210-58 Summer Pet Coat: Toy Poodle

Suggested yarn:
• Pierrot Yarns Shine Cotton [100% cotton; 155 yds/142m per 1.06 oz./30g skein];
• type A:
• color #5 green, 3 skeins [75g]
• color #20 yellow, 1 skein [small amount]
• type B:
• color #18 orange, 3 skeins [75g]
• color #6 navy blue, 1 skein [small amount]

Tools/Notions:
• 1.5mm (US steel hook #8) crochet hook or size necessary to achieve gauge
• 8mm/0.31" plastic rings (to be worked into the motifs)
• metallic beads (silver and gold)
• cord and toggle
• 3 buttons

Finished measurements:
• Please see schematics.

Gauge (10cm/4" square):

• No gauge is provided in original pattern. Use hook size necessary to achieve desired fabric
stiffness.

Gauge may vary according to individual crochet style. Change hook size if necessary to achieve gauge.
Alternatively, rework pattern with your own gauge measurements.

Summary
Motifs: Crochet required number of motifs using vinyl ring to start each one. (Alternatively, use ch5 loop to begin.)

Finishing: After making all required motifs, seam together according to chart & schematic.

Abbreviations:
ch = chain
dc = double crochet (US)

© 2015 Pierrot Yarns (Gosyo Co., Ltd.). Translation by Linda Lanz. All rights reserved.
 Edging

vinyl ring vinyl ring

Dog coat schematic

ch9 picot (with
right side facing) ch4 (with wrong side facing)

Knot laces here.

Leave lacing area unseamed
down through second motif.

52 53 43 44 45 46 49

50 51 41 42 47

popcorn motif

37 38 39 40 48

Fasten
buttons in
3 places. 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
36
cm

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

46cm
11 12 13 14 15 16

Motifs
square motifs: make 48 (with 8mm vinyl rings)
10 5 6 7 8 9
triangle motifs: make 4
popcorn motifs: make 11 (with 8mm vinyl rings)
start:
work 9 picots
1 2 3 4

ch4
 Motif 1 4cm square Motif 1 (half)

ch5 and join

into the round

Motif 1 with edging

Motif 1 with edging (triangle)

ch5 and join

into the round

How to join motifs

9 sts

3 4

ch4

1 2

9 sts 9 sts Join with slip stitch.

4 sts
Left side of motif 52 connects to right
side of 49 where marked with ➀ - ➃ lace-up opening
(see right side of schematic). Do not seam edges where 53 and 43 meet or where 51 and
41 meet. These will form opening where coat is laced & tied.

➀
49 52 53 43 44 4 sts 45 46 49 ➁
➂
➃

50 51 41 42 47

37 38 39 40 48

27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

11 12 13 14 15 16

10 9
5 6 7 8

※Join motifs in the same manner as for the chihuahua

4 coat pattern in 201-59. See last page for more details.
1
2 3
9 sts
4 sts
4
4
9 sts
 Popcorn motifs
➀ Use one 8mm vinyl ring for each popcorn motif. Leaving a
tail approximately 10cm long, work 4 popcorn stitches into ring.

Motif joining instructions

For chihuahua coat
(see pattern 210-59) For toy poodle coat ➁ Place 4 motifs next to each other as shown below.
6-dc popcorn stitch Ch7 for motif 1 and ch4 for motifs 2-4, joining them to neighboring
7-dc popcorn stitch
motifs with slip stitch.
2.0mm hook
1.5mm hook
For motifs 3 & 4, insert hook into 2 loops of base of slip stitch on
vinyl ring motif 2 to ensure a smooth join. The central join (at the corners of
vinyl ring all four motifs) should have 7 stitches across in each direction.

※If you prefer not to use vinyl

rings, you may ch5 and join into
the round instead.
3 4

➂ Apply bead. 7 sts

4
beading thread
4 4
2 1 beading thread
left thread right thread 4
approx. 10 cm end 2
4 1 2 2
3
Weave in at 1.2. Leave approx.
10cm yarn tail. 2
2
4 4 4
ch4
7 sts
7 or 9 sts
Thread bead. Leaving approx. 20cm
at front, separate right and left sides of
beading thread, then secure to motif.

➄ Relationship of yarn to hook: Always crochet

loosely. Use one size smaller hook if needed.

For example, for the chihuahua coat, use 1.5mm

➃ hook for joining motifs despite using a larger
Last ch3: looking at wrong side of needle for crocheting the motifs themselves.
motif, work slip stitch into top of ch3,
slip stitch again, and slip stitch one
more time. Bring remaining yarn (after
binding off) to wrong side to weave in,
leaving right side tidy.

Corner instructions: ch1,

then work 3 small hdc
stitches into center.