You will need:
Cotton yarn in white color
Cotton yarn in pink color
Cotton yarn in fuchsia color
Hook 4.5 mm
For chenille yarn - 5mm hook
Needle for sewing
Stitch guide:
Chain (ch): Yarn over and pull through loop.
Half double crochet (hdc): Yarn over, insert hook in stitch. Yarn over and pull up a loop. Yarn over and draw through 3 loops.
Double crochet (dc):Yarn over, insert hook in stitch. Yarn over and pull up a loop. Yarn over and draw through 2 loops, Yarn over and draw through remaining 2 loops.
Double crochet increase (dc inc): two dc in the same stitch, follow the instruction.
Double crochet decrease (dc dec): Yarn over, insert hook in stitch. Yarn over and pull up a loop. Yarn over and draw through 2 loops. Insert hook in the next stitch, Yarn over and pull up a loop. Yarn over and draw through 2 loops, Yarn over and draw through remaining 3 loops.
Half double crochet front post stitch (hdc fp): Yarn over, insert hook in the front of stitch. Yarn over and pull up a loop. Yarn over and draw through all loops.
Half double crochet back post stitch (dc bp): Yarn over, insert hook in the back of stitch. Yarn over and pull up a loop. Yarn over and draw through all loops.
Slip stitch (slst): Insert hook in stitch yarn over and pull through all loops.
Back loop only (blo): crocheting in the back loop only
front loop only (flo): crocheting in the front loop only
Size:
The sweater fits size small dogs (9.5 inch long)
Notes:
-Suitable for every LovLim yarn kit, use three different colors
The pattern:
With fuchsia color
Rnd 1: ch 48, slst to the first ch
Rnd 2: ch 2 (count as the first hdc), hdc in the next 47 stitches, slst to the first ch 2 (48)
Rnd 3-7: repeat this pattern for 5 rounds, ch 2 (doesn't count as hdc), hdc fp in the next 2 stitches (starting in the first hdc, the ch 2 from the previous round), hdc bp in the next 2 stitches, repeat in this pattern till the end of the round (2 hdc fp, 2 hdc bp), sl st to the first ch 2 (48)
Rnd 8: ch 3 (count as the first dc), (dc in next 7 stitches, dc inc) repeat 6 times work on the back loops only, change to white color, slst (54)
Rnd 9: ch 3 (count as the first dc), (dc in next 8 stitches, dc inc) repeat 6 times, slst (60)
Rnd 10: ch 3 (count as the first dc), (dc in next 9 stitches, dc inc) repeat 6 times work on the back loops only, slst (66)
Rnd 11: ch 3 (count as the first dc), dc in next 9 stitches, ch 10 (for the legs opening), skip 10 stitches, dc in the next 28 stitches, ch 10, skip 10 stitches, dc in the last 9 stitches, slst.
Rnd 12: ch 3 (count as the first dc), dc back loops only in next 9 stitches ,dc in the next 10 stitches (in the ch 10 from the previous round), dc back loops only in next 28 stitches ,dc in the next 10 stitches (in the ch 10 from the previous round), slst (66)
Rnd 13: ch 3 (count as the first dc), dc in the next 65 stitches, change to pink color slst (66)
Rnd 14: ch 3 (count as the first dc), dc back loops only in the next 65 stitches, slst (66)
Rnd 15: ch 3 (count as the first dc), dc in the next 65 stitches, slst (66)
Rnd 16: ch 3 (count as the first dc), dc back loops only in the next 65 stitches, slst (66)
Rnd 17: ch 3 (count as the first dc), (dc in next 9 stitches, dc dec) repeat 6 times, slst (60)
Rnd 18: ch 3 (count as the first dc), dc back loops only in the next 60 stitches, slst, change to fuchsia color (60)
Rnd 19: ch 3 (count as the first dc), (dc in next 8 stitches, dc dec) repeat 6 times, slst (54)
Rnd 20: ch 3 (count as the first dc), dc back loops only in the next 54 stitches, slst (54)
Rnd 21: ch 3 (count as the first dc), dc in the next 54 stitches, slst (54)
Rnd 22: ch 3 (count as the first dc), (dc back loops only in next 16 stitches dc back loops only, dec) repeat 3 times, slst (51)
Rnd 23: ch 3 (count as the first dc), dc in the next 51 stitches, slst (51)
Rnd 24-26: repeat this pattern for 3 rounds, ch 2 (don't count), hdc fp in the next 2 stitches (starting in the first hdc, the ch 2 from the previous round), hdc bp in the next 2 stitches, repeat in this pattern till the end of the round (2 hdc fp, 2 hdc bp), the last hdc bp of the round will be only 1, sl st to the first ch 2 (51)
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