August Dog
August Dog is our eighth large square pattern in the 2024: A Year of Dogs series.
Crochet Colorwork
Like all the dog squares in this series, August 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. The mosaic crochet option uses an adjusted chart that is solid in the solid areas (so you don’t see any of the interlocking mesh dots when you use the mosaic technique).
Wrong Side of August Dog
The two colorwork techniques I use, interlocking crochet and overlay mosaic crochet, produce slightly different results on the back.
This image shows the two squares laying side-by-side. The green one is interlocking crochet and the white one is mosaic crochet. They both use black as the Main Color (MC) / first color used.
Below that is the wrong side of each square.
Interlocking crochet will have the opposite of what’s on the front. And I don’t just mean black where it was green. I mean each stitch is opposite. So the vertical lines around the edge turn into dashed horizontal lines. This makes the whole image look a bit messier than the front image.
Mosaic crochet is technically just stripes but you can often see a faint illusion of what’s on the front because of the way the stitches pull on the fabric differently.
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
My testers have once again (mostly) gone with black and white for these realistic dog squares.
Overlay mosaic crochet sample of August Dog by Margaret Maillet.
Interlocking crochet sample of August Dog by Maja Serec with optional border added.
Interlocking crochet sample of August Dog by an Anonymous Squirrel.
I highly recommend using a dark color (like black) as the MC (Main Color) to keep the faces and other details clear on these dog squares.
You’ll also see a pop of color in Eva’s sample. She added a tapestry color change to make the pop stand out. Someday I’ll create a tutorial of my own for that process!
Thank you to Anonymous Squirrel, CrochetCarob, CynCityCrochet, Eva, Linda Bakker, Maja Serec, and Margaret Maillet for testing 2024: A Year of Dogs.
Overlay mosaic crochet sample of August Dog by Linda Bakker. White used as the Main Color (MC) / first color used.
Interlocking crochet sample of August Dog by CynCityCrochet.
Overlay mosaic crochet sample of August Dog by Eva.
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Important Details for August Dog
Once again, like with all the dog squares, August Dog 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 August 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) – 275 yards
- Contrasting color (background) – 325 yards
- Optional envelope border – 250 yards
My overlay mosaic crochet sample of August Dog. Black used as MC.
