Little Dragon crochet pattern
Hello everyone, today I will share with you how to make a cute little dragon, which you can use to make toys for your little ones. I collect this little Dragon crochet pattern from @Iryna Zubova.
Materials & Tools
Yarn – Yarn Art Jeans – 50g/160m (55% cotton, 45% polyacrylic) grassy color (69) – a quarter of a skein light green color (11) – little.
Yarn “Iris” or any other thin cotton yarn – black.
Hook – 1.5 mm.
Eyes on a secure mount – 6 mm.
Filler for toys (holofiber, sintepukh, etc.).
Markers
Sewing needle.
The needle is long – 15 cm.
Abbreviations
US standard abbreviations
MR – magic ring
ch – chain
st – stitch
sc – single crochet
dc – double crochet
hdc – half double crochet
inc – increase
dec – decrease
sl st – slip stitch
The height of the toy is 11 cm in case you have been used the recommended yarn and crochet with the “ticks” technique.
All parts are crochet in a spiral, unless otherwise indicated.
Body
Start (hook 1.5 mm): Yarn Art Jeans – grassy color (69).
Stuff the legs with the filler as you crochet.
R1: MR 6sc
R2: 6inc (12)
R3: (1sc, 1inc) *6 (18)
R4: (2sc, 1inc) *6 (24)
R5: (3sc, 1inc) *6 (30)
R6-8: 30sc (30)
R9: (1dec, 3sc) *6 (24)
R10-11: 24sc (24)
R12: (1dec, 2sc) *6 (18)
R13-14: 18sc (18)
R15: (1dec, 1sc) *6 (12)
We leave a long thread tip for sewing. Cut the thread and fix it with a knot.
Head
Start (hook 1.5 mm): Yarn Art Jeans – light green color (11).
Stuff the legs with the filler as you crochet.
R1: MR 6sc
R2: inc 6 (12)
R3: (1sc, 1inc) *6 (18)
R4-6: 18sc (18)
R7: change the color to grassy (69), 6sc, 6inc, 6sc (24)
R8: 6sc, (1sc, 1inc) *6, 6sc (30)
R9-13: 30sc (30)
Insert eyes between 7-8 rounds, before the first increase stitch and after the last increase stitch.
R14: (1dec, 3sc) *6 (24)
R15: (1dec, 2sc) *6 (18)
R16: (1sc, 1dec) *6 (12)
R17: 6dec (6)
Cut the thread and fix it with a knot. Pull the hole, hide the thread inside.
Legs (2 pcs)
Start (hook 1.5 mm): Yarn Art Jeans – light green color (11).
Stuff the legs with the filler as you crochet.
R1: MR 6sc
R2: 6inc (12)
R3: 1inc, 3sc, 3inc, 3sc, 2inc (18)
R4: change the grassy color (69), 18sc (18)
R5: 3sc, 6dec, 3sc (12)
R6: 3sc, 3dec, 3sc (9)
R7: 9sc (9)
R8: (2sc, 1inc) *3 (12)
R9: sc 12 (12)
R10: (5sc, 1inc) *2 (14)
R11: (6sc, 1inc) *2 (16)
R12: (7sc, 1inc) *2 (18)
R13: (1sc, 1dec) *6 (12)
R14: 6dec (6)
Cut the thread and fix it with a knot. Pull the hole, hide the thread inside.
Arms (2 pcs)
Start (hook 1.5 mm): Yarn Art Jeans – grassy color (69).
Stuff the legs with the filler as you crochet.
R1: MR 6sc
R2: (1sc, 1inc) *3 (9)
R3-10: 9sc (9)
R11: (1dec, 1sc) (6)
Cut the thread and fix it with a knot. Pull the hole, hide the thread inside.
Tail
Start (hook 1.5 mm): Yarn Art Jeans – grassy color (69).
Stuff the legs with the filler as you crochet.
R1: MR 6sc
R2-3: 6sc (6)
R4: (1sc, 1inc) *3 (9)
R5-6: 9sc (9)
R7: (2sc, 1inc) *3 (12)
R8-9: 12sc (12)
R10: (3sc, 1inc) *3 (15)
R11-12: 15sc (15)
R13: (4sc, inc) *3 (18)
R14-15: 18sc (18)
Fix it with a knot. Leave the thread for sewing.
Ears
Start (hook 1.5 mm): Yarn Art Jeans – grassy color (69).
Make ch 7st, from the second loop from the hook 1sc, 1hdc, 4dc
Fix it with a knot. Leave the thread for sewing.
Spines
Start (hook 1.5 mm): Yarn Art Jeans – light green color (11).
3 pcs
R1: MR 6sc
Fix it with a knot. Leave the thread for sewing.
Sew head to body
Use the thread left on the body.
The body and head have the same number of loops, sew the “loop to loop” technique (each loop on the body corresponds to a loop on the neck).
Sew in a circle, leave a small hole and fill the neck with filler, sew up the hole. You can sew one more circle.
Head decoration
Embroider the nose
Embroider mouth and eyebrows
Sew on the ears and spines.
Thread connection of arms and legs.
Mark the position of the arms and legs on the body.
Put marks for arms between 2nd and 3rd rows from the head sewing seam.
Put marks for legs between 6th and 7th rows from the magic ring,
Mark the location of the buttons on the arms and legs.
Put marks on the arms between 2nd and 3rd rows from the top of the arm.
Put marks on the legs between 2nd and 3rd rows next the top of the leg.
Use a long needle to pull the thread through the three parts: arm (leg), body, arm (leg).
Make two circles, tighten, and fix the thread with a knot.
Hide the ends of the thread inside.
Or use a thread folded in half.
Sew on the tail.
So we are done, I hope you enjoy it, if you have any questions about this little Dragon crochet pattern, please leave a comment. Don’t forget to follow our website ngoclanhandmade.com and Youtube channel ngoclanhandmade regularly to receive free crochet patterns.