Lounging Pet Bed Crochet Pattern

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We go through a lot of testing of cat beds in our house and one problem we always seem to run into is what we get are too small and too tall.

I have a “robust” cat (don’t tell her that <.<) that is also a tripod so small beds are not good and tall sides are not good either. That is why I made a crochet cat mat for her a few years ago.

In addition to her, my little orange demon, I mean cat….. doesn’t seem to like anything with high sides unless it is made of cardboard. So I wanted to make something that would accommodate them both and came up with the Lounging Pet Bed Pattern.

The Yarn

To make this pet bed I used Bernat Maker Home Dec Yarn. This has been discontinued (my biggest yarn pet peeve) by Bernat and is now rereleased as Bernat Maker Yarn (it looks like the same thing just different colors).

The colors in the pictures are the “old” Home Dec Yarn and still appear to be available on Amazon at least in the U.S.

The Stitch

This pattern also uses a new stitch that I also used on this crochet plant pot cover. I have called this stitch a Modified Spiked Half Double Crochet Stitch. It involves having the hook go through both your current working stitch and the stitch one row below.

Pictures are included below along with written directions on the stitch in the Special Stitches Section. The video tutorial for this pet bed also shows you how to do the stitch.

The Sides

The sides of this pet bed are supposed to look scalloped and not perfectly rounded. So no need to fear, you don’t have to block this or anything 🙂

The Sizes

There are 2 sizes that this pattern is written for, a small and a large. The small is about 12″ across the inside on the bottom and the large is 15″ across.

While the small will fit a cat, I can say among the 3 cats in my house they prefer the large, even though only one of them actually needs that size.

If you want the smaller size, when doing the base pieces you can stop at Round 14, for the large continue on through Round 17.

Notes:

• This crochet pattern is written in US terms.
• This pattern is worked in the round.
• To make the cat bed, 2 bottom pieces are made and then connected using a round of half double crochet stitches, from there the body is worked up in the round.
• The initial chain at the start of each round does not count as a stitch.
• There are 2 sizes for the cat bed: small and large. The small size is 12” (~30.5 cm) across on the inside and the larger size is 15” (~38 cm) across on the inside.
• The sides are 3.5” (~9 cm) tall.
• You can adjust the height of the sides by adding more repeats of row 3.

Materials:

• 355 yards of a #5 bulky weight yarn for the small size
• 495 yards of a #5 bulky weight yarn for the large size
• Yarn Used: Bernat Maker Home DEC
• 7.0 mm crochet hook
• Yarn needle to weave in ends.
• Stitch Markers (optional)

Crochet Stitches/Abbreviations Used:

• ch – chain
• st/sts – stitch/stitches
• x – times (2x = 2 times, 3x = 3 times, etc)
• sc – single crochet
• hdc – half double crochet
• sc2tog – single crochet two together
• b2lps – back 2 loops
• msp-hdc – modified spiked half double crochet

Special Stitches:

b2lps (back 2 loops) – This can be found at the back part of the half double crochet stitch, it is the loop that is behind the back loop of the stitch in addition to the back loop of the stitch.

msp-hdc (Modified Spiked Half Double Crochet) –  Insert hook into current st, yo and pull up a loop, insert hook into the st 1 row below current st, yo and pull up a loop, yo and pull through all 3 loops on hook

sc2tog (single crochet two together) – insert hook into next stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop, insert hook into the following stitch, yarn over and pull a loop, yarn over again, and pull through all 3 loops on your hook.

Video Tutorial:

Written Pattern:

Base: (make 2 of these)

Foundation: ch 4, sl st 1st and last chain to join and form a ring.

