ARLO the Good Dinosaur - Pattern

Arlo the Good Dinosaur is now available in my etsy shop:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/262343031/crochet-pattern-arlo-the-good-dinosaur?ref=shop_home_active_1

I am sure You have already seen the Good Dinosaur, it is a special movie for me, I sew it with my almost 3 yo son who was in the cinema for the first time in his life :) He loved it, I loved it, so from both our loves came this little crochet dinosaur You see.   

Finished Arlo is 16 cm long (6,3 inches)

 

 
This 14 page PDF tutorial contains 33 photos and detailed instructions on how to crochet the toy. It is written in English with standard crochet terms. It contains 1 page with abbreviations (You can always check the symbol).

This pattern is for the medium advanced crocheters but if You are ready to try I am always ready to help . You should know basic crochet stitches including chain, slip stitch, single crochet, decrease, increase, double crochet, half double crochet and how to start with magic ring.

For my projects I use yarn which meterage is 174 yards (159 meters) for 50 g, weight Sport / 5 ply (12 wpi), Gauge 24 to 30 st is 4 inches (10 cm) and 3 mm hook. You will need olive, medium brown, green, white and black colors of yarn.

Sleeping dragon - Brooch

Sleeping dragon little brooch. It can be used as applique or hair accessory or a fridge magnet but I particularly recommend the brooch.... if anyone is still wearing them.

When I was a little girl my mom had quite a collection of different kinds of brooches and I loved them, I loved looking at them, wearing them and buying them for her on every occasion. They are a special kind of jewelry for me, my mom is kind of a classy lady and her accessories were classy and boring for my, but brooches... they were different they could have all the shapes: animals, flowers, abstract shapes or all of the above all at once and they were still ok to wear. Times changed a bit but my opinion about brooches stayed....

I don't know why the dragon You can say he just appeared on paper one time when I was doodling. All I know is that he looks beautiful on a dark jacket and that I will gladly wear it on any occasion unless my mom steals him for hers collection....

Materials:

• green, red, black yarn ( I use the yarn which gauge is 24.0 to 30.0 sts = 4 inches )
• hook 3 mm
• brooch or safety pin

 Pattern:

Body - make 1

green yarn

R1: 6 sc in MR (6)

R2: inc around (12)

R3: * sc, inc * X6 (18)

R4: * sc 2, inc * X6 (24)

R5: * sc 2, inc * X8 (32)



We are finished with the circle and will make a dragon's tail now



R6: 5 ch,[ ss in 2-nd ch, ss, sc 2 ] all in chain You made, hdc in base circle

Dino-puppet

Dino-puppet

Od kiedy urodził się mój synek nosiłam się z zamiarem kupienia kukiełki, ale we wszystkich sklepowych coś mi nie odpowiadało (nie ukrywam, że często cena...). Postanowiłam więc postawić na własnoręczną kukiełkę i był to strzał w 10-tkę. Już za pierwszym razem gdy pokazałam Aleksowi (synkowi wtedy miał rok i 3 miesiące) zaczął wytykać język i otwierać paszczę tak jak dinozaur, co przyniosło dużo uciechy całej rodzinie. Od tamtej pory dino zdążył pojechać z nami na wakacje i nawet wybrał się na wycieczkę do dino-parku w Łebie... Mam nadzieje, że poniższy wzór przyda się jeszcze komuś i przyniesie światu więcej wytykających języki dzieci.... :)

( Since my son was born I intended to buy him a hand puppet, but in all puppets in shops something did not suit me (I admit that often the price ...). So I decided to make my own puppet and it was a great desicion. Already for the first time when I showed Dino to Alex (son then had a year and three months than) he began to point out the tongue and open jaws just like a dinosaur, which brought a lot of fun for the whole family. Since then dino was on vacation with us and even went on a trip to the dino-park in Leba ... I hope that someone will make another puppet from the pattern below, and the world will gain one more tongue-out-sticking baby.... :)