Crochet Sausage Dog

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SKILL LEVEL: Beginner

YARN: Medium Weight Cotton Yarn (Lace 4) in Brown, Red, Blue, Black and White

OTHER MATERIALS: Polyester Fiber Filling, 9 mm Black Plastic safety Eyes

HOOK SIZES: E/3,50 mm

STITCHES USED and ABBREVIATIONS: magic ring (mr), chain (ch), slip stitch (sl st), single crochet (sc), decrease (dec), increase (inc), fasten off (F/O).

INSTRUCTIONS: Work in rows (join with a sl st and ch1 at the end of each row) otherwise instructed.

HEAD and BODY (brown, red, blue and white yarn)

1) start working with brown yarn, 8 sc in a mr (8)

2) sc inc around (16)

3) *1 sc, 1 sc inc*, repeat ** around (24)

4) *2 sc, 1 sc inc *, repeat ** around (32)

5) sc even (32)

6) *3 sc, 1 sc inc *, repeat ** around (40)

7-21) sc even (40); insert safety eyes between rounds #11-12, 11 stitches apart

22) switch to red yarn, sc even (40)

23) sc even (40); start stuffing

24) switch to blue yarn, sc even (40)

25-27) sc even (40)

28) switch to white yarn, sc even (40)

29-39) repeat rows 24-28 two times (40)

40) switch to blue yarn, sc even (40)

41-43) sc even (40)

44) switch to red yarn, sc even (40)

45) sc even (40)

46) switch to brown yarn, sc even (40)

47) sc even (40)

48) *8 sc, 1 sc dec*, repeat ** 4 times (36)

49) *4 sc, 1 sc dec*, repeat ** around (30)

50) *3 sc, 1 sc dec*, repeat ** around (24)

51) *1 sc, 1 sc dec*, repeat ** around (16); finish stuffing

52) sc dec around (8); F/O and close the hole

Embroider the NOSE with black yarn.

EARS (black yarn; make two)

1) 8 sc in a mr (8)

2) *1 sc, 1 sc inc*, repeat ** around (12)

3) sc even (12)

4) *5 sc, 1 sc inc*, repeat ** twice (14)

5) sc even (14)

6) *5 sc, 1 sc dec*, repeat ** twice (12)

7) sc even (12)

8) *4 sc, 1 sc dec*, repeat ** twice (10)

9) sc even (10)

10) *3 sc, 1 sc inc*, repeat ** twice (8); do not stuff the ear

11) flatten the ear and crochet through both layers now, 4 sc (4); F/O and leave a long tail of yarn to sew the ear between rounds 17-10.