Create Your Own Adorable Crochet Dachshund - Step-by-Step Tutorial

Create Your Own Adorable Crochet Dachshund - Step-by-Step Tutorial

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Materials needed
3. Making the neck
4. Forming the chain into a ring
5. Crocheting along the chain
6. Continuing the rounds
7. Crocheting back down the chain
8. Working around the neck
9. Adding half double crochets
10. Doing three rounds of single crochet
11. Shaping the body
12. Stitching the two sides together
13. Stuffing the back and neck
14. Conclusion

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Introduction

In this crochet tutorial, we'll be making the neck and body of a dachshund. We'll start off by creating the neck using a long yarn tail, and then proceed to form a ring and crochet around it to create the body. This step-by-step guide will walk you through the process, ensuring that you can create an adorable dachshund plushie.

Materials needed

Before we begin, let's gather all the materials we'll need for this project. To make the dachshund's neck and body, you'll need the following:

• Yarn (choose a color of your choice)
• Crochet hook (appropriate size for your yarn)
• Yarn needle
• Scissors
• Stitch markers

Make sure you have all the necessary supplies before we get started.

Making the neck

To begin, create a long yarn tail of about 50 centimeters or 20 inches. This will be used later for stitching and finishing. Make a slip knot and chain 16. Next, we'll form this chain into a ring. Take the start of the chain and bring it back towards the working yarn. Join the very first chain stitch we did, which might be slightly tight. Now, do a single crochet into that stitch to create a ring. Mark the stitch that we just made to keep track of our progress.

Forming the chain into a ring

Continuing from the previous step, we'll now crochet along the chain. Make 15 single crochet stitches all the way around. You should end up just before the marked stitch. This marks the end of round one. Add a stitch marker to indicate the start of the next round.

Crocheting along the chain

For rounds two and three, we'll continue with 16 single crochet stitches for each round. Remove the first marker.

Continuing the rounds

In round four, we'll do three single crochet stitches followed by an increase. Repeat this pattern four times to reach a total of 20 stitches by the end of round four. Slip stitch into the next stitch and move the stitch marker.

Crocheting back down the chain

Now, we'll chain 19 and crochet back down the chain. Start in the second chain from the hook and do two single crochet stitches in the first chain stitch. Continue with one single crochet in all the rest of the chains. Mark the stitch and repeat the process for the second single crochet in the same stitch. Crochet 17 single crochet stitches all the way down the chain. Slip stitch into the stitch after the earlier marker.

Working around the neck

Continuing from the previous round, crochet two single crochet stitches followed by an increase. Then, do four single crochet stitches followed by an increase. Repeat this pattern three times in total. Next, work into the back of the chain, starting with the first single crochet stitch after the previous stitch marker. Crochet the 17 single crochet stitches. Do an increase into the next stitch. Now, we'll work just before the marker, which is technically at the end of the oval. Do three single crochet stitches here. Slip stitch into the stitch before the marker. Move the marker to the start of the next round.

Adding half double crochets

In this round, we'll be adding half double crochet stitches. Begin with a half double crochet increase in the first stitch of the round. Repeat the same in the next stitch. In the following stitch, do a half double crochet. Continue with 18 half double crochet stitches.