Since the cold temperatures are on their way to Indiana, I thought it would be best to make my Avis a new sweater. I went to follow my old dog sweater pattern and was horrified from how poorly it was written. So last night I rewrote the pattern 🙂 Hoping this one will be a lot easier for everyone to follow.
Follow this link for the next size up!- Size Small Dog Sweater –
This dog sweater is size XS. The sweater is 12 inches in length, 6 inches wide, and the edge of the neckline is 9 inches around. This sweater is designed for dogs 5-10 lbs. If your Dog wears size Small, try using a 6mm crochet hook.
This free dog sweater crochet pattern is made to have a snug fit with a fantastic stretch. Easy to pull the head through. The underbelly has a V opening so male dogs do not have an accident on the sweater while hiking their leg outside.
Supplies
5.5 mm crochet hook
(#4)Medium weight yarn
Yarn needle for weaving in ends
Stitches
CH- Chain
SC- Single Crochet
HDC- Half Double Crochet
Half Double Crochet 2 together
Front Post Double Crochet – FPDC
Front Post Single Crochet – FPSC
Get Started!
Row 1: CH 37, HDC into 2nd CH from hook, HDC across the rest of the
CH. (36 HDC)
Row 2-3: CH 1, Turn, HDC into each stitch across. (36 HDC)
Row 4: CH 1, Turn, 2 HDC into first stitch, 1 HDC into next 34
stitches, 2 HDC into last stitch. (38 HDC)
Row 5-6: CH 1, Turn, HDC into each stitch across. (38 HDC)
Row 7: CH 1, Turn, 2 HDC into first stitch, 1 HDC into next 17
stitches, 2 HDC into next stitch. 1 HDC into next 19 stitches.
Row 8-11: CH 1, Turn, HDC into each stitch across. (40 HDC)
Slip stitch to Join the last and first stitch from the previous row. This will make it a circle instead of a flat piece.
Row 12-23 : CH 1, Turn. HDC into each stitch around, Join to top of the first HDC.
(40 HDC)
Row 24: CH 1, HDC into the next 3 stitches. CH 7, Skip 7 stitches. HDC into the next 20 stitches.
CH 7, skip 7 stitches. HDC into the next 3 stitches. Join to first HDC. (26 HDC)
Row 25: CH 1, HDC into the next 3 stitches. HDC into the next 7 Chains. HDC into the next 20 stitches.
HDC into the next 7 Chains. HDC into the last 3 stitches. Join to the first HDC. (40 HDC)
Row 26-28 : CH 1, Turn. HDC into each stitch around, Join to top of the first HDC.
(40 HDC)
Row 29: CH 1, **HDC Two Together. HDC into the next 8 stitches. Repeat from ** 3 more times.
Join to the first stitch.(36 HDC)
Row 30-33:(make sure you are working with the nice side of the stitches on the outside of the sweater) CH 1, **HDC into the next stitch. FPDC over the next stitch. Repeat from ** around.
Join to first HDC. (36 stitches)
Row 34: CH 1, FPSC into each stitch around. Join to first FPSC.(36 stitches)
HDC around the leg holes.
Attach yarn into one of the stitches of the leg hole. CH 1. – One HDC into each of the 7 stitches, each of the 7 Chains, and 2 HDC into the side of the HDC on both sides. (18 HDC) Repeat for the other leg hole.
Weave in your ends.
Cute dog!!! I hope his infection clears up quickly.
Can this be easily adjusted to make a medium size?
You could just start with a larger chain.. try adding 10 chains and see if it will fit around your dogs belly.
hope your puppy is ok. love,love,love this sweater!!! sooo easy and took just under 3 hours to complete in a green and white stripe for my little dog Pickles. will be making a lot more of these!!! thanks so much for the pattern.
Thank you! I would love to see yours!! Avis is actually doing a lot better. We haven’t made it to the vet yet bc of the weather but the swelling is going down and he is acting his normal self again <3
How would I adjust this down to a dog that only weighs 2 lbs? It’s my friend’s chihuahua…He’s just a peanut!
I have a 2.8 lbs and i just use a smaller hook and to start off try to make the neck chain no more than 8 to 9 inches but follow directions for pattern.
Thanks for the pattern, made my baby one this afternoon cheers
Thanks for posting this cute XS Dog Sweater Pattern!
