No “best in show” but not too shabby for a first year.
Dragon #4 – First Premium at the Tunbridge World’s Fair!
Among other things, I entered a dragon at the craft section of the Tunbridge World’s Fair. Here it is in all its glory.
Crochet pattern for a slightly fierce but friendly really Dragon
I was introduced to a really cool crochet pattern: http://heavens-hellcat.livejournal.com/807.html , I finally finished it, it took a few trial and errors for a beginner like me but the result is freaking awesome and I got a lot better at crochet-ing.
Nostrils:
8 sc in ring
FO leaving a bit of a tail.
8 sc in ring, then sc into any stitch on the first ring and go all the way around both of them, ending up with 16 st. Use the tail to sew up any gap between the 2 parts.
Head & Body:
16 sc
do the following reductions at the middle top and middle bottom of the nose
14 sc
14 sc
12 sc
10 sc
do the next 4 increases at the top to create the head
14 sc
14 sc
14 sc
do the following decreases at the top
12 sc
10 sc
8 sc
8 sc
8 sc
increase by one stitch anywhere
9 sc
10 sc
10 sc
10 sc
11 sc
12 sc
do the next increase at the bottom to create the body
18 sc
18 sc
increase every 3rd stitch
24 sc
24 sc
24 sc
do the following increases at sides
26 sc
26 sc
26 sc
28 sc
28 sc
do the following reductions at the sides, but a bit randomly, or there will be a distinct line
26 sc
24 sc
22 sc
20 sc
18 sc
16 sc
14 sc
14 sc
12 sc x 11
11 sc x 3
10 sc x 3
9 sc x 3
8 sc x 4
7 sc x 10
6 sc
keep reducing every 2 st until the hole is too small to do any more
FO
Back legs (make 2):
6 sc in ring;
12 sc x 4
6 sc, dec 2, dec 2, dec 2 -> 9
9 sc
9 sc
6 sc, inc 2, inc 2, inc 2 -> 12
1 sc, inc 2, 1 sc, inc 2, 1 sc, inc 2, 1 sc, inc 2, 1 sc, inc 2, 1 sc, inc 2, -> 18
18 sc
18 sc
3 sc, dec 2, dec 2, 4 sc, dec 2, dec 2, dec 2, 1 sc -> 13
2 sc, dec 2, dec 2, 2 sc, dec 2, 1 sc, dec 2 -> 9
2 sc, dec 2, 2 sc, dec 2 -> 7
keep reducing every 2 st until the hole is too small to do any more.
Front legs (make 2):
5 sc in ring
10 sc x 4
6 sc, dec 2, dec 2 -> 8
8 sc x 6 rounds
keep reducing every 2 st until the hole is too small to do any more.
Spikes on back (make a long as needed):
ch 3, sc into 2nd ch from hook, hdc into 3rd ch from hook, ch1
Wings (make 2):
ch 16
skip 1st ch, 3 ss, 5 sc, 7 hdc, ch 2, turn
7 hdc, 5 sc, 3 ss, ch1, turn
3 ss, 5 sc, 7 hdc, ch 3, turn
skip 1st ch, 2 ss (to make claws), 7 hdc, 5 sc, 3 ss, ch1, turn
3 ss, 5 sc, 7 hdc, ch 2, turn
7 hdc, 5 sc, 3 ss, ch1, turn
3 ss, 5 sc, 7 hdc, ch 3, turn
skip 1st ch, 2 ss (to make claws), 7 hdc, 5 sc, 3 ss, ch1, turn
3 ss, 5 sc, 7 hdc, ch 2, turn
7 hdc, 5 sc, 3 ss, ch1, turn
3 ss, 5 sc, 7 hdc, ch 3, turn
skip 1st ch, 2 ss, 15 sc
Then sc along the base of the wing and along the other side, ch3, turn, miss 1st ch, 2 ss to make last claw.
FO leaving tail to secure the last claw to the rest of the wing.
Ears:
Ch 6, turn
skip 1st st, sc, dc, sc, ss.
Leave the last ch and ss up the other side of the ear to the tip.
FO
Completing your dragon:
Sew it all together!
*** this pattern was slightly adapted (made a bit simpler) from http://heavens-hellcat.livejournal.com/807.html , all credit due to heavens_hellcat ***