Welcome to my crochet border collie pattern. This is another request that I received. This is what the finished border collie applique will look like.  My grandparents owned a border collie called Whiskey when I was young.  We use to go for lots of walks around the farm together, he was a lovely natured dog.

Finished crochet border collie pattern 2 ply landscape

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This pattern will be using UK terminology. If you would like to view the US version go to crochet border collie pattern (US version).

I’ve also made a tri-coloured border collie pattern as well.

Finished crochet tri colored border collie 2 ply landscape

Crochet Border Collie Pattern

Abbreviations

  • st – stitch
  • sts – stitches
  • ch – chain
  • sl st – slip stitch
  • dc – double crochet
  • htr – half treble crochet
  • tr – treble crochet

Materials Used

  • Any thickness crochet cotton or yarn, I used Scheepjes Maxi Sugar Rush colours (106) Snow White, (110) Black, (105) Bridal White and (398) Colonial Rose.
  • A crochet hook, I used a 1mm hook.
  • A darning needle to weave in ends.
  • Sewing thread and needle to stitch the border collie together.
  • Scissors.
  • Black beads for the eyes.

Crochet border collie 2 ply cotton

Size

Large border collie (Using 8 ply yarn & a 3mm hook)

18cm wide x 16.5cm high or 7” wide x 6.5” high

Medium border collie (Using 4 ply crochet cotton & a 1.5mm hook)

11cm wide x 10cm high or 4.5” wide x 4” high

Small border collie (Using 2 ply crochet cotton & a 1mm hook)

7.5cm wide x 7.5cm high or 3” wide x 3” high

Head

Using (110) Black work 8 ch.

 

Row 1: Miss 1st ch, work 1 dc in each remaining ch. Turn. (7 sts)

Row 2: 1 ch, work 2 dc in 1st st, 1 dc in each st to last st, 2 dc in last st. Turn. (9 sts)

Row 3: 1 ch, work 2 dc in 1st st, 1 dc in each st to last st, 2 dc in last st. Turn. (11 sts)

Rows 4-8: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each st to end. Turn. (11 sts)

Row 9: 1 ch, work a joined dc over 1st 2 sts and a joined dc over next 2 sts. Turn. (2 sts)

Row 10: 1 ch, work a joined dc over the 2 sts. Fasten off.

Crochet border collie 2 ply head first side

2nd Side

Join (110) Black to 2nd last st of row 8.

Crochet border collie 2 ply joining for head second side

3 ch, work a joined tr over same st as ch and next st. Don’t turn or fasten off.

Crochet border collie 2 ply head

Neatening Row

Work 1 dc and 1 ch in each st to end of row 10. Fasten off.

Crochet border collie 2 ply head neatened

Right Ear

Join (110) Black to 1st st of row 1 where shown. 7 ch.

Crochet border collie 2 ply joining for first ear

Work 1 sl st in 2nd ch from hook, a joined dc over next 2 sts, a joined htr over following 2 sts, 1 htr in the last ch, sl st in the side of head 2 sts down from join. Fasten off.

Crochet border collie 2 ply head with first ear

Left Ear

Join (110) Black 2 sts down the side where shown. 4 ch.

Crochet border collie 2 ply joining for second ear

Work 1 sl st in 2nd ch from hook, 1 dc in next ch, 2 htr in last ch, sl st in top of head, 1 dc in next st, sl st in following st. Fasten off.

Crochet border collie 2 ply head with ears

Join (105) Bridal White where shown.

Crochet border collie 2 ply joining for head bottom

Row 1: 2 ch, work a joined htr over same st as ch and next st, 1 htr in each of following 2 sts, a joined htr over next 2 sts. Turn.

Row 2: 2 ch, work a joined htr over 1st 2 sts and a joined htr over last 2 sts. Fasten off.

Crochet border collie 2 ply head bottom

Neatening Row

Join (105) Bridal White to 1st st of row 1.

Crochet border collie 2 ply joining for head bottom neatening

Work 1 sl st in each st around. Fasten off.

Crochet border collie 2 ply head bottom neatened

Blaze

Using (106) Snow White work 6 ch.

 

Row 1: Work 1 dc in 2nd ch from hook, 1 htr in next st, 1 tr in following st, 1 htr in next st, 1 dc in last st. Turn. (5 sts)

Row 2: 1 ch, work a joined dc over 1st 3 sts and a joined dc over last 3 sts. Turn. (2 sts)

Row 3: 1 ch, work a joined dc over the 2 sts. 5 ch. (1 st + 5 ch)

Row 4: Work 1 sl st in 2nd ch from hook, 1 dc in each remaining ch. Don’t turn or fasten off.

Crochet border collie 2 ply blaze

Neatening Row

Work 1 sl st in each st to start of row 4. Fasten off.

Crochet border collie 2 ply blaze neatened

Nose

Using (110) Black work 4 ch.

