Dog Snood Costumes: Free Crochet Patterns
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We love our dogs. With their big brown eyes and their floppy ears, they are ready to be our best friends at a moment’s notice. I love how adorable my Cher and Maisey girls are naturally, but this month for the October installment of the 2024 Dog Crochet Series, we’re making them into other animals using this easy, customizable Dog Snood crochet pattern.
Dog Snood Costume Crochet Patterns
Available in FOUR sizes, your dog is sure to be adorable in their little snood. Fitting for the October installment of the 2024 Dog Crochet Series with Halloween approaching, I am personally only using this pattern for adorableness, costume, and photo purposes. Just something quick to work up that makes people smile. My favorite!
However, if your dog needs the added warmth around their ears during the freezing cold winter months then this could actually help them stay warm as well! Bear ears optional at that point.
What I hoped for with this dog snood crochet pattern was for it to be quick to work up and easy to crochet. The double crochet does just that.
For this Dog Snood pattern I am including several different animal embellishment ears/eyes options. There are bear ears, frog eyes, floppy bunny ears (or donkey ears depending on how you sew them on), and a unicorn horn and ear set.
Here’s my friend Jamie’s Boston Terrier, Max. How cute is he as a frog?!
Now that we’ve seen some of the cuteness, let’s get to the pattern so you can make your own! For this design we are using worsted weight yarn. Any worsted weight will do, such as Herrschner’s Worsted Value yarn, Brava Worsted, Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice, Mary Maxim Value yarn, or any other you have in your stash.
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Materials:
Worsted weight yarn (Herrschner’s Value, Brava Worsted, Vanna’s Choice, Mary Maxim, etc)
-approx. (100, 130 160, 190) yards
Crochet hook in size I/5.5mm
Gauge: not important, but 16 sts x 8 rows = 4” square using double crochet
Pattern Notes:
Pattern written using US terms.
The chain-2 at the beginning of each row does not count as a stitch.
BLO = Back Loop Only
Sizing: Measure from just behind their eyes to the base of their neck. (XS, S, M, L) = (6”, 8”, 10”, 12”) neck length
Snood Pattern:
Row 1: Fdc-(24, 32, 40, 48) alternately you could ch- (26, 34, 42, 50), dc in 3rd ch from hook and in each ch to end. (24, 32, 40, 48)
Rows 2 through (20, 24, 28, 30) (or until the snood fits snug but not tight around their head while stretched): Ch-2, turn, dc in BLO of each st to end. (24, 32, 40, 48)
Do a fit check, then fold into a tube and slip stitch the final row to the first row. Weave in all ends.
Small Bear Ears:
Using the 5.5mm hook, make two…
Round 1: Ch-3, join to form a circle. 4sc in circle. Do not join, work in row back and forth. (4)
Round 2: Ch-1, turn, 2sc in each st. (8)
Round 3: Ch-1, turn, sk very first st, * sc in next, 2sc in next * repeat between * * two more times, sc in last. (10)
Round 4: Ch-1, turn, * sc in next 2 sts, 2sc in next * repeat between * * two more times, sc in last. (13)
Rounds 5 – 7: Ch-1, turn, sc in each st to end. (13)
Fasten off leaving a long enough tail for sewing into place.
Large Bear Ears:
Using the 5.5mm hook, make two…
Round 1: Ch-3, join to form a circle. 4sc in circle. Do not join, work in row back and forth. (4)
Round 2: Ch-1, turn, 2sc in each st. (8)
Round 3: Ch-1, turn, sk very first st, * sc in next, 2sc in next * repeat between * * two more times, sc in last. (10)
Round 4: Ch-1, turn, * sc in next 2 sts, 2sc in next * repeat between * * two more times, sc in last. (13)
Round 5: Ch-1, turn, * sc in next 3 sts, 2sc in next * repeat between * * two more times, sc in last. (16)
Rounds 6 – 8: Ch-1, turn, sc in each st to end. (16)
Fasten off leaving a long enough tail for sewing into place.
