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It is time for the Summer 2026 Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along! Today is Day 1 of the Summer Cookout Mini Amigururmi Crochet Along. For the next 2 weeks every day except Sunday I will be sharing a new mini amigurumi pattern that fits the Summer Cookout theme. Think different foods and drinks you might see at a backyard barbecue in the summer. Today we are starting with one of the first foods I think of when I think of a summer cookout- a Tiny Hot Dog.
The first things I think of when I think of a summer get together where you are cooking something on the grill to feed to a big group are hot dogs and hamburgers. They are the backyard barbecue classics, especially if you are feeding kids, at least that is the case in my family. So I knew that those were things that had to make the list and I figured why not start off with one of them.
I made my little hot dog in a bun with mustard. I know there are lots of ways to top a hot dog and I am typically a ketchup and mustard person, but I stuck with only mustard for my amigurumi hot dog for a couple of reasons. One, I wanted to keep it really simple and only add one condiment, and two, I felt like the yellow of the mustard would pop more on the reddish colored hot dog than red would. The mustard is stitched on the top after the hot dog is crocheted, so you can feel free to add whatever stitching you want to the top of your hotdog for condiments.
The hot dog itself is super simple to make, just a little tube shape that is finished off on both ends. The only part about it that was a little tricky was finding the right color to use. I'm not really even sure exactly what color you would use to describe the color of a hot dog. Reddish-pink, pinkish-brown, reddish-brown. I saw a pattern for a hot dog that used Red Heart Super Saver in Carrot, which is a dark orange which didn't seem quite right to me because I don't think of hot dogs as being orange, but also somehow it didn't look terrible. I finally decided I was going to use Red Heart Super Saver in the color Sienna which is a brown with a reddish orange tone to it. So I made my hot dog and it was ok, but I didn't love it. I happened to run to Walmart for something and decided to check the yarn aisle just in case I could find something better and found Red Heart Super Saver in Brick Red, which I think ended up being the perfect color. The only problem is they only had the jumbo size skein and I needed it to make a tiny hot dog, so now I need to come up with something to make with a whole bunch of brick red yarn.
For the but I used Red Heart Super Saver in the color Buff, any light tan color would work, but that is the one I happened to have on hand. It is made in 2 halves that are sewn together along one edge to make the whole bun. And then for the mustard I wanted a yellow mustard, like French's mustard style mustard so I used Red Heart Super Saver in Bright Yellow. You could use more of a brownish yellow or golden yellow for different mustards, or red for ketchup, green for pickle relish, or whatever else you may want to add to your hot dog.
Come back tomorrow to see what the second amigurumi in the Summer Cookout will be!
How to Crochet a Tiny Hot Dog
Finished Size: about 4 1/2" long
You will need:
- medium weight yarn in reddish color for hot dog, tan for bun, and yellow or other colors for condiment/s (sample made in Red Hear Super Saver in Brick Red, Buff, and Bright Yellow)
- G crochet hook (4/4.25 mm)
- 2- 6 mm safety eyes
- Polyfil fiberfill
- yarn needle
- stitch markers
- scissors
- black embroidery floss and needle
Instructions:
The hot dog is made in 3 pieces, the hot dog, and two halves of the bun. The bun is VERY LIGHTLY stuffed and flattened, then the two halves are sewn together to make the bun. The mustard/condiment is added by working a chain stitch (embroidery stitch) along the top of the hot dog.
Here is a video I found showing the embroidered chain stitch in case you are not familiar- Chain Stitch
Hot Dog
Make 1 with red, beginning with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)
Rounds 3-14: 1 sc in each st (12 sc)
Stuff your hot dog, adding a little more as needed as you close up the hot dog in the next round
Round 15: sc2tog around (6 sc)
Finish off, weave in ends
Use chain embroidery stitch to stitch mustard or desired condiments to the top of the hot dog
Bun
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)
Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (18 sc)
Rounds 4-18: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)
on one half of the bun add eyes, 1 between rounds 8 and 9, and another even with the first between rounds 12 and 13 (you may want to do this before finishing all 18 rounds up to this point, just to make it easier to reach in)
Stitch a mouth below the eyes (you can do this after completing the bun but I find it easier to tie off my embroidery floss if I do it while the piece is still open)
Stuff the bun VERY LIGHTLY, you want to be able to flatten the bun and just have enough stuffing to give it a little shape. You could leave the stuff out completely but I preferred the look of just a bit of stuffing so it wasn't so flat.
Round 15: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (12 sc)
Round 16: sc2tog around (6 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn, weaving the opening closed and leaving a long tail one one half to sew the buns and hot dog together
Flatten your buns so that they make two flat oval shapes with the face in the center of one half, place the two halves together with the face facing out and stitch the two halves together along the bottom edge, place the hot dog in the bun and stitch through a few times to stitch in place securely, weave in end.
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