dragon pattern

It’s the Year of the Dragon this year! To celebrate, crochet your own fire-breathing cuties in a

rainbow of colours for yourself or for your friends!

Materials:

green yarn (I used Patons Grace in Ginger)

2.00 mm crochet hook

yarn needle

fiberfill

beige felt (for wings and scaled body), dark brown felt (for horns), and pink felt (for cheeks)

7.5 mm safety eyes

black embroidery floss (for mouth), white embroidery floss (for fang), tan embroidery floss

(for scaled body)

glue gun

fabric glue

Note: I worked in continuous rounds (vs. joined rounds). ***PLEASE follow along with my blog

post here to see step-by-step photos.

HEAD

Using green yarn,

Chain 7

R1: Starting from second chain from hook, Sc 6. Turn and Sc 6 [we are making an oval by

crocheting around the chain]. (12 sts)

R2: *Sc 1, 2 sc in next sc*, rep 6 times. (18 sts)

R3: *Sc 2, 2 sc in next sc*, rep 6 times. (24 sts)

R4: *Sc 3, 2 sc in next sc*, rep 6 times (30 sts)


R6-8: Sc 36




R12-R16: Sc 54

R17: *Sc 7, dec 1*, rep 6 times (48 sts)

R18: Sc 48



Position safety eyes and embroider mouth and fang.


Stuff head firmly.

R22: *Dec 1*, rep 10 times (10 sts)

R23: *Dec 1*, rep 5 times (5 sts)

Fasten off and weave in end. Cut two oval pieces of pink felt and glue onto face as cheeks.

WINGS (make 2)

- Cut out two isosceles triangles from beige felt.

- Using same yarn as head, cut 5 pieces of yarn for each wing and splay them outwards from

the tip of the triangle.

- Using fabric glue, secure the yarn in place.

- Trim the felt cutting from one piece of yarn to the next and then scallop the edges between

the yarn pieces.

- Secure wings onto the Dragon’s head using a glue gun.

HORNS (make 4: 2 small, 2 large)

Cut the following shapes out of dark brown felt. Apply glue with a glue gun and roll into cone

shapes (similar method here). Make two larger cones for the back and two smaller cones for

the front. Glue them onto Dragon’s head.

LEGS (make 2) + BODY

Using green yarn,

R1: 6 Sc in magic ring (6 sts)

R2: 2 sc in each sc around (12 sts)

R3: Sc 12

For the first leg, fasten off (no need to leave long end for sewing). For the second leg, do

not cut off the yarn. Chain 1 and join with slip stitch to any sc on first leg. *Slip stitch in next sc

around on same leg, Chain 1, then slip stitch to next sc on oppositeleg*, rep 3 times.

The stitch count gets a little messy with these joins, so I single crocheted around the legs and

joins for Row 4 as follows:

R4: Sc 22

R5-12: Sc 22

Fasten off and leave long end for sewing. Stuff body and sew to head.

ARMS (make 2)

Using green yarn,

R1: 6 sc in magic ring. (6 sts)

R2-4: Sc 6

Fasten off and leave long end for sewing. Attach to sides of body.

TAIL

Using green yarn,

R1: 4 sc in magic ring. (4 sts)

R2-3: Sc 4

R4: *Sc 1, 2 sc in next sc*, rep 2 times (6 sc)

R5: *Sc 2, 2 sc in next sc*, rep 2 times (8 sc)

Fasten off and leave long end for sewing. Attach to bottom-back of Dragon to help give him

balance. If you want your Dragon to appear like he is leaning back and about to give out a puff

of fire, angle the tail upwards.

Adding scaled detailing to body:

- Cut out above shape from beige felt. Wrap tan embroidery floss around felt piece applying

glue dots on the back along the way to secure the floss in place. Glue felt piece with

embroidery floss onto body of Dragon when complete.

Have a very Happy Chinese New Year, and have fun making these legendary creatures :)

They would make extra special gifts for babies born this year or for people who are the Year of

the Dragon. Once again, please check out my full blog here to see close-up shots of all of

Dragon’s details! Happy crocheting!

This pattern is an original pattern by Stephanie of All About Ami (January 2012). Please do not

claim this pattern as your own. If you wish to share this pattern, you may link to this pattern but

please do not reprint it on your site. You may keep a copy for your own personal use but you

may not sell or distribute it, or sell items made from this pattern.

dragon pattern

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