This tutorial starts by making 4 pads, body, head, tail, and finally making spikes, then attaching them to the back of the dinosaur.

You can customize this pattern by making it with different colors, and you can add some accessories to it to give it different looks.

This pattern uses US terminology and is worked in continuous rounds unless otherwise specified, and we recommend using a stitch marker or a scrap piece of yarn to mark the first stitch of each round.

Designer: Helgas Toy

Abbreviations

Mr – magic ring
sc – single crochet
inc – increase
dec – decrease
ch – chain
sl st – slip stitch

Pads x4

Rnd 1: 6 sc in Mr (6)
Rnd 2: (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
Rnd 3: (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
Rnd 4: 12 sc (12)
Rnd 5: 12 sc. sl st (13)

Fasten off and hide the thread.

Body + Head

Rnd 1: 16 ch
Rnd 2: 14 sc, 3 sc into 1 st, 14 sc (31)
Rnd 3: inc, 13 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 13 sc, inc (35)

To the next row add pads with 3 sc. Place the paws symmetrically to each other.

Rnd 4: inc, 2 sc, 3 sc with paw, 6 sc, 3 sc with paw, 1 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 1 sc, 3 sc with paw, 6 sc, 3 sc with paw, 2 sc (38)
Rnd 5: 4 sc, 9 sc (around leg), 6 sc, 9 sc (around leg), 8 sc, 9 sc (around leg), 6 sc, 9 sc (around leg), 2 sc (62)
Rnd 6-17: 62 sc (62)
Rnd 18: 8 sc, dec, 18 sc, (dec, 1 sc) x 6, 16 sc (55)
Rnd 19: 10 sc, dec, 13 sc, 3 dec, 3 sc, 3 dec, 13 sc, dec (47)
Rnd 20: 23 sc, 3 dec, 18 sc (44)

Next crochet only neck

Rnd 21: 12 sc and continue on the other side 6 sc
Rnd 22-35: 18 sc (18)
Rnd 36: (4 sc, dec) x 3 (15)
Rnd 37-40: 15 sc

Next crochet head. Start with a middle of the left part of neck.

Rnd 41: (inc, 1 sc) x 7, inc (22)
Rnd 42: (1 sc, inc) x 6, (3 sc, inc) x 2, 3 sc (31)
Rnd 43-45: 31 sc (31)
Rnd 46: 5 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 10 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 1 sc (27)
Rnd 47-48: 27 sc (27)
Rnd 49: 2 sc, 2 dec, 2 sc, dec, 2 sc, 2 dec, 3 sc, dec, (1 sc, dec) x 2 (19)
Rnd 50: 1 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 1 sc, 7 sc, 2 dec (15)

Finish crochet: 9 dec and slopped stitch, pull off the hole. Fasten off and hide the thread.

Sew up the hole on the top of back.

Tail

Rnd 1: 4 sc in Mr (4)
Rnd 2: (1 sc, inc) x 2 (6)
Rnd 3: 6 sc (6)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) x 2 (8)
Rnd 5: 8 sc (8)
Rnd 6: (3 sc, inc) x 2 (10)
Rnd 7: 10 sc (10)
Rnd 8: (4 sc, inc) x 2 (12)
Rnd 9-10: 12 sc (12)
Rnd 11: (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
Rnd 12-15: 15 sc (15)
Rnd 16: (4 sc, inc) x 3 (18)
Rnd 20: (5 sc, inc) x 3 (21)
Rnd 21: 21 sc, slipping stitch

Fasten off and leave a long thread for adding a tail to a body.

Spike

Rnd 1: 4 sc (4)
Rnd 2: (1 sc,, inc) x 2 (6)
Rnd 3: (2 sc, inc) x 2 (8)
Rnd 4: 8 sc, slipping stitch

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