Shrug a free dog clothes pattern

"Easy crochet dog pattern"

This is a free dog clothes pattern that I have never seen before. A little doggie shrug for our furry friends, it is way beyond cute. It is a fairly easy pattern so have some fun.

Doggie Shrug WR1996
Designed by Molly Mahoney

Directions are for size Small; changes for sizes Medium and Large are in parentheses.

Finished Length from Cuff to Cuff: 17 (21, 23)”.

RED HEART® “Super Saver®”: 1 skein each 319 Cherry Red A, 312 Black B, and 400 Grey Heather C.

Crochet Hook: 6.5mm [US K-10.5]. Yarn needle.
GAUGE: 9 sts = 4”; 4 rows = 4” in dtr with double strand of yarn. CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size hook to obtain the gauge.

NOTE: Work with two strands held together as one throughout.

Special Stitches
dtr (qtr) = [yo] 3 (5) times, insert hook in stitch and draw up a loop, [yo and draw through 2 loops] 4 (6) times – 1 loop is left on hook.


FIRST SLEEVE
With A (doubled) ch 22 (24, 28); join with a slip st in first ch taking care that ch is not twisted.

Rnd 1: Ch 3 (counts as first tr), tr in next ch and in each ch around; join with a slip st in top of ch-3 – 22 (24, 28) tr.

Rnd 2 (2, 2-3): Ch 2 (counts as first dc), dc in next st and in each st around; join in top of ch-2.

Rnd 3 (3-4, 3-4): Ch 3, * ch 1, skip 1 st, tr in next st; repeat from * around; ch 1; join in top of ch 3 – 11 (12, 14) tr. TURN at end of the lastrnd.

Divide for Body

Rows 1-2 (1-2, 1-3) (Wrong Side): Ch 4 (counts as first dtr), [ch 1, skip ch-1 space, dtr in next st] 6 (7, 8) times; turn – 7 (8, 9)dtr.

Row 3 (3-4, 4): Ch 2, * ch 1, skip ch-1 space, dc in nextst; repeat from * across turn.

Row 4 (5, 5): Ch 6 (counts as first qtr), * ch 1, skip ch-1 space, qtr in nextst; repeat from * across; turn.

Row 5 (6-7, 6): Repeat Row 3 (3-4, 4).

Row 6 (8, 7-8): Repeat Row 2 (2, 2-3).

Join for Second Sleeve-Row 7 (9, 9): Ch 3, tr in each dc across; ch 9 (9, 11); join with a slip st to top of ch-3 at beginning of last row; turn.

Rnd 1 (1-2, 1-2) (Right Side): Ch 3, * ch 1, skip 1 ch, tr in next ch or st; repeat from * around; ch 1; join to top of ch-3 – 11 (12, 14) tr.

Rnd 2(3, 3-4) Ch 2, dc in each ch-1 space andst around; join top of ch 2 22 (24, 28) dc

Rnd 3 (4, 5): Ch 3, tr in next dc and in each dc around; join in top of ch-3. Fasten off.

FLOWER-Part 1
With B (doubled) ch 3; join with a slip st to form a ring. Rnd 1: Ch 1, 6 sc in ring; join with a slip st to first sc.

Rnd 2: [Ch 4, (dtr, tr, dc, sc) all in same sc, slip st in next sc] 6 times. Fasten off.

FLOWER-Part 2
With C (doubled) ch 3; join with a slip st to form a ring. Rnd 1: Ch 1, 5 sc in ring; join to first sc.

Rnd 2: [Ch 3, (tr, dc, sc) all in same sc, slip st in next sc] 5 times. Fasten off.

FLOWER-Part 3
With B (doubled) ch 3; join with a slip st to form a ring. Rnd 1: Ch 1, 6 sc in ring; join. Fasten off.


FINISHING
Sew all three flower parts, one on top of the other, at corner between sleeve and body.

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