Cuddly Dinosaur Comforter
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Hello, And thank you for choosing my pattern! I hope you will enjoy making your comforter just as much as I did!
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Materials
Yarn:
Tools:
Other:
Paintbox Yarn Cotton DK 100% Cotton, 50g: 425 Pistachio Green > 1 ball 402 Pure Black – around 40 cm For spikes: 429 Lime Green, 422 Daffodil Yellow, 442 Dusty Rose, 433 Washed Teal
Crochet hooks: 3.00mm 4.00mm
Toy stuffing
James C Brett Flutterby Chunky, 100g: 11 Green > 1 ball
Stitch markers
Yarn needle Scissors
Abbreviations:
Gauge:
st / sts – stitch / stitches
inch (2.5cm)- approx.:
sc – single crochet 2sc – increasing, two single crochet in one stitch sc2tog – decreasing, two single crochet together
Flutterby: 5 sc, 5 rows Paintbox: 7 sc, 7 rows
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Head Yarn: Paintbox Yarn Cotton DK – 425 Pistachio Green
[hook: 3mm] RND 1: magic circle (6sts) RND 2: 2sc in each st (12sts) RND 3: (sc, 2sc) x 6 (18sts) RND 4: (2 x sc, 2sc) x 6 (24sts) RND 5: (3 x sc, 2sc) x 6 (30sts) RND 6: (4 x sc, 2sc) x 6 (36sts) RND 7-10: sc all around (36sts) RND 11: 15 x sc, 6 x 2sc, 15 x sc (42sts) RND 12: 15 x sc, (sc, 2sc) x 6, 15 x sc (48sts) RND 13-17: sc all around (48sts) RND 18: (6 x sc, sc2tog) x 6 (42sts) RND 19: (5 x sc, sc2tog) x 6 (36sts) RND 20: (4 x sc, sc2tog) x 6 (30sts) RND 21: (3 x sc, sc2tog) x 6 (24sts) RND 22: (2 x sc, sc2tog) x 6 (18sts) [put the stuffing in] RND 23: (sc, sc2tog) x 6 (12sts) RND 24: sc2tog x 6 (6sts) [Make sure you have enough stuffing in, fasten off]
To profile the head, prepare two pieces of pistachio green yarn, around 20cm each. Using a yarn needle, pull the yarn from the bottom of the head (where you are going to attach the body to the head, between RND 16 and 17) to the front of the face, between RND 10 and 11, 2 st apart (looking at RND 10 or 2 x 2sc apart looking at RND 11). Place the needle one st away (temporally) and then pull it down, one stitch apart from where you started. Do the same on to the other side (see pictures on page 5).
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Magic Circle
RND 11
Pull the strings at the bottom of the head. When the head has a required shape tie a knot, then hide the loose ends inside. Don’t worry that the bottom of the head is now out of shape, the body will hide that.
Using Paintbox Yarn in black embroider two little eyes, 6st apart (3 x 2sc), RND 11.
Magic circle Copyright
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Head Spikes Yarn: Paintbox Yarn Cotton DK – 429 Lime Green Make 3 [hook 3.00mm] RND 1: magic circle RND 2: sc all around RND 3: (sc, 2sc) x 3 RND 4: sc all around [Fasten off]
(6sts) (6sts) (9sts) (9sts)
Leave around 30cm of thread for sewing.
Legs Yarn: Paintbox Yarn Cotton DK – 425 Pistachio Green James C Brett Flutterby Chunky – 11 Green Make two [Paintbox Pistachio Green, hook 3.00mm] RND 1: magic circle (6sts) RND 2: (sc, 2sc) x 3 (9sts) RND 3: (2 x sc, 2sc) x 3 (12sts) RND 4: (3 x sc, 2sc) x 3 (15sts) RND 5: (4 x sc, 2sc) x 3 (18sts) RND 6: (5 x sc, 2sc) x 3 (21sts) RND 7: (6 x sc, 2sc) x 3 (24sts) RND 8: (7 x sc, 2sc) x 3 (27sts) RND 9: (8 x sc, 2sc) x 3 (30sts) RND 10-11: sc all around (30sts) [change yarn to Flutterby] RND 12: sc all around (30sts) [Fasten off, only first leg]
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Body Yarn: James C Brett Flutterby Chunky – 11 Green
Complete RND 12 on the second leg then chain 6, change hook to 4.00mm. Sc into what would have been the first stitch of RND 13 on the first leg Sc around the first leg, when you get to the chain carry on and single stitch into each st of the chain (front loop). Sc all around the second leg and when you get to the chain, single crochet into each st of the chain (front loop). See picture on page 8.
