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Crochet Daiyu the Dragon’s charming head, curled horns, and little ears in this beginner-friendly amigurumi tutorial. Part 1 of the free crochet-along guides you through shaping and stuffing the head, placing safety eyes, closing the opening, and adding the dragon’s features step by step.

Follow along to make your own crochet dragon and build confidence with amigurumi techniques, including invisible decreases and no-sew details. This free crochet pattern tutorial is a fun project for dragon lovers and anyone looking for a creative crochet-along to enjoy at home.
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00:08in a moment we'll be starting the free version of the pattern through video instruction if you
00:14prefer having a written pattern instead or if you don't want to wait for all parts of the
00:19instructions to come out or if you want to make the webbed ear version instead of only having the
00:25free no sew ear option you can get a printable ad-free and easy to read PDF as an instant
00:32download from my store the link is in the description box below let's begin with the
00:41head for the head I'm using purple color for this dragon and this will be my main body color too
00:49we're going to begin with round one which is a magic ring to start in the magic ring you will
00:58insert six
00:58single crochets so that's one two three four five and six after you've got those six single crochets
01:16in you're going to pull the ring tight and continue on with round two for round two you're going to
01:25do
01:25a single crochet in an increase all the way around three times that will make nine stitches total so
01:33let me show you how that works in that very first stitch you're going to insert a single crochet
01:46in the next stitch you're going to increase and we're going to repeat that so single crochet and
01:57then increase remember an increase is to put two single crochets in the same stitch then a single
02:06crochet and an increase again once you've done that you will have nine single crochets for round two for
02:18round three we're going to do another round of increases we're going to single crochet two and
02:24increase and we're going to repeat that around so one two and increase your stitch three and four
02:39together and then another two your stitch five and six and increase for seven and eight two more
02:54single crochets so you'll crochet nine and ten and then the last two that's eleven and twelve stitches
03:04total so that's that for round number three for round number four we're going to single crochet five
03:13increase two and then single crochet five so now I'm going to go and just single crochet five to start
03:21that's one two three four five and I'm going to increase in this next one increase in the next one
03:41after
03:46and then single crochet five one two three four and five and now's a good time to kind of push
04:08your amigurumi the
04:11other way so that the right side of your work faces out and the wrong side faces in all right
04:20now for
04:21round number um five we're going to do six single crochets increase twice and then six single crochets I'm
04:31just gonna pull up my yarn tail here to keep track of where my start is and we're gonna do
04:40one
04:40one two three four five and six single crochets here then we're gonna increase in these next two stitches
05:11two three four five and six single crochets there we go all right four five and six single crochets there
05:26we go all right
05:26so for my next um round round number six we're gonna single crochet seven increase twice single crochets seven
05:38here's what it'll look like one two three four five six seven and now we're gonna increase twice
05:55increase increase and increase and increase and then single crochet seven one two three four five six
06:24six and seven that brings you back to the start of the round now as you notice um your dragon's
06:35head at this point is starting to have a bit of a protruded section on the very top here
06:43where we finish where we finish the round is at the very bottom so this will this top part is
06:49going to
06:49start forming the forehead now for the next two rounds um round seven and round eight we're simply going to
06:58single crochet around no increasing no decreasing just going around putting one single crochet in each stitch
07:10so we're going to meet back at the end of round eight after you've done two straight rounds of single
07:18crochet
07:21after you finish round eight your dragon head should look something like this you can see the little curve for
07:29the forehead showing
07:31now for round number nine now for round number nine we're going to do a slight decrease we're going to
07:35single crochet seven
07:36decrease twice and single crochet seven let's go ahead and do that so here i'm going to go seven stitches
07:45one two three four five five six and seven and now i'm going to decrease and i recommend using the
08:03invisible
08:04decrease method because it will look less visible than a regular decrease and if you don't know how to do
08:11that
08:12it just um i'll go ahead and demonstrate that so put your hook into the front loop of the next
08:18stitch
08:19and in the front loop of the stitch after remember a regular decrease is to single crochet two stitches
08:27together so here after you go through both the front loops you're going to yarn over pull through both of
