Mini Sausage Dog

This Mini Sausage Dog 13x5cm. He is made mostly of one piece with the ears being separate.

You will need:

• 3mm crochet hook
• Yarn needle 
• Yarn (approx 15g or 45m)
• Black embroidery thread or 4mm safety eyes.
• Soft toy filling

More information and tips

Stitches and abbreviations used:

(I am from England but use US crochet terms)

• MC - Magic circle/ring (sc unless otherwise specified)
• Ch - Chain 
• SC - Single crochet 
• Inc - Increase stitch (2 single crochets into one stitch)
• Dec - Decrease stitch (single crochet 2 stitches together)
• DC - Double crochet 
• ST - Stitch 
• FLO - Front loop only 
• BLO - Back loop only 
• PC - Popcorn stitch (using 5dc) 
• WS - Wrong side 
• SLST - Slip stitch 
• FO - finish off

Other things to note....

• This is worked in continuous rounds. It is helpful to use a stitch marker to keep track
• The number in ( ) at the end of each round indicates the total stitch count for that round
• *  * indicates repeated series of stitches
• Use invisible decreases for a neater finished product
• Stitches in [ ]  are worked into one stitch

Head and Body:

1. MC (4)

2. *inc* (8)

3-4. 8sc (8)

5. inc x2, 6sc (10)

6. 1sc, inc x2, 7sc (12)

7. 2sc, inc x2, 8sc (14)

8. 3sc, inc x2, 9sc (16)

9-11. 16sc (16)

12-15. inc, 2sc, dec x4, 2sc, inc x3 (16)

16. 12sc, inc x4 (20)

17-19. 20sc (20)

20. 15sc, FLO-PC, 2sc, FLO-PC, 1sc (20)

21-34. 20sc (20)

35. FLO-PC, 2sc, FLO-PC, 16sc (20)

36-37. 20sc (20)

38. *3sc, dec* (16)

39. *2sc, dec* (12)

40. *dec* (6)

FO and close hole 

Ears x2:

1. MC (4)

2. inc x2, 2sc (6)

3-6. 6sc (6)

7. Ch 1, turn, 3sc through WS (this creates a flatter piece to sew to the head)

FO leaving yarn tail to sew to body

Tail:

Attach yarn at desired location

1. ch6, turn

2. starting in 2nd chain from hook, sc into the next 5 chains. 

FO leaving yarn tail to secure into body.