Share your love of dogs (and especially dachshunds!) with the little ones in your life with this fun and free crochet rainbow baby blanket pattern. It’s quick and fun to make. Plus, little ones are sure to enjoy all the bright colors!
This pattern is a great stash buster and it’s perfect for using up scrap yarns. It calls for mainly basic crochet stitches so it’s fairly easy to work out. My favorite thing about this design is that the dog ear and tail aren’t sewed down so they can be moved freely.
I’d love to see your versions of this rainbow dachschund blanket – so make sure you tag me if you make one! @nineinspired on IG & Tiktok and @nineinspiredblog on Pinterest and Facebook
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Materials
- 4 Skeins – Hobbii Classic Acrylic in Navy Blue plus a random assortment of leftover skeins (Worsted, Medium Weight #4 yarn in the colors of your choice)
- 4.5 mm hook
Yardage
Navy Blue: 650 yards / 594 meters
Random: 560 yards / 512 meters
Finished Measurements
28 x 23 inches / 71 x 58 cm
Abbreviations
US Terminology
ch = chain, st = stitch, sl st = slip stitches, sk = skip, sc = single crochet, hdc = half double crochet, ehdc = extended hdc, dc = double crochet, tr = treble crochet, blo = back loop only, flo = front loop only
Notes
The starting chain at the beginning of a row does not count towards stitch count.
When you are working on a right side row, you should be able to see the embroidery of the face. When you are working on a wrong side row, you should not be able to see the embroidery of the face.
Gauge
16 sts x 10 rows = 4 x 4 inches
Row 1: Ch 18, dc in the 3rd ch from the hook and each ch across. (16)
Row 2: Ch 1, hdc in each st across.
Row 3: Ch 2, dc blo in each st across.
Rows 4-9: Repeat rows 2 & 3
Row 10: Repeat row 2.
Your swatch should roughly measure 4 x 4 inches (10 x 10 cm). If not, adjust hook size up or down accordingly.
Blanket
Row 1: Ch 124, dc in the 3rd ch from the hook and in each ch across. (122)
Row 2: Ch 1, hdc in each st across.
Row 3: Ch 2, dc blo in each st across.
Rows 4-59: Repeat rows 2 & 3.
Row 60: Repeat row 2. Fasten off.
Dachshund
Part 1-Head
Magic Circle
Round 1: Ch 1, sc 8 in circle, continue working in a continuous spiral. (8)
Round 2: sc 2 in each st around. (16)
Round 3: *sc in the next st, sc 2 in the next st, repeat from * around. (24)
Round 4: *sc in the next 2 sts, sc 2 in the next st, repeat from * around. (32)
Round 5: sc around, fasten off.
Part 2- Muzzle
Magic Circle
Row 1: ch 1, sc 4 in circle, turn. (4)
Row 2: ch 1, sc 2 in each st across, turn. (8)
Row 3: ch 1, *sc in next st, sc 2 in next st, repeat from * across, turn. (12)
Row 4: ch 1, *sc in next 2 sts, sc 2 in next st, repeat from * across, turn. (16)
Row 5: ch 1, sc across the rough edge of the work, sc in the next 10 sts of the last row, sc in the next 3 sts along the head.
Continue without fastening off.
Part 3 – Neck
Row 1: Ch 6, sc in the 2nd ch from the hook and the next 4 sts, *sl st to the next st along the circle, repeat from * 1 more time, turn. (5)
Row 2: sc in next 4 sts, turn. (leave the last st unworked) (4)
Row 3: Ch 1, sc in next 4 sts, *sl st to the next st along the circle, repeat from * 1 more time, turn.
Row 4: sc in next 3 sts, turn. (leave the last st unworked) (3)
Row 5: ch 1, sc in next 3 sts, *sl st to the next st along the circle, repeat from * 1 more time, turn.
Row 6: sc in the next 2 sts, fasten off. (leave the last st unworked) (2)
Part 4 – Ear
Row 1: Reattach your yarn 2 sts up from the last row of the neck, sc flo in the next 7 sts, turn. (7)
Row 2: ch 1, sk the first st, sc in the next 6 sts, turn. (6)
Row 3: ch 1, sk the first st, sc in the next 5 sts turn. (5)
Row 4: ch 1, sk the first st, sc in the next 4 sts turn. (4)
Row 5: ch 1, sk the first st, sc in the next 3 sts turn. (3)
Row 6: ch 1, sk the first st, sc in the next 2 sts turn. (2)
Sc around the entire head and muzzle. Continue to sc around the neck, placing 3 sc in each of the two corners of the neck. Continue to sc around the ear back to where you started. Fasten off.
