Fairytale Series - Philip The Dragon: by The Left-Handed Crocheter

Fairytale Series – Philip the Dragon
By The Left-Handed Crocheter
*SIDE NOTE* I have horrible lighting in my house, so I don’t usually take pictures of my work
“in progress.” There were a few pieces of each of these patterns, though, that I knew would
benefit from in progress pictures. So I took some in my bedroom with my cell phone, using the
terrible lighting that I have in there. They aren’t the best pictures, but I figured that they’re
better than nothing.
Abbreviations:
ch: chain
sc: single crochet
sl st: slip stitch
dc: double crochet
inc: increase (2 single crochets in one loop)
dec: decrease (pull yarn through loop, pull yarn through second loop, yarn over and pull through
all loops)
Materials needed (with affiliate links):
Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice yarn in fern and kelly green.
I (5.25mm) crochet hook
18mm safety eyes
Yarn needle
Poly-fil
Pipe Cleaner
This pattern is worked “in-the-round”, and stitches are worked through both loops unless
otherwise noted.
Head:
With fern, ch 3. Sl st to first ch to create circle. (Instead, you can perform the “magic circle” if
you’d like.)
Row 1: ch 1, 10 sc inside of circle. (10 stitches)
Row 2: *Inc in first stitch, sc in next stitch, repeat from * around. (15 stitches)
Row 3: *Inc in first stitch, sc in next 2 stitches, repeat from * around. (20 stitches)
Rows 10-15: Sc in each stitch around. (50 stitches)
Row 16: *Dec in first 2 stitches, sc in next 8 stitches, repeat from * around. (45 stitches)
Tie off. Stuff with poly-fil.
Snout:
you’d like.)
Tie off.
Horns:
With kelly green, ch 3. Sl st to first ch to create circle. (Instead, you can perform the “magic
circle” if you’d like.)
Row 2: Sc in each stitch around. (4 stitches)
Ear Flaps:
With kelly green, ch. 5.
Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across, ch 1, turn. (4 stitches)
Row 2: Inc in first stitch, sc in next 2 stitches, inc in last stitch, ch 3, turn. (6 stitches)
Row 3: Sl st in 2nd stitch, dc in next 2 stitches, sl st in next stitch, dc in last stitch. (6 stitches,
counting ch 3 as first dc)
Tie off. Make 4.

Sew 2 together, but only sew the first 2 rows. leaving the last row unstitched.
Scales:
With kelly green, ch 3. Sl st to first ch to create circle. (Instead, you can perform the “magic
circle” if you’d like.)
Tie off. Make 3. Lay flat.

Gather up all of the pieces to assemble your dragon head. Center the snout, and use straight pins
to hold it in place as you sew.
Stop periodically to make sure it’s not shifting or going on crooked. Before you sew up the last
few stitches, stuff with poly-fil.
Figure out your placement for the safety eyes. I don’t put the backs on until I’m completely done
with the head, because once those backs are on, you can’t take them off.
Sew the horns onto the top of the head, making sure they’re even. Sew the ear flaps underneath
the horns. Sew the 3 scales on, placing one on top of the head between the horns, and spacing the
other 2 along the back of the head.
Body:
you’d like.)
Back Legs:
you’d like.)
Row 8: Sc in first 5 stitches, dec in next 10 stitches (5 dec’s), sc in last 5 stitches. (15 stitches)
Row 14: *Dec in first 2 stitches, sc in next stitch, repeat from * around. (10 stitches)
Tie off. Stuff with poly-fil. Leave last few rows unstuffed and fold flat.
Front Legs:
you’d like.)
Row 7: Sc in first 3 stitches, dec in next 10 stitches (5 dec’s), sc in last 2 stitches. (10 stitches)

Tie off. Stuff with poly-fil. Leave last few rows unstuffed and fold flat.
To make toes, use a piece of fern yarn and the yarn needle. Stick your needle through the bottom
of the foot…
Then come up by your decrease row. Insert back through the bottom, then come up by the
decrease row again…
Pull the yarn tight. You can adjust where the yarn goes to make the toes more even. Tie the end
and weave them in.
If you have a hard time with this step, you can always skip making the toes and just leave the
feet as is.
Tail:
you’d like.)
Insert your pipe cleaner at this point, and crochet around it.
Start pushing poly-fil in around the pipe cleaner.

Continue stuffing with poly-fil around the pipe cleaner as you go.
Tie off. Cut off the end of the pipe cleaner.

