Granny Square Dog Sweater Patterns: 7 Free Designs
Granny-square dog sweaters can be joined as you go, worked with standard DK yarn, followed as a beginner video project, or made from a published Red Heart pattern. These five original resources explain their stated construction and material approach.
A tapestry needle for finishing the seams is the one tool every construction style here shares.
Granny square dog sweater patterns to explore
1. Odie
Mel Kennelly’s Odie is an easy dog sweater made by joining classic granny squares as you go, avoiding a separate final seam between motifs. It is written in S, M, and L and uses Berroco Lanas Light with a Mini Color Pack, combining a solid base yarn with contrasting color accents.
2. Granny Square Dog Sweater
Firefly Fiber Arts Studio’s dog sweater uses basic crochet stitches, a 5 mm hook, and 50 to 500 yards of DK yarn depending on size. The yardage range reflects the pattern’s fit options, so measuring the dog and checking its sizing details helps determine the correct amount of yarn.
3. Beginner-Friendly Granny Square Dog Sweater
Fifty Shades of Yarn presents this as a beginner-friendly granny-square dog sweater video tutorial. The visual format shows the square arrangement, garment assembly, and finishing sequence in motion. Follow the creator’s video for the materials, measurements, and steps used in the sweater.
4. Dog’s Crochet Granny Square Sweater
Red Heart’s published granny-square dog sweater is available in small, medium, and large. It uses Red Heart Soft yarn with an H/5 mm hook and closes with a 3/4-inch button. The pattern combines motif construction with a practical front closure, so the stated measurements matter for a secure fit.
5. Easy Crochet Dog Sweater
Jess Coppom’s easy dog sweater is written in nine sizes, from XXXS to 2X, for dogs with 9- to 33-inch back lengths. It uses Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice worsted yarn. The source includes a detailed fit range, making a back-length measurement the key starting point when selecting a size.
6. Willow Granny Square Dog Coat
Maytina at Craftopia Collective joins squares in strips with single crochet, then adds a separate double-crochet tummy band with buttons that close through the granny-square holes themselves, in DK weight yarn on a 3.5mm hook, sized by measuring the dog against the squares directly rather than following a fixed chart.
7. Great Granny Dog Sweater
Red Heart at Yarnspirations uses a self-striping granny-square yarn that needs no manual color changes, on an I/5.5mm hook, across four sizes from a 10-inch to 24-inch chest, built from single crochet, slip stitch, and half double crochet.
Choose a fit approach
Choose Odie for stated S through L sizing, Firefly Fiber Arts for a DK-yarn pattern, the video tutorial for a visual beginner reference, or the Red Heart pattern for a button-closure sweater in a published size range. Measure the dog before selecting a size or yardage.