Sew on the part of the muzzle that overlaps with the head so it lays flat.
Embroider the face as shown.
Part 5 – Body
Row 1 (wrong side): Attach new color of yarn in the rightmost stitch of the neck, hdc across neck and add three foundation hdc stitches, turn. (14)
Row 2: ch 1, hdc 2 in the first st, hdc in each st across, turn. (15)
Row 3: ch 1, hdc in each st across, hdc 2 in the last st, turn. (16)
Rows 4-5: ch 1, hdc in each st across, turn.
Change colors now and every 5 rows hereafter.
Rows 6-40: ch 1, hdc in each st across, turn.
Row 41 (wrong side): Ch 2, dc in first 4 sts, ehdc in next 4 sts, hdc in next 4 sts, sc in last 4 sts, turn.
Row 42: ch 1, sc in first 4 sts, hdc in next 4 sts, ehdc in next 4 sts, dc in last 4 sts, turn.
Rows 43-44: Repeat rows 41 & 42
Row 45: Repeat row 41
Rows 46-59: Repeat rows 42 & 41
Row 60: Repeat row 42
Rows 61-85: ch 1, hdc in each st across, turn.
Row 86 (right side): ch 1, sc in first 4 sts, hdc in next 4 sts, ehdc in next 4 sts, dc in last 4 sts, turn.
Row 87: ch 2, dc in first 4 sts, ehdc in next 4 sts, hdc in next 4 sts, sc in last 4 sts, turn.
Rows 88-89: Repeat rows 86 & 87
Row 90: Repeat row 86.
Rows 91-104: Repeat rows 87 & 86.
Row 105: Repeat row 87.
Rows 106-145: ch 1, hdc in each st across, turn.
Row 146 (right side): ch 1, sc in first 4 sts, hdc in next 4 sts, edhc in next 4 sts, dc in last 4 sts, turn.
Row 147: Ch 2, dc in first 4 sts, ehdc in next 4 sts, hdc in next 4 sts, sc in last 4 sts, turn.
Rows 148-149: Repeat rows 146 & 147
Row 150: Repeat row 146
Rows 151-180: Repeat rows 147 & 146
Rows 181-210: ch 1, hdc in each st across, turn. Fasten off.
Part 6 – Tail
Magic Circle
Row 1: ch 1, sc 3 in circle, turn. (3)
Row 2: ch 1, sc 2 in each st across, turn. (6)
Row 3: ch 1, *sc in next st, 2 sc in next st, repeat from * across, turn. (9)
Row 4: ch 1, *sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st, repeat from * across, turn. (12)
Row 5: ch 1, *sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st, repeat from * across, turn. (15)
Row 6: ch 1, sc in next 4 sts, 2 sc in next st, repeat from * across, turn. (18)
Row 7: ch 1, sc in next 9 sts, ch 8, sc in the 2nd ch from the hook and in next 6 chs, sc next 7 sts along the semi circle, ch 3, tr in same st as ch 3, dc in next, hdc in last, turn.
Row 8: ch 1, sc in next 4 sts, turn.
Row 9: ch 1, sc in next 4 sts, don’t turn. Sc along the rough edge of the work, fasten off.
Hold the tail with the end of the body of the dachshund together with the right sides facing each other as shown. Sew them together along the flat side.
Part 7 – Front Dachshund Foot
Row 1: ch 5, sc in next 4 sts, turn. (4)
Rows 2-4: ch 1, sc in next 4 sts, turn.
After row 4, fasten off. Sew onto the body of the dachshund as shown.
Sew the dachshund onto the blanket. Hold the embroidery needle parallel to the work and anchor your stitches to the horizontal ridges in the blanket. The horizontal ridges should also help you sew in a straight line.You can see the proposed path of the embroidery needle in the following photo. 
Avoid the legs, tail, and ear when you sew so that they can move freely. I used the background color of yarn for all my sewing, but you may prefer to switch to the dachshund color when sewing on the head and tail.
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