I knit one up this afternoon and was a bit confused by the directions…
Rows 1-11 are worked flat, with a CH1 and TURN at the beginning of each new row.
Then the pattern says to slip stitch the last st to the first st of the row to make it a circle instead of flat (so as to crochet ‘in the round’), but then one is told to CH1 and TURN at the beg. of rows 12-23…but not on rows 24-25… then CH1 and TURN again rows 26-28… but not on rows 29-34. So, sometimes I was going back and forth ‘in the round’, and sometimes going round and round ‘in the round.’ Does that make sense? Am I just mis-reading the pattern instructions?
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The second one I make tonight(the blue one), I’m just going to crochet it ‘in the round’ on ALL rows once I start ‘in the round’ at row 12…and see what happens! Wish me luck! And thanks again for posting the cute pattern!
I kept the “turn” so that the rows looked the same even though it wasn’t a flat piece anymore. I just decided I wanted the part around the arm holes to be different. I liked the look it made when not turning for just those couple rows. I didn’t have you turn around the neck band because the stitches were different so there was no need to try to stick with the same visual pattern. I am glad that you like it! I always encourage people to make their own unique and creative twist based from my patterns. I am glad you were able to see ways you would prefer it. I think I was just checking out your sweater on raverly 🙂 I will keep an eye out for the next one as well! 😀
Oh, I should also let you know that if you do not turn from the V opening to the arm holes, the seam will move to the right.. so you may end up having to adjust where you put the armholes so they are still on the underbelly. Maybe if you are wanting to work in the continuous round, you could start after reaching the arm hole area?
This is the problem I had… The seam goes to the right so its kinda lopsided on my dog.. How can I avoid this..? Thanks!
Lol I’m glad I read the comments. I finished the entire thing and the arm holes were on the side and everything was shifted. Now I know I HAVE to turn. Thank you for the simple pattern! I should’ve paid more attention lol
Mine is funky too. How did you fix it so the arm holes match up with the “V”? Thanks!
I am having trouble understand row 30-33. Do I need to alternate between a HDC and a FPDC or is it one HDC and then a FPDC in the next 35 stitches…
You will alternate between the two stitches.
I made this today and loved the pattern! So glad to read your pup is feeling better 🙂
Thank you 🙂
Hi, I’m going to give this sweater a try for my miniature poodle. I will have to increase it but will start with the additional 10 chains you describe below. Most sweaters are long enough from tail base to neck but too short from lower belly point to in front of legs. We shall see.
Your dog is cute.
I made 3 of these sweater with modified patterns. Do you mind if i share this on my blog?
I would love for you to share it. Just make sure to link the pattern and not copy it. Thanks so much! I will come check out your blog.
Love the ease of this sweater! My little Pedro, weighing in at 7 lbs, will really appreciate it also. Hope all goes well with Avis. I’m sure you love him very much.
Hey Survivor389, I hope you Pedro loves it! Last week we took my Avis and had the tumor removed. he is slowly healing but he is doing well. My biggest concern is getting him to stop licking and ripping out stitches. lol but other than that, he is almost back to his normal self. We take him back into the vet this week to get the incisions looked at.
Having trouble with rows 12-23. I’m only getting 39 stitches instead of 40. I have 40 stitches where it is worked flat, but once i start joining and ch 1 and turning, i’m only getting 39. Even putting the first HDC in the same stitch where the ch 1 is. What am i doing wrong? It seemed like this was going to work up quickly until i hit this road block.
My only guess is maybe you could be skipping a stitch when joining the end of the row with the start?
Thank you for this free pattern. I have weird cats that LOVE sweaters. It was a very easy pattern to follow. Loved how they turned out.
I discovered this pattern and have made 2 already. your pattern is simple and easy to read and they came out beautifully! Thank you so much for this free pattern. I think I might want to make a bunch and donate to them to the animal shelter. would that be ok? I wouldn’t be selling them. Just not sure about copy right and all that 😛 Oh and If they do it in the round after the ‘v’, there is a trick you can use. What i do is I will skip the first on every other row and then on the last stitch I will do 2 hdc. I end up with a straight seam that way 🙂 Oh and I would love to show you a picture. How can I do that?