 

Work 1 dc in 2nd ch from hook, 1 tr in next st, 1 dc in last st. Fasten off.

Tongue

Using (398) Colonial Rose work 6 ch.

 

Miss 1st ch, work 1 dc in each ch to last ch, 2 dc in last ch, work 1 dc in back loop of each ch. Fasten off.

Crochet border collie 2 ply tongue

Join (110) black to the top of the tongue.

Crochet border collie 2 ply joining for tongue back

Work 1 sl st in back loop only of 1st 3 sts down the side. Fasten off.

Crochet border collie 2 ply tongue with back

Front of Body

Using (106) Snow White work 9 ch.

 

Row 1: Miss 1st ch, work 1 dc in each remaining ch. Turn. (8 sts)

Row 2: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each st to last st, 2 dc in last st. Turn. (9 sts)

Row 3: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each st. Turn. (9 sts)

Row 4: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each st to last st, 2 dc in last st. Turn. (10 sts)

Row 5: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each st to last st, 2 dc in last st. Turn. (11 sts)

Row 6: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each st. Turn. (11 sts)

Row 7: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each st to last st, 2 dc in last st. Turn. (12 sts)

Rows 8-9: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each st. Turn. (12 sts)

Row 10: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each st to last st, 2 dc in last st. Turn. (13 sts)

Row 11: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each st to last 2 sts, a joined dc over last 2 sts. Turn. (12 sts)

Row 12: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each st. Turn. (12 sts)

Row 13: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each st to last 2 sts, a joined dc over last 2 sts. Turn. (11 sts)

Row 14: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each st. Turn. (11 sts)

Row 15: 1 ch, work 2 dc in 1st st, 1 dc in each st to last 2 sts, a joined dc over last 2 sts. Turn. (11 sts)

Row 16: 1 ch, work a joined dc over 1st 2 sts, 1 dc in each st to last st, 2 dc in last st. Turn. (11 sts)

Row 17: 1 ch, work 2 dc in 1st st, 1 dc in each st to end. Turn. (12 sts)

Row 18: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each st. Turn. (12 sts)

Crochet border collie 2 ply body front

Near Front Leg

Row 19: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each of 1st 4 sts. Turn. (4 sts)

Row 20: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each st. Turn. (4 sts)

Row 21: 1 ch, work a joined dc over 1st 2 sts, 1 dc in each of next 2 sts. Turn. (3 sts)

Row 22: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each st. Turn. (3 sts)

Row 23: 1 ch, work 1 dc in 1st st, a joined dc over last 2 sts. Turn. (2 sts)

Rows 24-25: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each st. Turn. (2 sts)

Row 26: 1 ch, work 2 dc in 1st st, 1 dc in last st. Turn. (3 sts)

Row 27: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each st. Turn. (3 sts)

Row 28: 1 ch, work 1 dc in 1st st, 1 tr in next st, 1 dc in last st. Fasten off.

Crochet border collie 2 ply body front with first leg

Far Front Leg

Join (106) Snow White to 3rd last st of row 18.

Crochet border collie 2 ply joining for second leg

Row 1: 1 ch, work 1 dc in same st as join, 1 dc in each of last 2 sts. Turn. (3 sts)

Rows 2-3: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each st. Turn. (3 sts)

Row 4: 1 ch, work 1 dc in 1st st, 1 htr in each of last 2 sts. Turn. (3 sts)

Row 5: 1 ch, work a joined dc over 1st 2 sts, 1 dc in last st. Turn. (2 sts)

Row 6: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each st. Turn. (2 sts)

Row 7: 1 ch, work 1 dc in 1st st, 1 htr in last st. 4 ch. (2 sts + 4 ch)

Row 8: Miss 1st ch, work 1 dc in each remaining ch, a joined dc over the 2 sts. Turn. (4 sts)

Row 9: 1 ch, work a joined dc over 1st 2 sts and a joined dc over last 2 sts. Don’t turn or fasten off.

Crochet border collie 2 ply body front with legs

Neatening Row

Work 1 sl st in each st around legs and 1 dc and 1 ch in each st around the body. Fasten off.

Crochet border collie 2 ply body front neatened

Back of Body

Using (110) Black work 4 ch.

