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Crochet Borzoi Dog (or Collie, Greyhound, or Whippet)

                                            

Here is a borzoi dog I made. The pattern I used was for a life sized dog, so this dog ended up being about 4” long. In total, there were approximately 30,000 stitches. If I was going to make another borzoi, I would probably choose a smaller pattern. :-)

Before the fur

After

This is the link to the pattern I used for my borzoi. It’s a greyhound pattern, but when I had it a completely assembled, I added fur to turn it into a borzoi. It would work for a collie dog as well.

I followed the pattern and used 1 strand of tan embroidery floss. *make sure you use the color thread that you would want the dog to be, because you don’t add additional fur to the head, ears, or feet.* I ended up using 3 skeins of tan embroidery floss for the dog part, then 2 skeins of white, 1 skein of tan, 1/2 skein of reddish, & 1/2 skein of darker brown for the fur.

For the borzoi part:

After the dog is completely assembled, begin at the bottom of the stomach and start adding fur. I added fur to about every other row. The lower part of the dog was pretty thick, so I could have probably added fur to every 3rd row for the lower part.

I just cut the fur into approximately 1.5” strips (for the lower part of the body the strands can be shorter, but as you work upwards, they will need to be longer). Insert the crochet hook, pull the thread partway through, then pull the ends through the loop. Pull tight. (Pictures below)