Moogly's Free Puppy Squish Pattern Is the Series' Most Requested Design

The most-requested design in Tamara Kelly's Squish series finally landed. The Puppy Squish, a free pattern from Kelly's Moogly blog, published April 8, 2026, with right- and left-handed support videos following the next day on April 9.

Built around Bernat Blanket yarn and a 7 mm hook, the pattern produces a roughly 10-inch stuffed dog. The material logic is straightforward: super-bulky weight means fewer stitches per round, cleaner amigurumi shaping, and that signature dense squishiness the series is known for. Kelly also outlines how hook and yarn substitutions can scale the toy up or down for makers working with different weights, giving the same base construction real range across yarn stashes.

What separates the Puppy Squish from a single-breed dog pattern is its built-in customizability. Two ear variations, a long floppy "hound" ear and a short folded "terrier" ear, give the same construction two distinct reads. Kelly goes further, noting that makers can pull ears, tails, and accent pieces from earlier Squish releases including the Cat, Fox, and Raccoon versions to compound the breed-specific effect. Add color-blocking for spots and eye patches, and the same stitch-for-stitch pattern can plausibly become a beagle, a dalmatian, or a scrappy terrier mix depending on yarn choices alone.

The April 9 video tutorials are embedded directly on the Moogly blog, and their format suits the way most visual learners actually work through amigurumi: watch a section, pause, stitch, repeat. Kelly recorded both handedness versions, removing one of the most persistent friction points for newer makers who have historically had to mirror-translate right-handed tutorials on the fly.

Kelly also updated her stuffing recommendations in the pattern notes, settling back on a 7 mm hook paired with a particular pillow ball after testing combinations and finding a better-fitting product. That kind of frank, practical detail is characteristic of the Moogly blog's voice and part of why the Squish series moves so effectively through crochet communities.

For makers looking to batch-produce for craft markets or charity donation drives, the pattern's quick construction and accessible gauge make it a strong candidate for high-volume sessions. It also holds up as a last-minute gift: approachable enough for a confident beginner working through the watch-pause-stitch rhythm, satisfying enough for an experienced maker who wants a fast project with real visual payoff.

A low-cost, ad-free PDF is available for offline access, but the free blog version includes all pattern text, gauge notes, and the embedded video support. Kelly describes the Puppy Squish as "the most requested of our Squish series," and the design carries everything that has made earlier Squish releases keep cycling through project feeds long after their original publication dates: a free entry point, video accessibility on both sides of the hook, and enough remix potential to keep the variations coming.