Here is the secret about dragon’s birth.
It grows into an egg, and when ready, packs the egg shell into the belly and flies around.

Requirement
Yarns and needles: personally, I like sock yarns and thin needles (2.0mm – 2.5mm), but any other yarn and appropriate needles should work, as long as the fabric is tight enough to prevent stuffing showing through.
I like using circular needles for long rows over 50 stitches (legs and body), and double pointed needles for knitting in the round or low number of stitches (belly, head, I-cord)
For the first Dragon, I used needles 2.0 mm all along, for the second one, I used 2.5mm needles for the belly and the head. I like them both!

As all the FroggyBug family members, Dragon’s eyes are made of a crochet magic loop, and some I-cord / French knitting / nancy spool is used in several parts.
Obviously, some soft toy / cushion filling, a tapestry needle, and some patience are also needed!
Knitting technique is basic: cast on, cast off, knit, purl, short rows, button holes, stitches picked up from the side, and intarsia for the bicoloured wings
Crochet technique is limited to the magic loop for the eyes
Embroidering is used for the smile and the black stars on the eyes
Clarification about “French knitting”:
it’s a sort of 4 stitches I-cord, made with a spool as shown in the two videos:
manual spool :

mechanic :

If my pattern requires clarification, don’t hesitate to contact me, please!
Warning: I would need 10 to 20 hours to make this creature. If you are a total beginner or in a rush to make a soft toy, maybe save my pattern for later!

My patterns are free, because I would like to spread my inoffensive soft toys virus as much as possible. However, those patterns are my intellectual property, so, please, don’t use them for commercial purpose.

Happy crafting!

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