STITCH ROUND Amigurumi plush dog crochet pattern with velvet yarn
Tick off 24 rounds across ears, nose and tail to build this plush amigurumi dog.
- Skill
- Intermediate
- Rounds
- 24 rounds
- Yarn weight
- Worsted
- Hook
- 12 mm
- Time
- 4-6 hours
Intermediate
What the original page called it. Nothing here is graded a second time.
24 rounds
Each one gets its own line, with a box beside it to tick as you go.
Worsted
What the sample was made in. Any weight works — the size moves with it.
About this pattern
This plush amigurumi dog is built from four separate parts, so the round count stays manageable in each sitting. The two ears take fourteen rounds apiece, the nose is a short six-round piece, and the tail wraps up in just four rounds before the head takes over as the main build. Working the parts separately means the whole toy can be picked up and set down without losing a place mid-shape.
Most of the shaping sits in the first few rounds of each piece, where increases stack up fast to turn a flat disc into a rounded form. Slow down through those early increase rounds on the ears, since a miscount there throws off the symmetry between the pair. The tail also needs care at the end, where it gets folded flat and closed with single crochet worked through both layers together.
- Start with the two ears, working each through its increase rounds until they reach full width.
- Crochet the nose separately in turned rows rather than a spiral, keeping the tighter hook for a dense finish.
- Build the tail from a small starting ring, increasing briefly before working even rounds to length.
- Fold the finished tail flat and close it with single crochet through both layers to seal the tip.
- Work the head as the largest piece, using it as the base the other parts attach to.
- Fit the safety eyes into the head before stuffing, then embroider the face by hand.
What goes wrong
- Losing track of the round start Keep the stitch marker in the first stitch of every round on the head, ears and tail, since spiral rounds have no natural break to fall back on.
- Working the nose as a spiral The nose is built in turned rows with a starting chain, not continuous rounds, so turn the work at the end of each row as instructed.
- Trimming the nose thread too short Leave the long starting tail on the nose uncut, since it is needed later to embroider the strip underneath the spout.
Yarn, hook and the rest
Copied from the source pattern's own materials list.
- LaVita yarn velur – one skein of the main color and a little extra. You can use any analogue of Plush yarn, where in 100 g / 120 m.
- YarnArt jeans black for muzzle and nose decoration
- Filler
- Eyes 12 mm
- Hook No4 for knitting a toy, No2 for knitting a spout
- Sewing pins
- Scissors
- Needle for sewing details and embroidery of the face
- Thick thread for sewing details
- Knitting needles for fixing the head
- Marker for marking the beginning of the row
Progress tracker
0 of the 24 rounds on this page are ticked.
The pattern, round by round
Kept in the order and the wording the source used. Tick a round as you finish it; the ticks stay on this device.
Ears (x 2)
Round 1
8 sc in MR
Round 2
8 inc (16)
Round 3
(1 sc, inc)*8 (24)
Round 4
(2 sc, inc)*8 (32)R5-7. 32 (3 rows)
Round 8
(6 sc, dec)*4 (28)
Round 9
28 sc
Round 10
(5 sc, dec)*4 (24)
Round 11
24 sc
Round 12
(4 sc, dec)*4 (20)
Round 13
20 sc
Round 14
(3 sc, dec)*4 (16)
Round 15
16 sc
Round 16
(2 sc, dec)*4 (12)
Round 17
12 sc Fold in half, crochet 6 sc for two loops together. Fasten and cut the thread.
Nose
I leave at the beginning the long end of the thread in order to later embroider a strip under the spout.
Round 1
chain of 2 ch
Round 2
inc in the second loop from the hook (2)We crochet in rotary rows
Round 3
1 ch(s), 2 inc (4)
Round 4
1 ch(s), (1 sc, inc) * 2 (6)
Round 5
1 ch(s), (2 sc, inc) * 2 (8)
Round 6-7
8 sc Next, we make 1 ch and tie in a circle 5 sc on the first side, 1 sc in the base and 5 sc on the second side. We fix the thread and cut it off, leaving a long end for sewing.
Tail
Round 1
6 sc in MR
Round 2
(2 sc, inc) * 2 (8)
Round 3
(3 sc, inc) * 2 (10)
Round 4-5
10 sc (2 rows) We fold the part in half, we crochet 5 sc for two loops together. We fasten the thread and cut it off.
Check your count
- Ears (x 2) · Round 3: 24 sts
- Ears (x 2) · Round 8: 28 sts
- Ears (x 2) · Round 12: 20 sts
- Ears (x 2) · Round 16: 12 sts
- Nose · Round 2: 2 sts
- Nose · Round 3: 4 sts
Finish
- Weave every loose end from the ears, nose, tail and head into the wrong side of the fabric before assembly.
- Stuff the head firmly and evenly so the surface stays smooth once the ears and nose are attached.
- Sew the ears, nose and tail into place with thick thread, then use the long tail left on the nose to embroider the strip underneath it.
Bigger or smaller
- Larger
- Move up to a thicker plush yarn with a larger hook to scale the whole dog up while keeping the same round counts.
- Smaller
- Drop to a finer yarn with a smaller hook throughout, which shrinks the head, ears, nose and tail together without changing the shaping.
FAQs
Asked and answered
These answers came from whoever first published the pattern, kept word for word.
Can a different yarn be used instead of the specified plush yarn?
Any velour or plush-style yarn with a similar 100 g to 120 m ratio works as a substitute. Matching that weight keeps the round counts and finished proportions accurate.
Why does the pattern call for two different hook sizes?
The larger hook is used for the head, ears and tail to keep the plush yarn soft and full. The smaller hook is reserved for the nose, which needs a tighter, denser fabric.
When should the safety eyes go in?
Fit the 12 mm eyes into the head before it is stuffed. Placing them early makes it easier to check spacing while the fabric is still open.
Why does the nose start with a long thread tail?
That tail is set aside deliberately, not trimmed. It gets used afterward to embroider the strip underneath the nose once the piece is attached.