The best crochet projects are the ones that I'm gifting. The thought of smiles on my friends faces and an image of their future little one holding this - priceless. With their first child on the way (a boy!) and a love for dinosaurs by the parents-to-be, I couldn't resist making this baby dino for them. To my surprise, this dinosaur was one of my quickest projects to make so far. The body is one piece created starting at the head and continuing on to the tail. All limbs were made separately, stuffed and sewn to the ventral side of the body. All four dorsal spikes are individual triangles which were lightly stuffed and sewn to the body. I tightened up my tension and used a smaller hook than when I created the unicorn. This resulted in a firmer body. In some situations that may not be ideal, but I think it adds to it's durability as I imagine the baby will be squeezing and handling the dinosaur a lot. Attaching limbs is my kryptonite. I usually attach limbs, undo it all and re-attach them a few times before I am satisfied with the placement. This dinosaur was no exception as I struggled with attaching the rear legs. At first I placed them too far ventrally (towards the belly), then too far out on the sides; I was trying to get to that happy place where it looked like the dinosaur just flopped down and took a nap. If you want to avoid all the attaching and re-attaching I went through, I highly recommend using stitch markers to loosely attach the limbs and mark the exact placement. When I completed the dinosaur I felt like something was missing. That is when I came up with the idea of making an egg from which the dinosaur could "hatch" from. I didn't want to sew two halves together so at the mid-point (row 28), I added stitches to the round like normal, but only halfway, and then I made a chain the length of the remaining number of stitches in the round to create the 'break' in the egg. Then in the next row, I stitched through the chain I had just created and half of the original round. After that, it was business as normal and I continued making the second half of the egg. The triangular edging was added once the egg was completed and what a difference the edging makes! 2018.07.23 Pattern now available! Baby Dino Materials:
- 4.25mm hook - Lion Brand Yarn, "Vanna's Choice" in Fern; 170 yds, 3.5oz/156m, 100g [medium, 4]; 1 ball. Used for the Dino body. - Lion Brand Yarn, "Vanna's Choice" in Aqua; 170 yds, 3.5oz/156m, 100g [medium, 4]; 1 ball. Used for Dino dorsal spikes. Dino Egg: - 4.25mm hook - Loops & Threads, "Impeccable" in Aran; 277yds, 4.5oz/253m, 127.5g [medium weight]; 1 ball
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Stephanie
7/22/2018 05:14:01 am
Do you have a pattern to share with this? My daughter loves dinosaurs and would love this, but I'm not finding a pattern or link to one.
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Melissa
7/22/2018 08:41:45 pm
Hi Stephanie, thanks for checking out my dinosaur! I do have a pattern, but it currently exists as handwritten notes in my notebook. I would be happy to share my pattern. Please give me a few days and I'll get something typed up and posted.
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