Retriever Puppies II: Flatty, Golden, Curly

Retriever Puppies II:
Curly, Golden, Flatty

by Jenna Wingate

The 2nd and final installment of Retriever Puppies includes: 
Golden Retriever 
Flatcoated Retriever 
Curlycoated Retriever 
These are the 20th, 21st, and 22nd dog breeds available as a Blankie!!!

16 pages in American Crochet Terms 
Detailed assembly instructions 
Lots of pictures! 
Photo-tutorial for the LOOP stitch 
Handy index to find the parts you need for the dog you want to make first! 
Pattern is written with ease of reading and keeping your place in mind.

Difficulty Rating:  & 

(The Curly uses a few special stitches, but promise they aren't THAT hard!)

Materials:

#4 yarn

Color A – main fur color (350yds)

Color B - nose and paw pads (40yds)

Small amounts of black, white, and eye color

Golden only: An additional 20yds of #2 weight (baby yarn) in white or cream for feathering. Alternatively, you can use #4 weight and comb or split the fringe after attached.

Crochet Hooks:

G/6 4.00mm

I/9 5.00mm

Stitch Markers

Tapestry Needle

Quilting Pins (long straight pins)

Felt to match color A (optional)

Stuffing

Stitches Used:

MR – Magic Ring or Circle

Ch – chain

Sc – single crochet

Hdc – half double crochet

Sc2tog – single crochet 2 together

Sc4tog – single crochet 4 together

Hdc2tog – half double crochet 2 together

Sk – skip

Slst – slip stitch

Tr – treble crochet

BLO – back loop only

RS/WS – right side/wrong side

YO – yarn over

Lsc – long single crochet – single crochet into the stitch 1 row below, pulling your stitch tall to match the height of the current row.

Ldc – long double crochet – Yarn over and insert hook into the stitch 1 row below and complete dc as usual.

PUFF – Puff Stitch – (YO, insert hook, pull up a loop) 4 times in the same stitch. YO and pull through all 9 stitches on your hook.

LOOP – Loop Stitch – see last page

FO – Finish Off

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