Unicorn Ears:
Using the 5.5mm hook, make two…
Round 1: Magic circle, ch-1, 4hdc in circle. Join to top of first hdc with sl st (4)
Round 2: Ch-1, 2hdc in each st around. Join to top of first hdc with sl st (8)
Round 3: Ch-1, * hdc in next, 2hdc in next * repeat between * * around. Join to top of first hdc with sl st (12)
Round 4: Ch-1, * hdc in next 2 sts, 2hdc in next * repeat between * * around. Join to top of first
hdc with sl st (16)
Round 5 – 9: Ch-1, hdc in each st around. Join to top of first hdc with sl st (16)
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Fasten off leaving long tail for sewing. Flatten the ear and form into a horse ear shape.
Unicorn Horn:
With a G/4mm hook…
Round 1: Magic circle, 4sc in circle. Do not join here or throughout, mark with a stitch marker
instead. (4)
Round 2: 2sc in each st around. (8)
Rounds 3 – 5: sc in each st around. (8)
*go ahead and weave in the tail from the Magic Circle now, while you still can!
Round 6: * 2sc in first, sc in next 3 sts * repeat between * * one more time. (10)
Rounds 7 – 12: sc in each st around. (10)
Round 13: 2sc in first, sc in next 2 sts, 2sc in next, sc in next 2 sts, 2sc in next, sc in next 2 sts, 2sc in last. (14)
Rounds 14 – 20: sc in each st around. (14) If you like, you can make the horn taller by continuing sc rows until desired height is reached.
Sl st to next st and pull yarn all the way through. Leave a good 20″ or so for making the spiral. Stuff the horn making sure it’s pointy!
Picture from the Unicorn Ears & Horn tutorial post that can be found here.
Frog Eyes:
Using the 5.5mm hook and black yarn, make two…
Round 1: Magic circle. 8sc in circle. (8)
Switch to white yarn…
Round 2: 2sc in each st around (16)
Round 3 & 4: sc in each st around (16)
Round 5: sc2tog around (8)
***add stuffing***
Round 6: sc2tog around (4)
Fasten off and sew tail into the backside of the eyeball.
Frog Eyelids:
Using the 5.5mm hook and green yarn, make two…
Round 1: Magic circle. Ch-1, 8sc in circle. Join with sl st to top of first sc (8)
Round 2: Ch-1, 2sc in each st around. Join with sl st to top of first sc (16)
Rounds 3 & 4: Ch-1, sc in each st around. Join with sl st to top of first sc (16)
Round 5: ch-1, sc in next 13 sts only.
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing to body.
Frog eyes from the Frog Bookmark pattern which can be found here.
Floppy Bunny Ears:
Using the 5.5mm hook, make two…
Row 1: Magic circle. 6 dc in circle. Join with sl st to top of first dc. Pull tight. (6)
Row 2: Ch-2, 2dc in each st around. Join with sl st to top of first dc. (12)
Row 3: Ch-2, *dc in first st, 2dc in next* repeat from * * around, join with sl st to top of first dc. (18)
Row 4: Ch-2, *dc in first 2 sts, 2dc in next* repeat from * * around, join with sl st to top of first dc. (24)
Rows 5 – 12: Ch-2, dc in each st around, join with sl st to top of first dc. (24)
Row 13: Ch-2, *dc in next 2 sts, dc2tog* repeat from * * around, join with sl st to top of first dc. (18)
Row 14: Ch-2, dc in each st around. (18)
Fasten off leaving long enough tail for sewing to body.
Sew on the embellishments of choice securely.
I started one for a hippo but I am not happy with the ears, so if/when I get those updated I will let you know.
I hope you love the dog snood pattern and I can’t wait to see yours! Be sure to tag @HeartHookHome across all social media, or share in the Heart Hook Home Crochet Community on Facebook.
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