08:35those front loops and then yarn over and single crochet like normal let's do that again for the next decrease
08:45so go into that front loop go into that next front loop yarn over pull through and single crochet
08:54crochet and then we're going to single crochet seven to finish off this round that's one two three four
09:05five six and seven
09:11and at this point it would be a great idea to go ahead and add in your dragon's plastic safety
09:19eyes
09:19so what i am using are six millimeter eyes for this little dragon that is made using medium weight yarn
09:30and i'm going to put the eyes between rounds five and six about seven stitches apart you can go ahead
09:39and
09:39place them farther apart or closer together if you want it just changes the look of the dragon slightly
09:46and you'll want to keep note where the forehead is so remember the start of your round end is the
09:54bottom
09:54of your dragon's head and the forehead is here at the top so you'll just want to go ahead and
10:02put the eyes
10:03seven stitches or if you want to follow mine seven stitches apart from the forehead area
10:10so let me go ahead and find that here it's round one two three four five and six so i'm
10:17going between
10:18five and six here and let's see if i just pinpoint let me just kind of drop one in first
10:26it's usually
10:27easier for me to throw one in uh one two three four five okay and then kind of count out
10:34the next um
10:38stitches let's see all right if your stitches are tight like mine you might have to do a little bit
10:44of
10:45wiggling to get your safety eye in so here's how the six millimeter eye looks and i'm gonna go ahead
10:53and
10:53count seven spaces over one two three four five six seven and it will be right around here
11:05now if i wanted it slightly higher like six stitches apart it would be about here
11:12all right let me still try the seven stitches apart
11:22and i'm going to make sure my forehead is centered
11:39what do you think that looks about right huh after you're satisfied with the placement you can go
11:48ahead and attach those safety eye backings in and then we'll continue on with the rest of the round
11:55you can also stuff your dragon's head and we're going to continue stuffing as you work along
12:02and if you want to use this really cool plastic eye safety tool because you have a hard time
12:08putting those backings in like me go ahead and check out the link in the description box
12:14i have a link to this product i find it so nifty to use look at that you just click
12:21and it goes in
12:23and perfect safety eye
12:28all right and there's my dragon's rounded forehead you can also um at this point pull in that initial
12:37yarn tail i'm just gonna use my hook to pull it right in
12:49and keep it tight inside the dragon's head
12:56there we go
12:59we're now on to round number 10. for round 10 you're gonna single crochet twice decrease and do
13:06that four times around so let me go ahead and show you how to get started here we're going to
13:13go into
13:13that first stitch okay we're gonna single crochet one and single crochet two then we're gonna decrease
13:22remember that's going um into the first two front loops
13:28yarn over and finish off let's do that again so single crochet twice
13:36and then a decrease
13:43and single crochet twice
13:57and a decrease
14:02and a decrease
14:09and last part single crochet twice
14:20and a decrease
14:22and a decrease
14:26and that's that for um round number 10.
14:32all right and i got my little dragon head stuffed as well
14:36now on to that last round round number 11 we're just going to decrease around
14:42so that's going into um the first two stitches
14:49and making a decrease
14:54and since we have 12 stitches in round 10
14:58you're going to decrease around and end up with six stitches to finish
15:21when you are all done going all the way around
15:24so when you are all done going all the way around you can sniff off the end leaving enough of
15:27a tail
15:28to use for sewing up that hole
15:34so i'll be using a little yarn needle to stitch up that hole in just a bit
15:42and we can continue on
15:48for the horns we're going to attach them to the head using no sew crochet methods
15:55what you'll do is get the color you want ready for the horns
16:00and i'm going to go into a stitch between round seven and eight of the head
16:05i like to look at where the eyes are between five and six
16:09this is seven and eight so i'm going i like them to be um a little bit above the eyes
16:19when i'm looking from the front you can place them um closer to the top if you want to
16:29what you'll do is attach that yarn
16:33having a bit of a tail um at the end so that you can pull it in later
16:40and then the first step you're going to chain three one two and three chains like so
16:53let's see if i can focus that better all right
16:56then you're going to make um a slip stitch in the second chain from your hook
17:02so go not into that first one but in the second one here i'm gonna pull through for a slip
17:09stitch
17:14then slip stitch into that next stitch as well
17:25then you're going to fasten off with a bit of a tail
17:29and this is important because you're going to pull that tail in through the head
17:35so let me get that first tail pulled in first and then that second tail you're going to want to
