free dog amigurumi pattern

Free Dog Crochet Pattern

Casper the Dog Amigurumi

Create a very cute dog with this free dog crochet pattern. Casper the dog is a small crochet pattern. Great to make a gift quickly that anyone will love to receive.

I love to make this mini Amigurumi! If you make them from bigger yarn like super bulky chenille yarn, they are not so mini anymore, but still a very quick toy to crochet. I already had to make many super bulky plush toys for my nieces, they love chenille yarn toys.

The small dog was made with sport weight cotton yarn. This is a yarn that I use a lot for my Amigurumi, it is available in so many colors.

I also have a full video on how to crochet every step of this Dog:

If you are new to crochet, please check my basic stitches tutorial to learn how to crochet.

Materials:
These are the materials that I used. You can replace them with other materials. If you wish to crochet a larger or smaller version of this dog amigurumi you can just use a thicker or thinner yarn/crochet hook.

You just small amount of yarn, this is a great project for your leftover yarn scraps.

Cotton version 6 cm / 2 inch:
– Beige catania cotton color: 404
– Brown catania color – 222
– Black catania color – 110
– White catania color – 105
– Orange catania color – 189
– Synthetic Poly Filling

Chenille Super Bulky version 14 cm / 6 inch:
– Beige Chenille yarn
– Brown Chenille yarn
– Black Chenille yarn
– White Chenille yarn
– Black Chenille yarn
– Synthetic Poly Filling

TIP Chenille/Velvet or other similar yarn: The body of the cat might look a bit to oval when crocheting it, don’t worry about it, it will be fine when you put stuffing in it.

Supplies:
– Scissors
Tapestry needles with blunt point, nr. 16 or 17
Pins
Crochet hook size 2.5 mm 4/0 for the cotton or 5.0 mm for Chenille

If you are using Blanket yarn, I recommend a 8.0 mm crochet hook.

Check the materials page on my website if you need help in choosing the right materials.

Body:

  • Use beige yarn
  • Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
  • Rnd 2: inc 6 times (12)
  • Rnd 3: (sc, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (18)
  • Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (24)
  • Rnd 5: (sc in next 3 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (30)
  • Rnd 6-7: sc in all 30 st (30)
  • Rnd 8: (sc in next 4 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (36)
  • Rnd 9-11: sc in all 36 st (36)
  • Rnd 12: (sc in next 4 st, dec) repeat 6 times (30)
  • Rnd 13: (sc in next 3 st, dec) repeat 6 times [24]
  • Rnd 14: (sc in next 2 st, dec) repeat 6 times (18)
  • Rnd 15: sc in all 18 st (18)

  • Embroider the eyes on rounds 9 and 10, with an interspace of 7 stitches.
    Video on how to embroider the eyes on the dog: https://youtu.be/0tlRE1FdLFY
  • Rnd 16: (sc in next 2 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (24)
  • Rnd 17-20: sc in all 24 st (24)
  • Rnd 21: (sc in next st, dec) repeat 8 times (16)
  • Rnd 22: dec 8 times (8)
  • Stuff the body with toy fiberfilling.
  • Rnd 23: (sc in next 2 st, dec) repeat 2 times (6)
  • Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
  • Finish the body by taking the last strand of yarn and sewing it through the front loops of every crochet stitch that you made in the last round. Pull the yarn tight to close the hole. Now stick a needle under the hole and weave in the yarn end.
Amigurumi Dog

Snout:

  • Use beige yarn
  • Rnd 1: start sc 6 in a magic circle (6)
  • Rnd 2: inc 6 times (12)
  • Rnd 3: sc in all 12 st (12)
  • Fasten off with a slst, leaving a long tail for sewing.
    Embroider the nose between rounds 1 and 2, the nose is 2 stitches wide.
    Sew the snout between rounds 8 and 13.

Ears 2x:

  • Use brown yarn
  • Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
  • Rnd 2: inc 6 times (12)
  • Rnd 3-5: sc in all 12 st (12)
  • Rnd 6: (sc in next 2 st, dec) repeat 3 times (9)
  • Rnd 7-9: sc in all 9 st (9)
  • Rnd 10: (sc in next 1 st, dec) repeat 3 times (6)
  • Fasten off with a slst, leaving a long tail for sewing. Flatten the ears.
    Sew round 10 of the ears on round 6 of the body. If the ears stick out too much, sew the inside of the ears on the body as well. Please check my video if you need help sewing on the ears.
dog crochet pattern

Legs 2x:

  • Use beige yarn
  • Rnd 1: start sc 6 in a magic circle (6)
  • Rnd 2: inc 6 times (12)
  • Rnd 3-4: sc in all 12 st (12)
  • Rnd 5: sc in next 2 st, dec 4 times, sc in next 2 st (8)
  • Rnd 6: sc in all 8 st (8)
  • Fasten off with a slst, leaving a long tail for sewing.
    Sew round 5 and the inside of the legs between rounds 17 and 21 of the body with 8 stitches between both legs.
    Please check my video if you need help sewing on the legs of this dog: https://youtu.be/0tlRE1FdLFY

Arms 2x:

  • Use beige yarn
  • Rnd 1: start sc 6 in a magic circle (6)
  • Rnd 2-6: sc in all 6 st (6)
    Fasten off with a slst, leaving a long tail for sewing.
  • Sew round 6 of the arms on the side of the body on round 16.
    dog amigurumi crochet pattern
    free dog crochet pattern

Tail:

  • Use beige yarn
  • Rnd 1: start sc 5 in a magic circle (5)
  • Rnd 2-5: sc in all 5 st (5)
  • Fasten off with a slst, leaving a long tail for sewing.
    Sew round 5 of the tail on the back of the body on round 19.

Bow:

  • Use orange yarn
  • Ch 12
  • Join with a slst to into the first chain to create a loop.
  • Rnd 1: ch 2, hdc in all 12 st, slst in the first hdc (12)
  • Fasten off, leave a long piece of yarn to wrap around the bow.
    Wrap the yarn around the bow to create the shape of the bow.
  • Sew the bow on the body.

    Now your little dog is done!
    I hope you enjoyed this free dog crochet pattern, there are many more free amigurumi patterns on this website.