In your car or anywhere you want, the Crochet Swinging Dragon brings joy and creativity to life! It's cleverly designed to hang from a rope, making it perfect for decorating children’s rooms or as a unique handmade gift. The dragon features a round, detailed body with cute safety eyes, ears, wings, and a playful tail. Get ready to crochet your own adorable swinging dragon!
Detailed Crochet Dragon Amigurumi
Materials Needed:
- Yarn in various colors
- Crochet hook
- Stitch markers
- Safety eyes
- Tapestry needle
- Stuffing
Skills Required:
- Magic ring
- Single crochet (sc)
- Increase (inc)
- Decrease (dec)
- Slip stitch (sl st)
- Chain (ch)
- Treble bobble stitch
- Front loop only (FLO)
- Back loop only (BLO)
Pattern Instructions
Swing:
- Round 1: 6 sc in a magic ring.
- Round 2: 6 inc (12 stitches).
- Round 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times (18 stitches).
- Round 4: (2 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times (24 stitches).
- Note: Mark the back loop of the first stitch of Round 4.
- Round 5 (FLO): (3 sc, 1 inc) repeat 3 times, 1 sc.
- Mark this stitch for later.
- Continue: (2 sc, 1 inc, 3 sc, 1 inc, 3 sc, 1 inc).
- Slip stitch into the next stitch and chain 70.
- Slip stitch into the marked stitch from Round 5 and fasten off, leaving a long tail.
Tail:
- 6 sc in a magic ring.
- Rounds 2-7: sc around (6 rounds total).
- Round 8: 2 sc, 1 inc (8 stitches).
- Rounds 9-11: sc around (3 rounds total).
- Chain 1, flatten tail, and sc both sides together for a total of 4 sc. Fasten off, leaving a 4-inch tail.
Body:
- Attach yarn to the back loops of Round 4 of the swing, creating a standing sc in the marked stitch.
- Round 1: sc around.
- Round 2: 4 sc, then attach the tail as follows:
- Insert hook into the tail stitch and into the body stitch. Yarn over, pull through both, and complete a normal sc.
- 7 sc, bobble stitch, 5 sc, bobble stitch, 2 sc.
- Tie the 4-inch tails.
- Round 3: sc around.
- Round 4: 4 sc, 1 dec (repeat 4 times).
- Round 5: 14 sc, 1 bobble stitch, 2 sc, 1 bobble stitch, 2 sc.
- Round 6: 3 sc, 1 dec (repeat 4 times).
- Round 7: 2 sc, 1 dec (repeat 4 times). Start stuffing.
- Round 8 (FLO): 12 inc.
- Round 9: 2 sc, 1 inc (repeat 8 times).
- Rounds 10-13: sc around (4 rounds total). Place safety eyes between Rounds 11-12, 6 stitches apart. Continue stuffing.
- Round 14: 2 sc, 1 dec (repeat 8 times).
- Round 15: 1 dec, 2 sc (repeat 4 times), then change to white yarn, and make a treble bobble stitch.
- Switch back to blue yarn, then: 1 sc, 1 dec, 2 sc, and switch to white yarn. Continue stuffing.
- Round 16: Make a treble bobble stitch, change to blue, 1 dec, 1 sc, continue until closed.
Secure the swing to the head at approximately Round 11 (5 stitches away from the eye) and weave the remaining yarn to secure.
Ears (Make 2):
- 5 sc in a magic ring.
- Round 2: 5 inc (10 stitches).
- Round 3: sc around.
- Chain 1, flatten, and sl st both sides together. Fasten off, leaving a long tail.
Sew the top of the ears between Rounds 12-13 and down between Rounds 10-11. Use the long tail to sew each ear in position.
Wings (Make 2):
- Chain 6.
- Single crochet in the 3rd chain from the hook, then do 3 sc.
- Chain 1 and turn.
- Row 2: 3 sc, chain 3, slip stitch in the 3rd chain from the hook, turn.
- Row 3: 3 sc, chain 1, turn.
- Row 4: 2 sc, chain 3, slip stitch in the 3rd chain from the hook, turn.
- Row 5: 2 sc, turn, work 2-3 decreases along the side of the wing. Fasten off, leaving a long tail.
Sew the wings to the back of the body, approximately between rounds 4-6.
Finishing Touches:
- Embroider a line with white yarn on the outside of each eye.
- Embroider the nose in the center between the eyes.
Now, your crocheted swinging dragon is complete! Enjoy your new creation!
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