March Dog
March Dog is our third pattern in the 2024: A Year of Dogs series. This large square shows a pitbull in a portrait-style.
Crochet Colorwork
March Dog can be done using your choice of colorwork technique: Interlocking crochet or overlay mosaic crochet.
You’ll receive the fully written pattern and charts for both techniques.
Monthly Series
March Dog is our third square in 2024: A Year of Dogs.
If you know you’re going to want all 12 dog squares you should grab the eBook because it will save you 40% versus buying each square individually. The eBook will be updated monthly with a new dog square.
January Trial
If you’re not ready to commit to the full eBook of all 12 dog squares, why not just try January Dog first?
If you later decide you DO want the eBook, the cost of January Dog will be deducted from your purchase of the eBook!
Available on Ravelry only, no code needed, cannot be combined with other offers.
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You’ll also have access to my Doctor Who blanket pattern!
Wrong Side of March Dog
The back, or ‘wrong’ side of these dog squares is easy to spot.
With interlocking crochet the colors look switched but the lines are also changed. The long straight vertical border lines along the sides, for example, become dashed lines going horizontally.
I don’t do any special stitches with my mosaic crochet squares, so the wrong side is just stripes. The little flaps on the back have a slight tilt that creates an illusion of the image on the front.
Joining Squares
With interlocking crochet, it’s relatively easy to join the squares. With overlay mosaic crochet you have to deal with the cut ends first.
Head back to this section on the Year of Dogs Landing Page to read more.
Photos
I bet you can’t tell from these photos who was using acrylic yarn or cotton yarn; you can’t tell if the squares are done with worsted weight yarn or thread; you can’t see how big the final square really is. That’s one of the amazing things about these colorwork techniques! It’s really versatile!
Thank you to my testing team for 2024: A Year of Dogs: Anonymous Squirrel, CrochetCarob, CynCityCrochet, Eva, Linda Bakker, Maja Serec, Margaret Maillet, and ScorpiosHook.
Interlocking crochet sample of March Dog by CynCityCrochet.
Overlay mosaic crochet sample of March Dog by CrochetCarob.
Interlocking crochet sample of March Dog by an Anonymous Squirrel.
Interlocking crochet sample of March Dog by Maja Serec with optional border added.
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Important Details for March Dog
Each design comes with the fully written pattern and charts for two colorwork techniques: interlocking crochet and overlay mosaic crochet.
Click here to go to my tutorials for these crochet techniques.
Interlocking Crochet
Each dog square has a chart size of 81 x 81. This means they begin with 40 windows in the foundation row and will finish to about 20″ square.
Interlocking crochet / LFM crochet file includes:
- line-by-line written pattern (view key)
- instructions on reading a chart (view)
- a one-page chart (good for viewing on a screen)
- a four-page chart (better for printing)
Interlocking Crochet Details
- Chart is 81 x 81
- Gauge: 8 (dc, ch) x 8 rows = 4”
- 20″ x 20″ / 51cm x 51cm
- 4.5 mm hook (US7)
- Worsted weight yarn (490 – 565 yards total)
- Main color (MC) (dark lines) – 250 yards plus 75 for optional border
- Accent color (AC) (background) – 240 yards
My interlocking crochet sample of March Dog. Black used as MC.
Overlay Mosaic Crochet
The mosaic crochet version of each dog square uses an adjusted chart. This means I’ve removed the interlocking mesh dots and unneccessary border lines. Read more about the differences at https://ashleeslint.com/tutorials/interlocking-and-mosaic-crochet/.
Click here to learn more about the options for dealing with the cut ends at the end of each row when doing overlay mosaic crochet.
Overlay Mosaic Crochet file includes:
- line-by-line written pattern (view key)
- instructions for optional envelope border (view)
- instructions on reading a chart (view)
- a one-page chart marked with X’s (good for viewing on a screen)
- a four-page chart marked with X’s (better for printing)
Bottom-Up Mosaic Crochet Details
- Chart is 77 x 77
- Gauge: 14 sc blo stitches x 15 rows = 4”
- 22″ x 20″ / 56cm x 52cm
- 5 mm hook (H-8)
- Worsted weight yarn (600 – 850 yards)
- Main color (dark lines) – 225 yards
- Contrasting color (background) – 375 yards
- Optional envelope border – 250 yards
My overlay mosaic crochet sample of March Dog. Black used as MC.