17:42pull
17:42it in to this part um let me sorry focus that better all right let's pull it in
17:52through that same stitch
18:02and you'll see as i pull it in that little horn will perk up in place
18:12let me get that other yarn tail in as well
18:18there we go
18:19so let's go ahead and repeat that for the next one you're also going to work between round seven
18:27and eight and for this next horn we're going to do the exact same we're going to pull through that
18:36yarn that new yarn color
18:39we're going to chain three one two three insert a slip stitch in that second chain from your hook
18:53insert a slip stitch into the next stitch
19:01then fasten off with enough of a tail
19:08to pull it through your stitch your dragon's head excuse me
19:23and that's that for the horns you can go ahead and also um cut off
19:31these yarn ends or you could tie them together and push them into the um body or sorry the head
19:38i'm just
19:40going to kind of push them in here i got some stuffing pulled out too so
19:49i gotta stick them all back
19:58and i'm gonna go ahead and show you how i close up the holes in my amigurumi
20:05there's a really um easy way to do that and that's basically by putting a running stitch through the
20:13front loops on all the stitches in your last round so i'm going through the front loop here
20:21and i'm going out the next front loop
20:25going in the next front loop
20:35going out the following one
20:42going in
20:44going in and going out
20:49keeping my stitches relaxed for now and at the end when i pull them together
20:55it cinches up the hole so now i can go ahead and just weave in my end
21:01and i like to just go through a few stitches in the head
21:16that goes out right the center of the head and i fasten off
21:22pulling on the yarn tail just a tad snip
21:27and when i release it since i pulled it a tad the yarn end should pop right in
21:33all right and let's curl up those horns again there we go
21:40okay our little dragon is ready for the next step
21:49there are two different ear options for this little dragon and i'm going to go ahead and show
21:54you the no sew version for the no sew version you're going to get the yarn you want to use
22:00for your ears
22:01i'm using the same color as the head and you're going to attach your yarn to a stitch between round
22:09eight and round nine of the head so counting down it's one two three four five six seven eight
22:17and nine so i'm going to go between those two rounds and the ear is actually going to take up
22:26two stitches
22:27of space you're going to start from um if you're right-handed you're going to start from this side and
22:32then go to the next stitch so i'm going to kind of eyeball where i want my ears to go
22:38and i'm going to
22:39start with that lower stitch for the dragon's left ear so this will be the first stitch and this will
22:48be
22:48the second stitch for my dragon's ear and that will be where the whole ear comes out all right so
22:58attach yarn to that first stitch
23:06and to begin you're going to put a single crochet and a double crochet both in that first stitch
23:14so here i'm gonna go in oops actually i'm sorry before you do that you're going to want to make
23:21a chain
23:21chain to secure your stitch okay and now we're gonna do the single crochet
23:34and a double crochet both in that same stitch
23:44then in the next stitch you're gonna make a chain and then put a double crochet
23:54oops
24:02and a single crochet both in that same stitch
24:09and that finishes off the first ear as you can see that was really quick to make and you're going
24:18to go ahead and fasten off with a bit of a tail
24:21so you're gonna pull that tail end through the same stitch that you finished um sorry for the fluff
24:33so if i were to pull it in it'd be going through that same stitch i worked out of
24:44give it a nice tug and there's my dragon's little ear
24:52you'll want to pull in the other yarn tail as well
25:06after you do that first ear you're going to repeat the instructions for ear number two
25:12and again i'm going into round nine uh eight and nine between eight and nine so and i'm gonna find
25:19a
25:19stitch that is i'm gonna be the first half of my ear and then that next stitch here will be
25:29the second half
25:30so i think i want my ear to be placed around here
25:36so going into that first stitch you're gonna attach your yarn
25:49make a chain then you're going to single crochet and double crochet both in that same stitch
26:05then you're going to make a chain and in the next stitch you are going to double crochet
26:22crochet
26:22and then single crochet
26:29when you are done with that you're going to fasten off with enough of the tail
26:34so that you can pull it into your dragon's head
26:39and remember to pull in both of those yarn tails gotta hide them here
26:46and i'm pulling the yarn tail i fastened off with
26:50into the same stitch that i left off at
27:06after you finish the ears you might want to just pinch them a little bit so that
27:11they have this nice little folded look oops
27:17and that's that for the little dragon's ears congratulations on finishing part one of the
27:24crochet along here your dragon should now have the head ears and horns all done and you will be
27:32ready to move on to part two of the creator challenge see you next week

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