 

Row 1: Work 2 dc in 2nd ch from hook, 1 htr in next st, 2 dc in last st. Turn. (5 sts)

Row 2: 1 ch, work 2 dc in 1st st, 1 dc in each st to last st, 2 dc in last st. Turn. (7 sts)

Row 3: 1 ch, work 3 dc in 1st st, 1 dc in each st to last st, 2 dc in last st. Turn. (10 sts)

Row 4: 1 ch, work 2 dc in 1st st, 1 dc in each st to last st, 2 htr in last st. Turn. (12 sts)

Row 5: 1 ch, work 2 dc in 1st st, 1 dc in each st to last st, 2 htr in last st. Turn. (14 sts)

Row 6: 2 ch, work 3 htr in 1st st, 1 dc in each st to end. Turn. (16 sts)

Row 7: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each of 1st 6 sts, 1 htr in each st to end. Turn. (16 sts)

Row 8: 2 ch, work 1 htr in each of 1st 11 sts, 1 dc in each st to end. Turn. (16 sts)

Row 9: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each st to last 2 sts, a joined dc over last 2 sts. Turn. (15 sts)

Row 10: 1 ch, work a joined dc over 1st 2 sts, 1 dc in each st to end. Turn. (14 sts)

Row 11: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each st. Turn. (14 sts)

Row 12: 1 ch, work a joined dc over 1st 2 sts, 1 dc in each st to last st, 2 dc in last st. Turn. (14 sts)

Row 13: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each of 1st 5 sts. Turn.

Row 14: 2 ch, work a joined htr over 1st 3 sts, 2 ch, sl st in same st as last part of joined htr, 3 ch, work a joined tr over last 2 sts. Fasten off.

Crochet border collie 2 ply body back first part

2nd Side

Join (110) Black to 2nd st after 1st side on row 13.

Crochet border collie 2 ply joining for body back second part

Row 1: 1 ch, work 1 dc in same st as ch, 1 dc in each st to end. Turn. (8 sts)

Row 2: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each st. Turn. (8 sts)

Row 3: 1 ch, work a joined dc over 1st 2 sts, 1 dc in each st to end. Turn. (7 sts)

Row 4: 1 ch, work a joined dc over 1st 2 sts, 1 dc in each of next 3 sts, a joined dc over last 2 sts. Turn. (5 sts)

Row 5: 1 ch, work a joined dc over 1st 2 sts, 1 dc in each st to end. Turn. (4 sts)

Row 6: 1 ch, work a joined dc over all sts. Don’t fasten off.

Crochet border collie 2 ply body back

Neatening Row

Turn work before neatening row.

 

1 ch, work 1 dc and 1 ch in each st around to row 14. Fasten off.

Crochet border collie 2 ply body back neatened

Back Legs

Using (106) Snow White work 8 ch.

 

Row 1: Miss 1st ch, work 1 dc in each remaining ch. Turn. (7 sts)

Rows 2-3: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each st. Turn. (7 sts)

Row 4: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each st to last st, 2 dc in last st. Turn. (8 sts)

Row 5: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each of 1st 3 sts, a joined dc over following 2 sts. Turn. (4 sts)

Row 6: 1 ch, work a joined dc over 1st 2 sts, a joined dc over last 2 sts. Turn. (2 sts)

Rows 7-8: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each st. Turn. (2 sts)

Row 9: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each st. 3 ch. (2 sts + 3 ch)

Row 10: Miss 1st ch, work 1 dc in each remaining ch, a joined dc over the 2 sts. Turn. (3 sts)

Row 11: 1 ch, work a joined dc over 1st 2 sts, 1 dc in last st. Fasten off.

Crochet border collie 2 ply back first leg

2nd Leg

Join (106) Snow White to 2nd last st of row 4.

Crochet border collie 2 ply joining for back leg second

Row 1: 1 ch, work 1 dc in same st as ch, 1 dc in last st. Turn. (2 sts)

Rows 2-4: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each st. Turn. (2 sts)

Row 5: 1 ch, work 1 dc in each st. 3 ch. (2 sts + 3 ch)

Row 6: Miss 1st ch, work 1 dc in each remaining ch, a joined dc over the 2 sts. Turn. (3 sts)

Row 7: 1 ch, work a joined dc over 1st 2 sts, 1 dc in last st. Don’t turn or fasten off.

Crochet border collie 2 ply back legs

Neatening Row

Work 1 sl st in each st around. Fasten off.

Crochet border collie 2 ply back legs neatened

To Make Up

Weave in ends. Attach the nose to the bottom of the blaze.

Crochet border collie 2 ply muzzle with nose

Stitch the tongue in behind the blaze.

Crochet border collie 2 ply blaze with tongue

Sew the blaze to the head.

Crochet border collie 2 ply head with blaze

Attach black beads for the eyes and add a white dot in the middle or embroider on the eyes.

Crochet border collie 2 ply head with eyes

Stitch the front of the body to the back of the body.

Crochet border collie 2 ply body joined

Sew the head to the front of the body.

Crochet border collie 2 ply body with head

Attach the back legs to the back of the body.

Finished crochet border collie 2 ply landscape

And there’s the finished border collie applique. I’ve also made it in different sizes and colours.

Finished crochet border collie 2 ply group landscape 2

I hope that you’ve enjoyed the pattern. If you’ve liked it, you might want to have a look at some of my other patterns including the crochet Shih Tzu, crochet basset hound, crochet boxer dog pattern, the Boston terrier pattern, the crochet dachshund, the Chihuahua and the Yorkshire terrier pattern.

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