Beautiful Blooming Pup Costume
Turn your puppy into a blossom by working up this Beautiful Blooming Pup Costume. Create a pink posy, a yellow dandelion, a red rose, and even more by working up a few of these fun puppy costumes. If you have multiple dogs this is the perfect opportunity for you to create a garden without all the dirt and hassle. You'll have a super cute way for you to bring the puppy trick-or-treating with you and the kids around the neighborhood by including them in the Halloween costume spirit as well.
Crochet HookI/9 or 5.5 mm hook
Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)
Crochet Gauge12 sc = 4 [10 cm].
Finished SizeBloom will fit a medium size dog with a neck measurement from 11-15 [28-38 cm]. Finished circumference = 13 [33 cm].
Materials List
- RED HEART Super Saver: 1 skein each 722 Pretty n Pink MC and 672 Spring Green CC
- Susan Bates Crochet Hook: 5.5mm [US I-9]
- Yarn needle
Petal
With MC, ch 8. Row 1 (Right Side): Dc in 4th ch from hook and in next 3 ch, 6 dc in last ch, working on opposite side of beginning ch, dc in next 5 ch; turn 16 sts. Row 2: Ch 2, skip first dc, dc in next 4 dc, [2 dc in next dc] 6 times, dc in next 5 dc; turn 23 sts. Row 3: Ch 2, skip first dc, dc in next 4 dc, [2 dc in next dc, dc in next dc] 6 times, dc in last 5 sts (4 dc and top of ch-2); turn 28 sts. Row 4: Ch 2, skip first dc, dc in next 4 dc, [2 dc in next dc, dc in next 2 dc] 6 times, dc in last 5 sts; turn 34 sts. Row 5: Ch 2, skip first dc, dc in next 4 dc, [2 dc in next dc, dc in next 3 dc] 6 times, dc in last 5 sts; turn 40 sts. Row 6: Slip st in each st across. Fasten off.
Leaf
With CC, ch 8. Row 1 (Right Side): Dc in 3rd ch from hook and in next 4 ch, (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) all in last ch, working on opposite side of beginning ch, dc in next 5 ch; turn. Row 2: Ch 2, skip first dc, dc in next 7 dc, (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) all in ch-1 space, dc in next 8 dc; turn. Row 3: Ch 2, skip first dc, dc in next 10 dc, (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) all in ch-1 space, dc in last 11 sts (10 dc and top of ch-2); turn. Row 4: Ch 2, skip first dc, dc in next 13 dc, (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) all in ch-1 space, dc in last 14 sts; turn. Row 5: Ch 2, skip first dc, dc in next 16 dc, (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) all in ch-1 space, dc in last 17 sts; turn. Row 6: Slip st in each st across. Fasten off
Collar
Row 1: With CC, join leaves as follows: with right side facing and holding leaf point down, join yarn to upper right corner; ch 1, skipping the slip st row (Row 6) sc in the side of next 4 rows, skip 2 rows, sc in the side of the next 4 rows; [pick up next leaf and work across in same manner] 4 times; turn 40 sc. Row 2: Ch 1, sc in each sc across changing to MC in last sc; turn. Row 3: Ch 1, sc in first 4 sc, with right side facing hold a petal on top of work and skipping slip st row as before, [working through both thicknesses of petal and Collar, sc in next 4 rows on petal, skip 2 rows on petal (do not skip sc on Collar), sc in next 4 rows on petal] 4 times, sc in last 4 sc on Collar; turn. Row 4: Ch 1, sc in each sc across; turn. Row 5: [Hold a petal on top of work, [working through both thicknesses of petal and Collar, sc in next 4 rows on petal, skip 2 rows on petal (do not skip sc on Collar), sc in next 4 rows on petal] 5 times; turn. Rows 6-10: Ch 1, sc in each sc across; turn. Fasten off.
Finishing
Sew last row of Collar to first row to form a long tube. With 2 strands of CC, make a chain 36 (91 cm) long. Trim ends, thread chain through tube. Weave in all loose ends.