below show examples of ever increasing rows.
Stuffing Your Pieces
It is very important to keep the shape of the finished piece in mind when stuffing. You can’t just cram your pieces full of stuffing and expect them to turn out correctly.
Take the photos above for example. The one on the left is what the finished piece should look like. The one on the right is what happens when you stuff the piece to full capacity without regard to the shape. That is why there are reference photos for each individual piece of the patterns, so you can replicate the finished plushies as closely as possible.
It is also very important not to over stuff, crochet will stretch and leave gaps between the stitches and the stuffing will show.
How to SC All Together
To finish off your pieces without sewing them closed: Insert your hook into first stitch, yarn over and pull through. Repeat for each stitch of row. If there are many stitches you will need two hooks.
I recommend not putting more than four or five stitches on each hook. When you reach the end, yarn over and pull through all the loops on your first hook, transfer working loop and pull through remaining stitches. Now is when I stuff the piece. Work a chain to secure the piece and then finish it off.
Luna the Baby Dragon
Abbreviations
Ch: Chain
JWSS: Join With Slip Stitch
JWSC: Join with Single Crochet
JWDC: Join with Double Crochet
SC: Single Crochet
2SC: Single Crochet Twice in Same Stitch
2SCtog: Crochet two stitches together
3SCtog: Crochet three stitches together
HDC: Half Double Crochet
2HDC: Half Double Crochet Twice in Same Stitch
DC: Double Crochet
2DC: Double Crochet Twice in Same Stitch
-*-: Repeat indicated directions
Materials
G hook
Approximately 5 oz for body, arms, snout, legs, tail
Approximately 2 oz for tummy, and bottom of snout
Approximately .5 oz white for eyes
Approximately .5 oz black for eyes
Approximately .5 oz for horns
Approx. 1 cup of beans for legs (optional)
Polyfill
Dimensions of the finished Dragon:
10¾ inches tall (27 cm),
Body width 3.5 inches (9 cm),
Head length 5 inches (13 cm)
Dragon Body
Foundation: Ch 2 SC 6 in first Ch made
Row 1: 2SC in each SC across
Row 2: *SC 1 2SC in next* across
Row 3: *SC 2 2SC in next* across
Row 4: *SC 3 2SC in next* across
Row 5: *SC 4 2SC in next* across
Row 6: *SC 5 2SC in next* across
Row 7: *SC 6 2SC in next* across
Row 8–11: SC across
Row 12: *SC 14 2SCtog* across
Row 13: SC across
Row 14: *SC 8 2SC* across
Row 15: SC cross
Row 16: *SC 9 2SC* across
Row 17–19: SC across
Row 20: *SC 9 2SCtog* across
Row 21: *SC 8 2SCtog* across
Row 22: *SC 7 2SCtog* across
Row 23: *SC 6 2SCtog* across
Row 24: *SC 5 2SCtog* across
Row 25: *SC 4 2SCtog* across
Row 26: *SC 3 2SCtog* across
Row 27–29: SC across
Row 30: *SC 3 2SC* across
Row 31–32: SC across
Row 33: *SC 4 2SC* across
Row 34: *SC 5 2SC* across
Row 35: *SC 6 2SC* across
Row 36–38: SC across
Row 39: *SC 7 2SC* across
Row 40: *SC 8 2SC* across
Row 41: SC across
Row 42: Ch 8 Skip next 8 SCs SC in remaining across
Row 43: SC across (including each Ch space)
Row 44: *SC 8 2SCtog* across
Row 45: *SC 7 2SCtog* across
Row 46: *SC 6 2SCtog* across
Row 47: *SC 5 2SCtog* across
Row 48: *SC 4 2SCtog* across
Row 49: *SC 3 2SCtog* across
Row 50: *SC 2 2SCtog* across
Row 51: *SC 1 2SCtog* across
Row 52: SC all together.
Stuff the head with more stuffing towards the front, forming a face, stuff the body in the same manner, leaving room
