This Crochet Crazy Dragon Amigurumi Pattern is a fun and creative guide to making your adorable stuffed dragon toy. With step-by-step instructions, it walks you through crocheting each part of the dragon, from its cute head to its detailed wings and tail. Perfect for crochet enthusiasts of all levels, this pattern allows you to bring a magical creature to life using yarn and a crochet hook. Dive into this crafty adventure and create a charming dragon friend to keep or gift to someone special.
Crochet Crazy Dragon Amigurumi Pattern
The Crochet Crazy Dragon Amigurumi Pattern guides you to create a whimsical, colorful dragon with an adorable look. It involves crocheting in rounds, adding playful spikes, and stitching character-filled eyes. You'll use simple stitches, often in vibrant yarns, to bring your dragon to life, making it a fun project for beginners and experienced crafters looking for a cute, fantastical creation.
Making Your Crochet Crazy Dragon Amigurumi Pattern
Materials:
- Crochet hook (size depends on yarn weight)
- Yarn in multiple colors (for the body, wings, horns, and spikes)
- Fiberfill for stuffing
- Yarn needle
- Safety eyes (optional)
- Embroidery thread (optional, for details like nostrils)
Step By Step Pattern
Basic techniques:
- Single crochet (sc)
- Increase (inc)
- Decrease (dec)
- Magic ring (mr)
Instructions:
Make the body:
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- Using the main body color yarn, start with a magic ring and crochet 6 sc in the ring. Join with a slip stitch (sl st).
- Round 2: Increase in each stitch around (12 sc). Join with a sl st.
- Round 3: Increase in every other stitch around (18 sc). Join with a sl st.
- Rounds 4-7: sc around, joining each round with a sl st.
- Round 8: sc around, decreasing 6 stitches evenly spaced around (12 sc). Join with a sl st.
- Rounds 9-14: sc around, joining each round with a sl st.
- Stuff the body firmly.
- Round 15: sc around, decreasing 6 stitches evenly spaced around (6 sc). Join with a sl st. Tie off and weave in the end.
To Make the head:
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- With the other color yarn, start with a magic ring and crochet 6 sc in the ring. Join with a sl st.
- Round 2: Increase in each stitch around (12 sc). Join with a sl st.
- Round 3: Increase in every other stitch around (18 sc). Join with a sl st.
- Rounds 4-6: sc around, joining each round with a sl st.
- Round 7: sc around, decreasing 6 stitches evenly spaced around (12 sc). Join with a sl st.
- Rounds 8-9: sc around, joining each round with a sl st.
- Stuff the head firmly.
- Round 10: sc around, decreasing 6 stitches evenly spaced around (6 sc). Join with a sl st. Tie off and weave in the end.
Assemble the head and body:
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- Sew the head to the body using a yarn needle and embroidery floss.
Make the wings (make 2):
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- With the wing color yarn, chain 15 stitches.
- Turn, sc in each stitch, chain 1, turn (14 sc).
- Round 2: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch, sc in each of the next 11 stitches, increase in the last stitch, turn (16 sc).
- Round 3: sc in the first 2 stitches, increase in the next stitch, sc in each of the next 12 stitches, increase in the next stitch, turn (18 sc).
- Round 4: sc in the first 3 stitches, increase in the next stitch, sc in each of the next 14 stitches, increase in the next stitch, turn (20 sc).
- Round 5: sc in the first 4 stitches, increase in the next stitch, sc in each of the next 16 stitches, increase in the next stitch, turn (22 sc).
- Round 6-8: sc around, joining each round with a sl st. (22 sc each round)
- Tie off and weave in the end.
- Sew the wings to the body.
To Make the horns (make 2):
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- With the horn color yarn, chain 5 stitches.
- Slip stitch into the first chain from the hook to form a ring.
- Round 1: sc in each stitch around (5 sc). Join with a sl st.
- Round 2-5: sc around, joining each round with a sl st. (5 sc each round)
- Stuff the horn lightly.
- Round 6: dec around (4 sc). Join with a sl st.
- Round 7: dec around (3 sc). Join with a sl st.
- Tie off and weave in the end.
- Sew the horns to the head.
Make the spikes (make several):
- Choose a contrasting yarn color for the spikes.
- With the spike color yarn, chain 3 stitches.
- Slip stitch into the first chain from the hook to form a ring.
- Round 1: sc in each stitch around (3 sc). Join with a sl st.
- Round 2: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch, sc in the last stitch (4 sc). Join with a sl st.
- Round 3: sc in the first 2 stitches, increase in the next stitch, sc in the last 2 stitches (5 sc). Join with a sl st.
- Round 4: (sc in the next 2 stitches, increase in the next stitch) x 2 (6 sc). Join with a sl st.
- You can continue increasing in every other stitch for a few more rounds if you want longer spikes.
- Stuff the spike lightly.
- Round (as needed): dec around until 1 stitch remains. Tie off and weave in the end.
- Sew the spikes to the body of the dragon in a random pattern.
Add details (optional):
- Attach safety eyes or embroider eyes with black embroidery thread.
- Embroider nostrils with black or brown embroidery thread.
- You can embroider a mouth with a red or pink smile or a fierce frown.
- Add small felt flames coming out of the nostrils for a fiery effect.
Finishing touches:
- Once you've added all the desired details, your Crazy Dragon amigurumi should be complete!
Tips:
- Use different stitch markers to track rounds and identify where to sew on body parts.
- Change yarn colors to create a unique dragon with different patterns and colors.
- You can adjust the dragon size using a different yarn weight or crochet hook size.
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