FIRST LEG
SECOND LEG
Assume the next RND is the first RND of the body (72sts).
For more information and pictures on connecting the legs see page 13
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[hook 4.00mm] RND 1-2: sc all around RND 3: (10 x sc, sc2tog) x 6 RND 4: (9 x sc, sc2tog) x 6 RND 5-10: sc all around RND 11: (8 x sc, sc2tog) x 6 RND 12: sc all around RND 13: (7 x sc, sc2tog) x 6 RND 14: sc all around RND 15: (6 x sc, sc2tog) x 6 RND 16-17: sc all around RND 18: (5 x sc, sc2tog) x 6 RND 19-20: sc all around RND 21: (4 x sc, sc2tog) x 6 RND 22-23: sc all around RND 24: (3 x sc, sc2tog) x 6 RND 25: sc all around RND 26: (2 x sc, sc2tog) x 6
(72sts) (66sts) (60sts) (60sts) (54sts) (54sts) (48sts) (48sts) (42sts) (42sts) (36sts) (36sts) (30sts) (30sts) (24sts) (24sts) (18sts)
RND 27: sc all around RND 28: (sc, sc2tog) x 6 RND 29: sc all around [Fasten off]
(18sts) (12sts) (12sts)
Leave around 40cm of thread for sewing.
Body Spikes Yarn: Paintbox Yarn Cotton DK – 429 Lime Green, 422 Daffodil Yellow, 442 Dusty Rose, 433 Washed Teal Make 4 [hook 3.00mm]
Leave around 40cm of thread for sewing.
RND 1: magic circle RND 2: sc all around RND 3: 2sc into each st RND 4: sc all around RND 5: (sc, 2sc) x 6 RND 6: sc all around RND 7: (2 x sc, 2sc) x 6 RND 8: sc all around [Fasten off]
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Arms Yarn: Paintbox Yarn Cotton DK – 425 Pistachio Green James C Brett Flutterby Chunky – 11 Green
Make two [Paintbox Pistachio Green, hook 3.00mm] RND 1: magic circle (6sts) RND 2: 2sc in every st (12sts) RND 3: (sc, 2sc) x 6 (18sts) RND 4-6: sc all around (18sts) RND 7: (4 x sc, sc2tog) x 3 (15sts) [change yarn to Flutterby] RND 8: sc all around (15sts) [change hook to 4.00mm] RND 9: (3 x sc, sc2tog) x 3 (12sts) RND 10: sc all around (12sts) RND 11: (2 x sc, sc2tog) x 3 (9sts) RND 12-15: sc all around (9sts) [Fasten off] Leave around 30cm of thread for sewing.
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Assembly When sewing parts together make sure you sew through every stitch on the part that you are attaching.
Start with sewing the little spikes onto the head.
Magic circle
Attach the body to the head, making sure you hide the misshaped part of the head.
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Attach the arms on both sides of the body, around 7 RNDS down from the top.
Sew on the big spikes at the back.
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Cuddly Comforter – how to start crocheting the body For illustration purposes: to show the process better and make it more visible on pictures I used cotton yarn in two colours. The dark green represents finished legs, including the last row crocheted in Flutterby yarn. 1. Complete RND 12 on the second leg you made (leg A), then chain 6
2. Single crochet into what would be the first stitch of RND 13 on the other leg (leg B)
3. Single crochet in every stitch around the leg B until you get to the chain
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4. Front loop single crochet into every stitch of the chain
5. Single crochet into every stitch of leg A until you get to the chain
6. Front loop single crochet into every stitch of the chain
After completing those steps start crocheting RND 1 of the body Copyright
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