Cerberus Crochet Pattern

This pattern is for personal use only. You may not sell this pattern, parts of it, or
alter it in any way and claim it is your own. You may absolutely sell Cerberuses
made from this pattern online, but please give credit to CrochetedByRikki as the
designer!

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 Materials Needed

• 4.0 mm crochet hook (G Hook)

• 1 skein of medium worsted yarn (I used Hobby ILTY in “Coffee”)
• 3 pairs of 12mm safety eyes
• Scissors
• Tapestry needle
• Pins to hold the limbs in place as you sew
• Stitch marker
• Fiberfill, for stuffing
• Scarp strands of black & white yarn for embroidering facial details

Finished Size
Mine came out to be approximately 6” long and about 5” tall. Tension plays an extremely
important role in the final size of your doll, followed secondly by the kind of yarn you are
using. I have very tight tension, and so my doll may come out smaller than someone who
would have looser tension. There is no right or wrong tension! Just something to keep in
mind, as I have had people message me before upset that their dolls were not the same size
as mine. Please consider this a disclaimer J

Abbreviations
mc – magic circle - how I recommend to do this is to chain 2, in the second
chain from the hook perform the number of single crochet stitches called for
by the number following the letters. Example: mc 6 – chain 2, in the second
chain away from the hook single crochet 6 times.

sc – single crochet

inc – increase or 2 single crochets in the same stitch

dec – invisible decrease - this is done by inserting your hook into the front loop
of the next stitch and then inserting it into the front loop of the following stitch;
you now have two loops on your hook. Yarn over, and pull through both, then
yarn over again and pull through both of those loops on the hook. The invisible
decrease is now complete. Here is a link where I show how to do it, for those
who are visual learners: https://www.instagram.com/reel/COz5ReHnCBa/

F/o – fasten off - this means slip stitch into the next stitch, cut the yarn with
enough left over to attach the piece to the body, if it is a limb, and then pull the
yarn tight through the loop of the slip stitch.

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Heads – Make 3

Round 1: mc 6 (6)
Round 2: (inc), 6 times. (12)
Round 3: (sc, inc), 6 times. (18)
Round 4: (2sc, inc), 6 times. (24)
Round 5: (3sc, inc), 6 times. (30)
Round 6: (4sc, inc), 6 times. (36)
Rounds 7 – 13: sc around. (36)
Round 14: (5sc, inc), 6 times. (42)
Rounds 15 – 17: sc around. (42)

Place eyes between Round 12 &

Round 13 with 7 stitches in between.
Stuff the head firmly as you decrease.

Round 18: (5sc, dec), 6 times. (36)

Round 19: (4sc, dec), 6 times. (30)
Round 20: (3sc, dec), 6 times. (24)
Round 21: (2sc, dec), 6 times. (18)
Round 22: (sc, dec), 6 times. (12)
Round 23: (dec), 6 times. (6)
F/o

Muzzles – Make 3

Round 1: mc 6 (6)
Round 2: (inc), 6 times. (12)
Round 3: (sc, inc), 6 times. (18)
Rounds 4 – 7: sc around. (18)
F/o, leave a long tail for sewing

Ears – Make 6

Round 1: mc 6 (6)
Round 2: (sc, inc), 3 times. (9)
Round 3: (2sc, inc), 3 times. (12)
Rounds 4 – 8: sc around. (12)
F/o, leave a long tail for sewing
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Body

Round 1: mc 6: (6)
Round 2: (inc), 6 times. (12)
Round 3: (sc, inc), 6 times. (18)
Round 4: (2sc, inc), 6 times. (24)
Round 5: (3sc, inc), 6 times. (30)
Round 6: (4sc, inc), 6 times. (36)
Rounds 7 – 25: sc around. (36)
Round 26: (4sc, dec) 6 times. (30)

Stuff the body firmly as you

continue to decrease

Round 27: (3sc, dec) 6 times. (24)

Round 28: (2sc, dec) 6 times. (18)
Round 29: (sc, dec) 6 times. (12)
Round 30: (dec) 6 times. (6)
F/o, leave a very long tail! We will be using this strand to sew the heads
on!

Legs – Make 4

Round 1: mc 6 (6)
Round 2: (inc), 6 times. (12)
Round 3: (sc, inc), 6 times. (18)
Round 4: (2sc, inc), 6 times. (24)
Rounds 5 – 8: sc around (24)
Round 9: (dec), 6 times, 12sc. (18)
Rounds 10 – 16: sc around. (18)
F/o, leave a long tail for sewing

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Tail

Round 1: mc 6 (6)
Round 2: sc around (6)
Round 3: inc, 5sc. (7)
Round 4: inc, 6 sc. (8)
Round 5: inc, 7sc. (9)
Round 6: inc, 8sc. (10)
Round 7: inc, 9sc. (11)
Round 8: inc, 10sc. (12)
Rounds 9 – 14: sc around. (12)
F/o, leave a long tail for sewing

Assembly

First thing we are going to do, assemble all the heads! For each head,
make sure it is stuffed to your desired firmness and whipstitch the
bottom closed. Next, pin the muzzle to the middle of the face, in between
the eyes, and start sewing it on. Pause when you are about 70% of the
way attached, and stuff the muzzle firmly, then finish attaching. Next pin
the ears to either side of the head, and sew them on. Make sure they are
in line with one another!

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Now, for the facial details! With a strand of black yarn, embroider a nose
and little mouth to the center of the muzzle.

Optional: With a strand of white yarn, embroider a little line under each
eye (this is giving your pups “moon eyes”, which I find adorable and is
my absolute weakness when my dogs give them to me, but again, this is
completely optional!) If you want your Cerberus to appear more fierce
leave it off, and you could even embroider furrowed brows going over
the tops of the eyes!

Okay, now all the heads are assembled and ready to be attached to the
body!

Make sure the body is stuffed as much as you can! This is the base of our
doll after all, and he will end up quite heavy with all those heads!
Whipstitch the body closed, and weave the tail through so it comes out
where you are going to start attaching heads.

Start with the “center head”, I positioned mine on the very top of the
body. Make sure you are sewing very tightly! We don’t want any floppy
heads, and sturdy dolls can last forever! If after going around one time
sewing the head on, and it is still kind of floppy, you can definitely go
around again (but the real trick to sewing things on well, is pulling your
strand tightly every single stitch)! Attach the remaining two heads
below, and off to either side of the “center head”. Take your time sewing,
we are going in at very odd angles once you start adding more heads!
Maintain patience and your Cerberus is going to turn out great!!

Stuff the legs firmly, and pin two legs to the front of the body, one leg
under each “side head”. We are positioning them to prop the doll
upwards so we can see those adorable faces better! Once you are happy
with the positioning of the legs, sew them on!

Attach the back legs to either side of the back of the body. I kept my
doll’s bottom flat with the surface of my table, just so he maintained
good balance! However, you can get as creative as you’d like! You could
even sew the legs to make your doll standing up on all fours, but if you
chose to do this I recommend pinning all the legs in place to make sure
you have the positioning right for his balance (those heads are going to
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be a challenge, but not impossible if you take it nice and slow)!

Lastly, stuff the tail and attach it! Your Cerberus is done!!! Great job, I
know that was a lot of challenging sewing, but I hope you love him and
he was worth it! J

I hope you had fun making Fluffy! I would absolutely love to see your
creations, please feel free to tag me (@crochetedbyrikki) if you post
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them so I can adore them & feature them in my stories! If you have any
questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me! – Rikki

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