Free Patterns by woodlandmermaidmakes

Searching for the cutest, coziest baby gift? This Crochet Wolf Lovey is your answer! With a snuggly soft blanket and an irresistibly adorable wolf head, it’s the perfect mix of cuddles and charm. Whether for a baby shower or just because, this lovey is going to steal hearts and create sweet memories!

Materials and Tools

4.5mm crochet hook, for all animal/body sections

5.5mm crochet hook, for the blanket section

Yarn Needle

Baby weight (dk) yarn (I used Bernat Baby Sport Ombre in the colorway cool blue)

A contrasting yarn for the face details. This can be a different weight than your main yarn.

Note: You can size the pattern up or down by using larger or smaller hooks. The yarn is also flexible. If you want to use worsted weight yarn, I recommend sizing down your hooks.

Crochet Stitches and Abbreviations

Note: These are US crochet terms

ch – chain

sc – single crochet

dc – double crochet

inc – increase (2 new stitches in one)

dec – decrease (crochet two stitches together)

Pattern Notes

Head:

4.5mm crochet hook

Row 1: 6sc in magic circle
Row 2: sc inc each stitch (12)
Row 3: *sc sc inc* repeat from * until end of round (18)
Row 4: *2 sc, sc inc * until end of round (24)
Row 5: *3 sc, sc inc * until end of round (30)
Row 6: 2 sc, *sc inc, 4 sc* repeat from * until 3 stitches remain, sc inc, 2sc (36)
Row 7: *5sc, sc inc* repeat from * until end of round (42)
Row 8: 3sc , *sc inc, 6sc* repeat from * until 4 sts reamin, sc inc, 3sc (48)
Row 9-19: sc in each stitch (48)
Row 20: 3 sc, *sc dec, 6 sc* repeat from * until 3 sts remain, 3sc (42)
Row 21: *5sc, sc dec* repeat from * until end of round (36)
Row 22: 2sc, *sc dec, 4 sc* repeat from * until 2 sts remain, 2sc (30)
Row 23: *3sc, sc dec * repeat from * until end of round (24)
Row 24: *2sc, sc dec* repeat from * until end of round (18)
Row 25: *sc, sc dec* repeat from * until end of round (12)
Row 26: sc dec in each stitch (6)

Snout

4.5mm crochet hook

Row 1: 6sc in magic circle
Row 2: x2 sc in each stitch (12)
Row 3: sc in next stitch, sc inc x6 (18)
Row 4: sc in next 2 stitches, sc inc x6 (24)
Row 5-9: sc around (24)

With your contrasting yarn, embroider a nose on the flat, circular surface.
Attach between rows 12 and 20, across approximately 10 stitches

Ears

4.5mm crochet hook

Make 2

Row 1: sc around. (6)
Row 2: inc, sc 3 times. (9)
Row 3: sc around. (9)
Row 4: sc, inc, sc 3 times. (12)
Row 5: sc around. (12)
Row 6: inc, 3sc 3 times. (15)
Row 7: 2sc, inc, 2sc 3 times. (18)
Row 8: inc, 5sc 3 times. (21)
Row 9: 3sc, inc, 3sc 3 times. (24)
Row 10: inc, 7sc 3 times. (27)
Row 11: sc around. (27)
Sew closed
Attach in the middle of the head from row 3, downward to row 10. Curve backwards when attaching.

Face

Now that the crochet wolf head is complete, you can embroider the wolf’s eyes.

With your contrasting yarn, embroider lines resembling closed eyes on eyes side of the face. I recommend starting 4 stitches to the left/right of the middle of the snout and ending 3-4 stitches outward and one row down.

Arms

4.5mm crochet hook

Make 2

Row 1: 6sc into magic circle
Row 2: sc in next stitch, sc inc x3 (9)
Row 3: sc in next 2 stiches, sc inc into next stitch x3 (12)
Row 4-22: sc in each stitch (12)

Blanket

5.5mm crochet hook

The blanket portion is a classic granny square pattern.

Row 1: ch 3 (counts as dc), working in the ring, 2 dc, ch 3, 3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc, ch 3, join to first ch 3 with sl st (12 dc)
Row 2: sl st in next 2 stitches so you’re working in the ch 3 space, (ch 3, 2 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) all in ch 3 space, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) all in next ch 3 space, repeat from * to * around, join to first ch 3 with sl st (24 dc)
Row 3: sl st in next 2 stitches so you’re working in the first ch 3 space, (ch 3, 2 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) all in ch 3 space, 3 dc in the space between the 3 dc groups from previous row (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) all in ch 3 space, 3 dc in between the 3 dc groups from the previous row repeat from * to * around, join to first ch 3 with sl st (36 dc)

Row 4: sl st over the next 2 stitches, working in the first ch 3 space, (ch 3, 2 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) all in ch 3 space, 3 dc in each space between the 3 dc groups from the previous row across to the next ch 3 space, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in ch 3 space,  dc in each space between the 3 dc groups from the previous row across to the next ch 3 space repeat from * to * around, join to first ch 3 with sl st (48 dc)

Repeat row 4 for rows 5-13 (or until desired size is reached).

Assembly

Attach the blanket to row 24 of the head

Attach the arms to either side of the head

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