Our latest creation is a free knitting pattern for a Dog Word Square! This square would go wonderfully with the Dog Bone, Paw Print, German Shepard, Poodle, Wolf, Puppy, Dachshund, Shih Tzu or Labrador Squares. To see all afghan square patterns, click here, or to see all dog squares click here. Or perhaps you’re more of a cat person – in that case, you can check out my cat squares here
Size and Materials
Size depends on yarn and needle size used:
With DK/Light Worsted Weight yarn and 4 mm (US 6, UK 8) knitting needles, finished squares are approximately 22 cm x 22 cm (8.5 inches x 8.5 inches)
With Worsted Weight yarn and and 4.5 mm knitting needles (US size 7, UK size 7) finished square is approximately 26 cm x 26 cm (10 inches x 10 inches)
Any sized needle and yarn can be used (please refer to yarn label for recommended needle size), however different needle and yarn sizes will produce different sized squares, so if you plan to make an afghan or a set of these it is best to use the same needle size and yarn for each square.
Chart Instructions
On Right Side: Knit white squares and purl black dots
On Wrong Side: Purl white squares and knit black dots
Cast on 45 stitches and start at bottom left hand corner of chart with a wrong side row.
Written Instructions
Cast on 45
Work 7 rows of (K1,P1) to last stitch, K1
Row 8: K1, P1, K1, P1, K37, P1, K1, P1, K1
Row 9 and All Odd Numbered Rows: K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, P35, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1
Even Rows 10-26: K1, P1, K1, P1, K37, P1, K1, P1, K1
Row 28: K1, P1, K1, P1, K7, P5, K4, P5, K4, P6, K6, P1, K1, P1, K1
Row 30: K1, P1, K1, P1, K6, P1, K5, P1, K2, P1, K5, P1, K2, P1, K5, P1, K6, P1, K1, P1, K1
Row 32: K1, P1, K1, P1, K5, P3, K4, P1, K2, P1, K5, P1, K2, P1, K5, P1, K6, P1, K1, P1, K1
Row 34: K1, P1, K1, P1, K12, P1, K2, P1, K5, P1, K2, P1, K5, P1, K6, P1, K1, P1, K1
Row 36: K1, P1, K1, P1, K6, P1, K5, P1, K2, P1, K5, P1, K2, P1, K5, P1, K6, P1, K1, P1, K1
Row 38: K1, P1, K1, P1, K7, P5, K4, P5, K4, P6, K6, P1, K1, P1, K1
Even Rows 40-56: K1, P1, K1, P1, K37, P1, K1, P1, K1
Rows 57-63: Work 7 rows of (K1, P1) to last stitch, K1 Cast off, weave in ends and block.
Huge thanks for this square – I’ll mix this with the different types of dog patterns , the paw and the bone – huge thank you
Thank you 😊
Awesome, thank you for the wonderful dog patterns. I do have a question, can you design a Chihuahua square, and a few other small dog breeds, please? Thanks.
Thank you 😊 I will add some more dogs to my list to make – might be a few weeks as the list is quite long at the moment
A big THANK you from the Netherlands. I simply love the beautiful patterns you put online. Could you (very – very) please design a wooden shoe and a windmill ? Thant would be awesome.
Thank you 😊 I have put those two patterns on my list to make – they should be up in a the next few weeks (the list is quite long at the moment!)
Joepie !!!!!! Or in English Yahoo !!!