C2C Crochet Havanese Dog Free Pattern

This Havanese crochet pattern is part of a collaboration with Lion Brand Yarns. This post contains affiliate links.

This corner-to-corner crochet pattern is perfect to crochet a pet portrait of your favorite Havenese, Yorkie or Terrier mutt. Make it the foundation of a C2C blanket, pillow or any other crochet creations you come up with!

Keep reading for more yarn and customization details or scroll down for free pattern.

More C2C crochet dog patterns:

Customizing your Bichon Dog

You can print the graph pattern and color in different sections to modify the graph to look more like your favorite Havanese, Bichon or long-haired terrier. But even if you keep the design as is, here are a few ways to personalize it:

Yarn + substitutions

We used Lion Brand Basic Stitch Anti-Pilling yarn for this corner-to-corner Havanese. It’s available in a lot of nice neutrals, making it perfect for finding the right dog fur color. See all the colors of Basic Stitch here.

You can also try other worsted weight acrylic yarns to achieve the exact look you want. Try some of the speckled and variegated shades Lion Brand Heartland or Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice to create fur with more color variation.

Print this pattern

You can download and print the free C2C graph pattern and crochet directly from it.

You will likely find it much easier to also cross reference the graph with the line-by-line C2C instructions included in the premium PDF. Written graph instructions are incredibly helpful with this C2C crochet Havanese because they:

• Reduce the likelihood of mistakes that need to be torn out.

• Allow you to crochet much faster than if only counting squares in a graph.

• Make it easier to set down your work and know right where to pick the pattern back up.

Explanation:
Use this free C2C crochet graph pattern to crochet a portrait of your favorite Havanese, Yorkie or Terrier mix.

Supplies:
YARN:
• Lion Brand Basic Stitch Anti-Pilling Yarn (Weight: 4/medium – 185 yds, 3.5 oz)

• BH:  Beige Heather (202/410F) – 90g
  – 1 skein
• B:  Black (202/153) – 6g
  – 1 skein
• CH:  Charcoal Heather (202/403J) – 6g
  –  1 skein
• HP:  Hot Pink (202/195) – 2g
  –  1 skein
• RB:  Royal Blue (205/109P) – 2 g
  – 1 skein
• SH:  Silver Heather (202/404J) – 40g
  – 1 skein
• W:  White (202/100) – 125g
  – 2 skeins

Permissions + Copyright:
Please do not publish or share this pattern as your own. You may make items to sell with this pattern. In exchange, please link back this post. Do NOT use our photos as your own sales photos.

Additional Corner-to-Corner Crochet Resources:
Help with learning corner-to-corner-crochet basics can be found here:

BOOK: Corner-To-Corner Crochet: 15 Modern Projects (I cover all the details you need to know to master C2C in this book!)

ALL THE BASICS: Intro to C2C and the skills you need to get started.

VIDEO TUTORIAL: How to increase and decrease to create a rectangle.

PHOTO TUTORIAL: How to change colors in C2C crochet.

How to Read Written Line-By-Line C2C Instructions (included in the PDF)

→ Row 21 [WS]: A11, (B Popcorn) x 6, A4

• Row # is always the same as the number of tiles in that row. (Row 21 = 21 total
tiles)

• Arrow indicates direction of row when RS of blanket is facing up.

• Letter indicates which color of yarn to use. (See “Supplies” for abbreviations.)

• Number indicates how many tiles of each color to work. Therefore, for this
example, you’d work 11 tiles in Color A (typical C2C stitches) , 6 tiles in Color B

Overall Pattern Notes:

• IMPORTANT: All dog graphs are worked in the diagonal box stitch (also called corner-to-corner crochet) using half double crochet C2C stitches.

• This means each tile begins with a chain 5, then a half double crochet is worked in the third chain from the hook and the next two chains. Similarly at the beginning of each tile (after the slip stitch), use two chains instead of the usual three you’d use with a double crochet C2C project.

Notes:

• All tiles are worked in corner to corner (C2C) half double crochet stitches as described in the Glossary above.

• It can be very helpful to wind smaller balls of each color before beginning a graph. This allows you to keep a color attached when it will be used in the next row and avoid carrying contrasting colors underneath as you work.

• Each pixel in the graph corresponds with one tile in your afghan. A tile = 2 ch (the tch, which counts as a hdc) + 3 hdc

• While you may find it faster to work predominantly from the line-by-line
  written instructions in the premium PDF, double checking your work against the graph patterns periodically will help catch any mistakes sooner rather than
  later.

• While meeting the listed gauge is not essential, it will ensure finished square turns out 18X18″. Instead of working a separate gauge swatch though, you can begin following the graph pattern and measure gauge about 12 rows in to make sure you’re on track. (If the finished size is unimportant to you, don’t worry about the gauge.)

• Because of the nature of C2C crochet, certain tiles of different colors can
  appear slightly separated when crocheted. While weaving in ends, you may choose to “tidy” up designs by visually joining disconnected tiles.

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