turn, 1 sc, inc (8)
Round 2. inc, 1 sc, 3 inc, 1 sc, 2 inc (14)
Round 3. 3 sc, (sc, inc) x 3, 5 sc (17)
Rounds 4-6. 17 sc
Round 7. 4 sc, (1 sc, dec) x 3, 4 sc (14)
Round 8. 4 sc, 3 dec, 2 sc, dec (10)
Rounds 9-16. 10 sc (8 rounds)
Crochet 2 more sc to the middle of the leg. Cut the yarn and hide it inside the part.
Body:
Round 1. 2 ch, in the 2nd chain from the hook 6 sc (6)
Round 2. (inc) x 6 (12)
Round 3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Round 4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Round 5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Round 6. 30 sc
Round 7. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Round 8. 36 sc
Round 9. Attach lower legs in this row. 6 sc with leg, 12 sc, 6 sc with leg, 12 sc (36)
Rounds 10-11. 36 sc
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