# Free crochet dachshund pattern

> A free crochet pattern for a dachshund, with a live 3D preview. It runs to 28 rounds across 4 separate pieces. Read it round by round, or open it in the editor to see it built.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Pattern | Dachshund |
| Designer | JaneW |
| Notation | US crochet terminology |
| Size | 4 pieces · 28 rounds · 404 stitches · 4 yarn colours |
| Yarn colours | #A87A5C, #486AA2, #8BB7D1, #E9DCC6 |
| Updated | 2026-09-12 |
| Page | https://crochet3d.com/gallery/dachshund-3 |

⚠️ **US notation.** This pattern uses at least one abbreviation that means a different stitch in UK notation (UK "dc" is US "sc"; UK "tr" is US "dc"). Work it as US, or read the UK column in the key below.

## Instructions

### Body

- **Round 1:** 6 sc in ring → 6
- **Round 2:** inc x6 → 12
- **Round 3:** (2 sc, inc) x2, 2 sc, ch 5 back (sl, 3 sc, sl), inc, 2 sc, inc → 16
- **Round 4:** sc, bobble4, 13 sc, bobble4 → 16
- **Round 5:** 16 sc → 16
- **Round 6:** 16 sc → 16
- **Round 7:** 16 sc → 16
- **Round 8:** 16 sc → 16
- **Round 9:** 16 sc → 16
- **Round 10:** 16 sc → 16
- **Round 11:** 16 sc → 16
- **Round 12:** 2 sc, bobble4, 12 sc, bobble4 → 16
- **Round 13:** (2 sc, dec) x4 → 12
- **Round 14:** dec x6 → 6
- **Finishing:** fasten off

### Head

- **Round 1:** 6 sc in ring → 6
- **Round 2:** 2 sc, inc x2, 2 sc → 8
- **Round 3:** 3 sc, inc x2, 3 sc → 10
- **Round 4:** 10 sc → 10
- **Round 5:** sc, inc x8, sc → 18
- **Round 6:** 4 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) x3, 4 sc → 22
- **Round 7-8:** 22 sc → 22
- **Round 9:** dec x11 → 11
- **Round 10:** dec x5, sc → 6
- **Finishing:** fasten off

### Left ear

- **Foundation:** chain 4, worked around both sides
- **Round 1:** 2 sc, hdc, 6 hdc in one st, hdc, sc, inc → 13
- **Round 2:** inc, 2 sc, inc x6, 3 sc, inc → 21

### Right ear

- **Foundation:** chain 4, worked around both sides
- **Round 1:** 2 sc, hdc, 6 hdc in one st, hdc, sc, inc → 13
- **Round 2:** inc, 2 sc, inc x6, 3 sc, inc → 21

## Abbreviations used

| In the pattern | US abbreviation | Stitch name (US) | UK abbreviation | What it is |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| sl | sl st | Slip stitch | ss |  |
| sc | sc | Single crochet | dc |  |
| hdc | hdc | Half double crochet | htr |  |
| inc | inc | Increase | inc | 2 sts in 1 st |
| dec | dec | Decrease | dec2tog | 2 sts worked together |
| bobble4 | bo-4dc | Bobble (4 dc) | bo-4tr | bobble stitch, 4 dc worked into the same stitch |
| fasten off | FO | Fasten off | FO | cut & fasten off |

The UK column is the abbreviation a UK-notation reader would use for the SAME stitch. Where it differs from the US one, following the pattern with UK meanings produces the wrong stitch height.

## How the notation reads

- `(sc, inc) x6` — repeat what is in the brackets 6 times — also written 6x (sc, inc)
- `3 hdc in one st` — all three stitches go into the SAME base stitch
- `ch 3 back (…)` — chain 3, then work the listed stitches back down that chain
- `chain worked around both sides` — an oval base: work down the foundation chain, a group of stitches around its far link, then back along the chain's free loops

**Open it in the planner.** [https://crochet3d.com/gallery/dachshund-3](https://crochet3d.com/gallery/dachshund-3) has an "open in the editor" button that loads this pattern into the 3D planner, where the model is built from exactly the text above.

**Designer:** JaneW. Published on Crochet 3D with the designer named — the pattern is theirs, not ours.

Source: https://crochet3d.com/gallery/dachshund-3