Round 1:  ch 1, hdc 8x into the ring, sl st into back 2 loops of 1st st to join 1st and last st (8 sts)

Round 2: ch 1, (working in b2lps  and starting in the 1st st), hdc in 2x in each stitch all the way around, sl st into back 2 loops of 1st st to join 1st and last st (16 sts)

Round 3: ch 1, (working in b2lps  and starting in the 1st st), * hdc in the next st, hdc 2x in the next st, repeat from * all around, sl st into back 2 loops of 1st st to join 1st and last st (24 sts)

Round 4: ch 1, (working in b2lps  and starting in the 1st st), * hdc 2x in the next st, hdc once in each of the next 2 sts, repeat from * all around, sl st to join 1st and last st (32 sts)

Round 5: ch 1, (working in b2lps  and starting in the 1st st), * hdc once in each of the next 3 sts, hdc 2x in the next st, repeat from * all around, sl st to join 1st and last st (40 sts)

Round 6: ch 1, (working in b2lps  and starting in the 1st st), * hdc 2x in the next st, hdc once in each of the next 4 sts, repeat from * all around, sl st to join 1st and last st (48 sts)

Round 7: ch 1, (working in b2lps  and starting in the 1st st), * hdc once in each of the next 5 sts, hdc 2x in the next st, repeat from * all around, sl st to join 1st and last st (56 sts)

Round 8: ch 1, (working in b2lps  and starting in the 1st st), * hdc 2x in the next st, hdc once in each of the next 6 sts, repeat from * all around, sl st to join 1st and last st (64 sts)

Round 9: ch 1, (working in b2lps  and starting in the 1st st), * hdc once in each of the next 7 sts, hdc 2x in the next st, repeat from * all around, sl st to join 1st and last st (72 sts)

Round 10: ch 1, (working in b2lps  and starting in the 1st st), * hdc 2x in the next st, hdc once in each of the next 8 sts, repeat from * all around, sl st to join 1st and last st (80 sts)

Round 11: ch 1, (working in b2lps  and starting in the 1st st), * hdc once in each of the next 9 sts, hdc 2x in the next st, repeat from * all around, sl st to join 1st and last st (88 sts)

Round 12: ch 1, (working in b2lps  and starting in the 1st st), * hdc 2x in the next st, hdc once in each of the next 10 sts, repeat from * all around, sl st to join 1st and last st (96 sts)

Round 13: ch 1, (working in b2lps  and starting in the 1st st), * hdc once in each of the next 11 sts, hdc 2x in the next st, repeat from * all around, sl st to join 1st and last st (104 sts)

Round 14: ch 1, (working in b2lps and starting in the 1st st), * hdc 2x in the next st, hdc once in each of the next 12 sts, repeat from * all around, sl st to join 1st and last st (112 sts)

Stop here for the smaller-sized bed.

Continue the remaining rounds for the larger-sized bed

Round 15: ch 1, (starting in the 1st st), * hdc once in each of the next 13 sts, hdc 2x in the next st, repeat from * all around, sl st to join 1st and last st (120 sts)

Round 16: ch 1, (starting in the 1st st), * hdc 2x in the next st, hdc once in each of the next 14 sts, repeat from * all around, sl st to join 1st and last st (128 sts)

Round 17: ch 1, (starting in the 1st st), * hdc once in each of the next 15 sts, hdc 2x in the next st, repeat from * all around, sl st to join 1st and last st (136 sts)

Body:

Round 1: Place both bottom pieces together back to back, align the edges so that each half double crochet stitch match up, ch 1,(going through both aligning stitches in both pieces while back to back, and starting in the 1st st) hdc in each st all around, sl st to join 1st and last st.

Round 2: ch 1, turn, (starting in the 1st st), msp hdc in each st all the way around, sl st to join 1st and last st

Rounds 3 – 7: ch 1, (starting in the 1st st), msp hdc in each st all the way around, sl st to join 1st and last st

Do more of these rounds for higher sides if you would like to have taller sides on the pet bed.

Rounds 8 – 10: ch 1, (starting in the 1st st) sc into each st all the way around, sl st to join 1st and last st 

Round 11: ch 1, (starting in 1st st), * sc once in each of the next 12 sts, sc2tog over the next 2 stitches * repeat from * all around (you might not end with sc2tog due to size variations of the base) Fasten off and weave in ends.

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