Yes! I made some and donated them to the local animal shelter as well. You can sell them too if you would like. Once you have made something from one of my patterns, it’s your item to do whatever you wish with <3. I would love to see!!!! You can share with me on my facebook page if you would like. https://www.facebook.com/stitch11page
Hi, I want to make this for my chihuahua. How would you make it smaller?
It may fit your chihuahua fine as is. If you chihuahua is super small, you could go down a hook size.
I also have a small Chi, how many yards should I buy for 1 sweater? Any guess would be great, thx 🙂
I’m really not sure how many yards. I would get a normal skein of Red Heart Super Saver or With Love and be able to make multiple sweaters.
Hi Corina!
What’s the gauge of this pattern? The measurements matches up with my dog but when I wrapped it around her belly there’s a big gap. I’m hoping the gauge will help me.
Thanks in advance!
I didn’t get a gauge and have since washed it quite a few times.. I wonder if the gauge is still accurate.
Thanks for the awesome, easy pattern. 🙂
Thank you so much, I think this might fit a cat too, could be handy…
Yes! It is perfect size for the cat we have.
Hi. I’m on row 7 and i have redone this row about 7x and i still end up with 41 stitches. Pleat help am i doing something wrong. Thank you.
I did edit the pattern recently. I made it start with 37 CH instead of 38. Are you using the older one before I edited?
I can’t make sense of row 7 either. I have 38 stitches from row 6. I’m supposed to make 2+17+2+17+2 = 40. However I’m only using 37 stitches from row 6 that way. (1+17+1+17+1) Am I supposed to skip a stitch?
I will refollow the pattern asap.. but as long as you keep your stitches and even number, it will turn out perfectly. Sorry for the mess up.
Hi. I an trying to figure out, is the beginning the neck? I’m wanting to switch colors when I get to the body. That’s what I an trying to figure out if I should switch colors in row 4. Thanks!
You will be starting at the bottom of the sweater and working your way up towards the neck.
Hi there ive just made this but the neck dont seen to look right it dont seem to go in as much as urs did and seems more near size of the body please help i folloed your hdc two tgher then hdc 8 repeat 3 more times
If you can send me a photo on my fb page it may be easier for me to have an idea of what went wrong.
Thanks for the easy pattern! Definitely one of the best I’ve made for my little Dexter. I did make an adjustment with the ribbing. I found that I was losing stitches for some reason and the ribbing wasn’t as accentuated as what you have. So I did alternate FPDC/BPDC and it worked!
I am stuck on row 7. On row 6 you said at the end of you would end up with 38 hdc, which I have. When I start round 7 I add the extra hdc in the first hdc and then hdc 17 times like your pattern says. Then it says 2 hdc in the next stitch. Then hdc another 17 times, then 2 hdc in last hdc. This is where i am confused. I hdc 17 times and ended up with 2 unworked hdc. Also if I did my math right even if it had come out right then I would end up with 42 hdc not 40. Did I do something wrong or is the pattern written wrong?
Im pretty sure there is an error in the starting stitch count of the pattern. The size SMALL doesnt have it.. but as soon as I catch up on the Halloween costume I am making I will follow this one again and make corrections. So sorry for your troubles.
Thank you for the pattern! I had to modify it a bit for my 4 pound Jackie Chi, but she is so much warmer! I made one for my sister’s Jackie Chi who peed all over his jacket – the opening is perfect!!
I don’t understand this pattern after row 11….. it’s not making sense to me as to how the two sides connect up the middle.
.. can anyone help?
I absolutely love how easy to follow your pattern is! I have been looking for something quick and working in the round for my youngest princess, Darkness. She is about 5lbs and a chihuahua. I found this beautiful super chunky soft yarn that I would love to use…but I think it would be too chunky or stiff once made for her. Do you have any suggestions to make it work or should I just use a less chunky yarn?
Thanks for sharing your awesomeness!
You probably could use chunky but you will want to adjust the pattern to be her size. You will want to have an even count with your stitches because the neck area goes by counts of two.
I have attempted row 7 about half a dozen times and I just cant seem to get it!
I have 38 HDC from rows 5-6, but as I do row 7, I end up with 2 stiches at the end instead of one? Am I doing something wrong or missing something?
