TROPHY DRAGON

by Bailey Leach
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MATERIALS
Head/Horns: Super Bulky Yarn (Bernat Blanket 115g) / 6.5mm Hook
Horns/Spikes: Bulky Yarn (Chenille Home Slim 45g) / 5mm Hook
Accents: Medium Yarn (Red Heart Super Saver) / 2.25mm Hook
28mm/30mm Eyes
Polyfil Stuffing
Sewing Needle
Scissors
Plaque (7" by 9"), Screw Hooks and Hangers
Optional: Felt, Glue Gun, 3D Printed Horns, Superglue

This crochet piece is unsafe for children due to its many parts - which present

a choking hazard if they detach. There is the potential for the piece to come

loose making it unsafe for areas with young children in reach.

TERMINOLOGY
mr: magic ring
sl st: slip stitch
ch: chain
sc: single crochet
inc: single crochet increase (2 sc in 1 st)
dec: single crochet decrease (sc 2 sts together)
flo: front loop only
(#): number of stitches at the end of the round
[_]: repeat
FO: finish off
BB: bobble stitch (Yarn over, insert hook into the stitch. Pull up stitch. Yarn over
and draw through two loops. Repeat this until you have 5 loops on your hook.
Yarn over and pull through all loops to complete the bobble stitch)

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LINKS
Plaque 7" x 9" Hangers Screw Hooks

3D Printed Horns Resin Horns

attached with superglue attached with washer/screw

Surface Slip Stitch Surface Crochet

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EARS (make 2)
6.5mm hook with Super Bulky Yarn

R1: 4sc in a mr (4)

R2: sc4 (4)
R3: [inc] x4 (8)
R4: sc8 (8)

R5: [sc, inc] x4 (12)

R6-8: sc12 (12) 3 rounds
R9: [sc, dec] x4 (8)

FO, leave tail to sew to head, do not stuff, use thumb to indent
ear and pinch in half, sew sides together to close hole, you will

sew these later on right next to horns in R16-18.

INNER NOSE
6.5mm hook with Super Bulky Yarn

R1: 6sc in a mr (6)

R2: [inc] x6 (12)

R3: [sc, inc] x6 (18)

R4: sc, inc, [sc2, inc] x5, sc (24)

FO, set aside

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HEAD
6.5mm hook with Super Bulky Yarn
R1: 6sc in a mr (6)
R2: [inc] x6 (12)

R3: [sc, inc] x6 (18)

R4: sc, inc, [sc2, inc] x5, sc (24)
Grab inner nose and sandwich the two pieces together.
Crochet them at the same time going through both loops of
the head piece and the flo of the inner nose piece for the next

round.
R5: sc8, BB, sc6, BB, sc8 (24)

Once attached, push BB stitches to the outside and use your

hands to reinforce nose shape.

R6-7: sc24 (24) 2 rounds

R8: sc7, [inc] x12, sc5 (36) You may have to

R9: sc36 (36) adjust R8/R12 due to

tension, the increases
R10-11: sc36 (36) 2 rounds *scar mod click here*
should land evenly
R12: sc14, [inc] x12, sc10 (48) at the top of

R13-21: sc48 (48) 9 rounds the head.

Add eyes in R10-11, 9 stitches between

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R22: [sc4, dec] x8 (40)
R23: [sc3, dec] x8 (32)
R24: [sc2, dec] x5, sc, ch3, sl st back into the same stitch you

started in, sc, dec, [sc2, dec] x2 (24)

this shows where my ch3 will

begin, middle top of head.

Stuff firmly. Continue to stuff after each round.

R25: [sc, dec] x8 (16)

R26: [dec] x8 (8)

R27: [dec] x2 (6) leave the rest of the stitches unworked.

FO, sew closed, there may be a gap where the loop was
formed, use the tail end to close the gap. Hide ends inside.

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SCAR MOD
R10: sc19, ch4, skip 5, sc3, ch4, skip 5, sc4 (34)

R11: sc19, put 5 sc in the ch4 space, sc3, put 5 sc in the ch4
space, sc4 (36)

Continue on to the head; after positioning the eyes, attach felt

over the space to create a barrier.

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EYE SHAPING
If using sinker eyes skip this step
1. Use 2ft of medium yarn to enter through 5. Push needle out to where we started
the middle back of the head

2. Come out next to eye 6. The yarn should be over top of the eyes

3. Go back into head on other side of eye 7. Pull very tight on both ends to indent eyes

4. Push needle to other side of head, repeat previous step 8. Tie knot and hide ends

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HORNS (make 2)
5mm hook with Bulky Yarn

R1: 4sc in a mr (4)

R2: 4sc (4)

R3: [sc, inc] x2 (6)

R4: [2sc, inc] x2 (8)

R5-6: sc8 (8) 2 rounds

Pause to start the surface slip stitch (see next page) with

2.25mm hook and Medium Weight Yarn.

R7: [3sc, inc] x2 (10)

R8-9: sc10 (10) 2 rounds

Begin to stuff firmly.

R10: inc, sc, inc, 7sc (12)

R11: sc12 (12)

R12: inc, sc2, inc, 8sc (14)

R13: sc14 (14)

R14: inc, 3sc, inc, 9sc (16)

R15: inc, 14sc, inc (18)

R16: 16sc, [inc] x2 (20)

Surface crochet around the
R17-19: sc20 (20) 3 rounds
base of each horn with head colour.
R20: sc9, dec, sc9 (19)

FO, stuff firmly, leave tail to sew onto head between R15-19, 4-5

visible stitches apart.

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SURFACE SLIP STITCH
1. Start near tip of horn 5. Pull the second loop through first

2. Pull up a loop 6. Repeat

3. Insert hook into next spot 7. Finished, hide ends inside

4. Yarn over, pull up a loop 8. Stuffed and sewn on

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EYELIDS (make 2)
6.5mm hook with Super Bulky Yarn
Do not ch1 at the end of each round.
R1: ch6, in the second ch from the hook, dec, sc1, dec, turn (3)
R2: dec, start another dec in the stitch you just finished in and
the last stitch left, turn (2)

R3: dec (1)

FO, leave tail to sew over eyes at an angle.

TENDRILS (make 2)
2.5mm hook with Medium Weight Yarn

R1: ch31, starting in the second ch from the hook [inc] x30 (60)

FO, leave tail for sewing, pull on tendrils, sew into bottom of
BB stitches on head.

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SPIKES (1 of each)
5mm hook with Bulky Yarn

small large
R1: sc4 in a mr (4) R1: sc4 in a mr (4)
R2: sc4 (4) R2: sc4 (4)
R3: sc4 (4) R3: [sc, inc] x2 (6)
FO, leave tail for sewing, R4: sc6 (6)
do not stuff R5: [sc2, inc] x2 (8)

FO, leave tail for sewing, stuff

medium x-large
R1: sc4 in a mr (4) R1: sc4 in a mr (4)

R2: sc4 (4) R2: sc4 (4)

R3: [sc, inc] x2 (6) R3: [sc, inc] x2 (6)

R4: sc6 (6) R4: sc6 (6)

FO, leave tail for sewing, stuff R5: [sc2, inc] x2 (8)

R6: sc8 (8)

FO, leave tail for sewing, stuff

Sew spikes from x-large to small in between the horns.

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PLAQUE
Remember to consider the slack from the loop

when positioning your screw hook; I found that I

needed to place it higher than my first estimate.

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YOUR’E FINISHED, HUZZAH!

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