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Crochet Pattern «Dragon»

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Abbreviations:
MR - magic ring
SC - single crochet
CH - chain
DEC - decrease – 2 sc together
INC - increase – 2 sc in one stitch
SL ST - slip stitch
FLO – front loops only
(...) х N – repeat N times the instruction in brackets
(...) – total number of stitches at the end of row/round.
Materials:
1. Super Bulky/Super Chunky/14ply chenille yarn Himalaya Dolphin Baby (100% polyester),
100 g/120 m. Light green color No. 80359, 2 skeins. A Little of dark green color No. 80361 for
the wings and decoration.
Size of the toy about 42 cm (16.5 ‘’).
2. Hook size 3.5 mm (or convenient hook size for your yarn).
3. Toy stuffing material (fiberfill, synthetic filling).
4. Long yarn needle.
5. Some yarn to embroider eyes, Fine/4ply yarn Alize Cotton Gold (55% cotton, 45% acrylic),
100 g /330 m, black color.
The indicated materials are recommended and what I used to create this toy. You can use any
other materials at your discretion, but you must understand that other materials will affect
the result.
Tips:
At the beginning of the round, use a colored thread as
a marker to mark the first stitch of each new round
and follow the symmetry of pieces. When crocheting
some pieces of the toy (in the pattern it is written), it
is necessary to follow the symmetry so that the
marker does not go to the right. Therefore, as soon as
you notice the marker goes to the right, you need to
crochet an extra stitch. The extra (shift) stitch is
always the first stitch of the round (crochet like sc),
but then the second stitch that follows it is already
considered the first stitch. This way we align the
crocheting. Note that the extra stitch is not included in the total number of stitches for the
pattern.

Note! Work in a spiral, crochet in light green color.

Forelegs: make 2. Follow the marker, align it in the process.
1 Rnd: 6 sc in a MR (6) or ch2, 6 sc in the second chain from the hook (6)
2 Rnd: inc x 6 (12)
3 Rnd: (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4 Rnd: 18 sc (18)
5 Rnd: (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
6-7 Rnds: 12 sc (12) 2 Rounds
8 Rnd: (inc, 5 sc) x 2 (14). Stuff with fiberfill until round 7, do not stuff further.
9-13 Rnds: 14 sc (14) 5 Rounds
14 Rnd: (dec, 5 sc) x 2 (12)
15-22 Rnds: 12 sc (12) 8 Rounds
Next, fold in half and crochet 6 sc through both sides. Cut the yarn, fasten off, hide it inside.
Crochet the second leg in the same way.
Hind legs: make 2. Do not stuff. Follow the marker, align it in the process.
1 Rnd: 6 sc in a MR (6) or ch2, 6 sc in the second chain from the hook (6)
2 Rnd: inc x 6 (12)
3 Rnd: (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4 Rnd: 18 sc (18)
5 Rnd: (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
6-7 Rnds: 12 sc (12) 2 Rounds
8 Rnd: (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
9-11 Rnds: 18 sc (18) 3 Rounds
12 Rnd: (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
13 Rnd: 12 sc (12)
Next, fold in half and crochet 6 sc through both sides. Cut the yarn, fasten off, hide it inside.
Crochet the second leg in the same way.

Body: Do not stuff. Follow the marker, align it in the process.

1 Rnd: 6 sc in a MR (6) or ch2, 6 sc in the second chain from the hook (6)
2 Rnd: inc x 6 (12)
3 Rnd: 12 sc (12)
4 Rnd: (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
5 Rnd: 18 sc (18)
6 Rnd: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
7 Rnd: 24 sc (24)
8 Rnd: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
9 Rnd: 30 sc (30)
10 Rnd: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
11 Rnd: 36 sc (36)
12 Rnd: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
13 Rnd: 42 sc (42)
14 Rnd: (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
15 Rnd: 48 sc (48)
16 Rnd: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
17 Rnd: 54 sc (54)
18 Rnd: (8 sc, inc) x 6 (60)
19 Rnd: join the hind legs, 6 sc with the hind leg and body, 18 sc on the body, 6 sc with the
second hind leg and body, 30 sc on the body (60)
Make sure the legs are on the sides of the body.
20 Rnd: 60 sc (60)
21 Rnd: (28 sc, dec) x 2 (58)
22 Rnd: (dec, 27 sc) x 2 (56)
23 Rnd: (26 sc, dec) x 2 (54)
24 Rnd: (dec, 25 sc) x 2 (52)
25 Rnd: (24 sc, dec) x 2 (50)
26 Rnd: (dec, 23 sc) x 2 (48)
27 Rnd: 48 sc (48)
28 Rnd: (22 sc, dec) x 2 (46)
29 Rnd: 46 sc (46)
30 Rnd: (dec, 21 sc) x 2 (44)
31 Rnd: 44 sc (44)
32 Rnd: (20 sc, dec) x 2 (42)
33 Rnd: 42 sc (42)
34 Rnd: (dec, 19 sc) x 2 (40)
35 Rnd: 40 sc (40)
36 Rnd: (18 sc, dec) x 2 (38)
37 Rnd: dec, 15 sc, dec x 2, 15 sc, dec (34)
38 Rnd: dec, 13 sc, dec x 2, 13 sc, dec (30)
39 Rnd: (dec, 3 sc) x 5, dec (21). Three stitches remain unused.
Join the forelegs.
40 Rnd: 6 sc with the foreleg and body, 6 sc on the body, 6 sc with the second foreleg and
body, 9 sc on the body (27)
Make sure the legs are on the sides of the body.
41 Rnd: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
42 Rnd: fold in half and crochet 9 sc through
both sides (9). Leave a long yarn end for
sewing the head.
Remove all markers.