I will refollow the pattern asap.. but as long as you keep your stitches and even number, it will turn out perfectly. Sorry for the mess up.
can you please explain what **HDC or **3 means?
HDC means Half Double Crochet
I use a ** to mark a spot in the pattern, that once you complete the step, it will tell you how many times to repeat from ** to finish the round.
On row 29, what do you mean by “HCD Two Together”?
Google a stitch tutorial for “HDC-2-Tog”.
Okay, got it! Thank you!!! 🙂
I am attempting to make this for my Teacup Chihuahua seems like it will be much too big. But I saw above that I should just keep the number even. My question is this do I literally chain and spin the work completely back around? Just curious and don’t want to get really far into the work and realize I’ve done it wrong. I’ve done it twice so far…
You will be turning your work at the end of each row. You are starting at the bottom and working your way up to the neck.
Love this I just made one and I absolutely love it it fits her perfectly and she loves it also and I’m gonna make one for my wennie dog awesome pattern love to send pic if u have a email or FB thanks for sharing
I have crocheted my dogs neck and armholes on my own.I don’t know how to finish it.Could you tell me where in your pattern would I start to crochet after the armholes to finish it please?
I just finished making this sweater for my 7.5 lb chihuahua, Rocky, and it fit him perfectly. He’s loving it and I wanted to thank you for the pattern, it was super easy to follow. I took a risk using a chunky yarn and I’m glad I did. It looks fabulous and he’ll be super warm in it.
If i use a thicker yarn this will change the size correct? Thinking i might need to tweak a bit, i am using a bulkier size 6 yard.
*yarn not yard
Thank you for the pattern! This is exactly what i needed for my step moms Pomeranian. She asked for a sweater for him and bought me a book. But the pattern was knit. This looks exactly the same as what she requested.
Do you have an xxsmall pattern? Even the xsmall is to large for my chihuahua.
Not sure what I’m doing wrong, on rows 30-33, I’m alternating HDC & FPDC, and coming up with too many stitches. I was fine up to this point, have already ripped out twice & retried. Any ideas?? Thanks
I hope this video helps: https://youtu.be/RWIPESUO1zE
I had the same question and tried three times before I found this video.
making for a 4# chi, but wondering if you have one with some legs? she is so tiny and short hair, I want to cover more than her back and belly. thanks!!
Do you have a pattern for a tea cup chuahuha 1-2lbs. She is very tiny. Can’t find one that small on-line. Thanks
I just wanted to THANK YOU so much for posting this pattern!!! I have ALWAYS struggled with other people’s patterns, but yours worked PERFECTLY!!! The only things I chose to do on each row that was not stated was TURN on every row except for the neck and I added one more row (decreasing by 4 stitches) to the legs. I am IN LOVE with this pattern!! THANK YOU AGAIN!!
I just made this for my 8 lb. cavapoo puppy and it fits him perfectly. Hes going to grow to about 12-15 lbs, and I want to make him another one that’s a bit thicker. Will increasing the yarn weight and hook size make it big enough, or should I follow the pattern for the small?
Thanks so much for the adorable pattern!
I’m currently working flat, as that’s easier for me to do (I think) and I’m up to rows 30-33. I’ve HDC and FPDC alternatively on row 30, but now I don’t know how to keep going? I’m relatively new at crochet so this may be a silly question…sorry I’m advance! What am I missing?
When working it flat…how would you connect the two sides together??
Can the finished sweaters be sold??
I’m curious as to how you attach the yarn to the arm holes? Also do you have any videos of this pattern? This is my first time working up a sweater and using the HDC stitch and I’m unsure if I’m even doing it right lol
Made this for a friend’s pinny-poo and she said it was the best fitting dog sweater to date! I’m now making three more for a friend who fosters Dachshunds. Thanks for the pattern!
Thank you for this pattern! Finally, a well-written, easy dog sweater pattern that can be made quickly in an evening or two. I plan to make several of these sweet sweaters!
Found this pattern online while searching for a sweater for my 6lb Chihuahua/Min Pin mix. Added a few more rows once I realized it would be great for my daughters Chiweenie! It fits her perfectly!!! Can’t wait to make her more. You wrote this pattern out so well!
I thank you, my mini dachshund, Dolly, thanks you , and my various friends with small , but mighty dogs thank you as well .