The pipe cleaner will really only curl the end of the tail, but that’s all of the curl that you need.
Wings:
With kelly green, ch 5.
Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across, ch 1, turn. (4 stitches)
Row 2: Sc in each stitch across, ch 1, turn. (4 stitches)
Row 9: Sc in 2nd stitch, sl st in next stitch, sc in next stitch, dc in next 2 stitches, sc in next
stitch, sl st in next stitch, sc in next stitch, dc in last stitch. (10 stitches, counting the ch 3 as the
first dc.)
Tie off. Make 4.

Sew 2 together, but at the top, sew along row 8, leaving row 9 separate a bit.
Now you have all of the pieces of your dragon, ready to sew together.
Sew the body and the head together. Sew the back legs on. I sewed them up to the side a bit, and
I sewed them so that they hang to the side, not from the bottom, so that they would sit the way I
wanted them to.
Sew the front legs on, but sew them down a bit so that he doesn’t lean too far forward. Center the
tail on the back and sew it on, then sew the wings on above it.
And you have your finished Philip the Dragon.
I hope you enjoy this pattern! You’re welcome to sell items that you make using my patterns, as
long as you don’t post the pattern anywhere else, and link back to my page if you’d like to. If
there are any mistakes, or something is unclear, please feel free to message me on Facebook.

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sc: single crochet

sl st: slip stitch

dc: double crochet

inc: increase (2 single crochets in one loop)

Materials needed (with affiliate links):

Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice yarn in fern and kelly green.

I (5.25mm) crochet hook

18mm safety eyes

Row 1: ch 1, 10 sc inside of circle. (10 stitches)

Rows 10-15: Sc in each stitch around. (50 stitches)

Tie off. Stuff with poly-fil.

Row 1: ch 1, 10 sc inside of circle. (10 stitches)

Row 1: ch 1, 4 sc inside of circle. (4 stitches)

Row 2: Sc in each stitch around. (4 stitches)

Row 4: Sc in each stitch around. (6 stitches)

Rows 6-8: Sc in each stitch around. (8 stitches)

Rows 10-11: Sc in each stitch around. (10 stitches)

Tie off. Stuff with poly-fil.

With kelly green, ch. 5.

Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across, ch 1, turn. (4 stitches)

Tie off. Make 4.

Row 1: ch 1, 4 sc inside of circle. (4 stitches)

Row 2: Sc in each stitch around. (4 stitches)

Row 6: Sc in each stitch around. (10 stitches)

Tie off. Make 3. Lay flat.

Row 1: ch 1, 10 sc inside of circle. (10 stitches)

Rows 9-11: Sc in each stitch around. (35 stitches)

Row 13: Sc in each stitch around. (30 stitches)

Row 15: Sc in each stitch around. (25 stitches)

Row 17: Sc in each stitch around. (20 stitches)

Tie off. Stuff with poly-fil.

Rows 6-7: Sc in each stitch around. (20 stitches)

Rows 9-13: Sc in each stitch around. (15 stitches)

Rows 15-16: Sc in each stitch around. (10 stitches)

Row 1: ch 1, 10 sc inside of circle. (10 stitches)

Rows 5-6: Sc in each stitch around. (15 stitches)

Rows 8-15: Sc in each stitch around. (10 stitches)

Row 1: ch 1, 4 sc inside of circle. (4 stitches)

Rows 2-5: Sc in each stitch around. (4 stitches)

Rows 7-10: Sc in each stitch around. (6 stitches)

Rows 12-15: Sc in each stitch around. (8 stitches)

Start pushing poly-fil in around the pipe cleaner.

Rows 17-20: Sc in each stitch around. (10 stitches)

Rows 22-23: Sc in each stitch around. (12 stitches)

Rows 25-26: Sc in each stitch around. (14 stitches)

Rows 28-29: Sc in each stitch around. (16 stitches)

Rows 31-32: Sc in each stitch around. (18 stitches)

Rows 34-35: Sc in each stitch around. (20 stitches)

Tie off. Cut off the end of the pipe cleaner.

With kelly green, ch 5.

Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across, ch 1, turn. (4 stitches)

Row 2: Sc in each stitch across, ch 1, turn. (4 stitches)

Row 4: Sc in each stitch across, ch 1, turn. (6 stitches)

Row 6: Sc in each stitch across, ch 1, turn. (8 stitches)

Row 8: Sc in each stitch across, ch 3, turn. (10 stitches)

Tie off. Make 4.

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