Head: Ch9, from the second chain on the hook:

1 Rnd: 7 sc, 3 sc in the last chain, on the other side of the chain: 6 sc, inc (18)
Place a marker-thread, align it in the process.
2 Rnd: inc, 6 sc, inc x 3, 6 sc, inc x 2 (24)
3-5 Rnds: 24 sc (24) 3 Rounds
6 Rnd: 2 sc, inc x 8, 14 sc (32)
7 Rnd: 3 sc, (inc, sc) x 3, inc x 2, (sc, inc) x 3, 15 sc (40)
8 Rnd: (4 sc,inc) x 8 (48)
9-14 Rnds: 48 sc (48) 6 Rounds
15 Rnd: 3 sc, dec, (6 sc, dec) x 5, 3 sc (42)
16 Rnd: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
17 Rnd: 2 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec) x 5, 2 sc (30)
18 Rnd: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24). Stuff the head with fiberfill, giving it the required shape. The
head stuffed with fiberfill should be dense, elastic and soft.
19 Rnd: sc, dec, (2 sc, dec) x 5, sc (18)
20 Rnd: (sc, dec) x 6 (12). Add fiberfill into the head.
21 Rnd: dec x 6 (6)
Cut the yarn, leaving the end about 25 cm (10 inches). Insert the thread into the needle and
pull it through the front loop of each of the remaining stitches, pull it up, closing the hole.
Fasten off, hide it inside.
Ears: make 2.
1 Rnd: 6 sc in a MR (6) or ch2, 6 sc in the second
chain from the hook (6)
2 Rnd: inc x 6 (12)
Sl st in the second stitch of round 2.
The wrong side will be located inside the ear.
Fasten off, cut the yarn, leaving a long end for
sewing poieces.
Crochet the second ear in the same way.

Decoration:
Mark the center of the head with a contrasting thread. This will help us embroider the eyes,
ears and nostrils symmetrically.
Mark the location of the eyes and nostrils with sewing pins.
Center of eye between rounds 6 and 7, between pins 8 sc. Nostrils between rounds 2 and 3,
between nostrils 4 sc.
Embroider the nostrils: insert the thread a little away from the nostrils, make 3-4 horizontal
stitches, 2 sc wide. Then embroider the second nostril. Exit the needle through the stating
point, tie a knot, hide the ends inside the head. You can make an additional two stitches of
dark green yarn.
Embroider the eyes: take a black cotton thread, insert it a little away from the eye and exit
it through one round above the marked point. Make 12 vertical stitches, 2 rounds wide,
placing the thread first in the center and then on the sides, forming a rounded eye.
Embroider lashes.
Similarly, embroider the second eye.
Exit the thread through the first entry point, tie the ends into a knot, hide inside the head.

Fix and sew the ears with pins in round 13-14, between the ears 12 sc.
Place the toy with the front facing you. Fix the head to the neck with pins. Sew on the head,
grabbing the front loops of the neck and stitches of round 10 on the head. Turn the toy with
the back towards you and continue to sew on the head, grabbing the front loops of the
neck and stitches of round 11 on the head.
If you find it difficult to sew pieces with the main chenille thread, you can use cotton
thread to match the yarn.

Embroider three claws with dark green yarn on each leg. Two stitches for each claw, in
rounds 3-4.
Wings: make 2, with dark green yarn.
Note! Work in rows, make 1 turning chain at the end of each row and turn. This chain
does not counted in the total number of stitches in row.
1 Row: ch21, from the second chain on the hook: 20 sc (20)
2 Row: t-ch, skip 1 stitch, 17 sc (17). 2 stitches remain unused.

3 Row: t-ch, 17 sc (17)

4 Row: t-ch, skip 1 stitch, 14 sc (14). 2 stitches remain unused.
5 Row: t-ch, 14 sc (14)
6 Row: t-ch, skip 1 stitch, 11 sc (11). 2 stitches remain unused.

7 Row: t-ch, 11 sc (11)

8 Row: t-ch, skip 1 stitch, 8 sc (8). 2 stitches remain unused.
9 Row: t-ch, 8 sc (8)
9 sc on the side to the beginnig of crocheting.

Fasten off, cut the yarn, leaving a long end for sewing pieces.
Crochet the second wing in the same way.
Decoration: using a needle with a contrasting thread, mark the center of the back and
head.
Attach the dark green yarn to the center of round 10 of the head and work along the
marked line with the thread: sc, 3 dc in one stitch, (3 sc, 3 dc in one stitch) x 16, 3 sc.
Fasten off, cut the yarn, hide it inside.
Sew on the wings.
Congrats, Your Dragon is ready!