Wings of Fire Crochet Dragon

I am a fan of the book series Wings of Fire, and I like to crochet dragons. I decided to try and make my own pattern and this is the outcome. I call my red and yellow dragon mustard.

1. weight 3 or 4 red yarn (or any other color)
2. weight 3 or 4 yellow yarn (or any other color)
3. weight 3 or 4 black yarn
4. weight 3 or 4 gray yarn
5. Gauge 14 jewelry wire
6. 2x6mm safety eyes
7. wire cutters
8. 4mm crochet hook

Body

With red yarn (stuff lightly as you go along).

Rnd 1. 8 sc in magic ring (8)

Rnd 2-5. 8 sc (8)

Rnd 6. 2 sc, 4 inc, 2sc (12)

Rnd 7. 4 sc, 4 inc, 4sc (16)

Rnd 8. 16 sc (16)

head.

Rnd 9. [2 sc, dec]x4 (12)

Rnd 10. 4 sc, 2 dec, 4 sc (10)

If using safety eyes, place them in between rows 6 and 7, 3 stitches apart on the top of the

Rnd 11-12. 3 sc, 5 dc, 2 sc (10)

Rnd 13-20. 10 sc (10)

Single crochet until you are centered with the bottom of the head.

Rnd 21. 2 inc, 6 sc, 2 inc (14)

Rnd 22-24. 3 dc, 7sc, 4 dc (14)

Rnd 25. [6 sc, inc]x2 (16)

Rnd 26-30. 16 sc (16)

Rnd 31. [6 sc, dec]x2 (14)

Rnd 32-35. 14 sc (14)

Rnd 36. [5 sc, dec]x2 (10)

Rnd 37-38. 12 sc (12)

Rnd 39. [4 sc, dec]x2 (10)

Rnd 40. 10 sc (10)

Rnd 41. [3 sc, dec]x2 (8)

Rnd 42-44. 8 sc (8)

Rnd 45. [2 sc, dec]x2 (6)

Rnd 46-56. 6 sc.

Finish off leaving a long tail for sewing. Sew through the front loops of the remaining stitches and pull to close. Weave in tail.

Underbelly

With yellow yarn.

Row 1. ch 5 (5)

Row 2-8. 4 sc, ch 1 and turn (4)

Row 9. inc, 2 sc, inc, ch 1 and turn (6)

Row 10. inc, 4sc, inc, ch 1 and turn (8)

Row 11-16. 8 sc, ch 1 and turn (8)

Row 17. dec, 4 sc, dec, ch 1 and turn (6)

Row 18-20. 6 sc, ch 1 and turn (6)

Row 21. dec, 2 sc, dec, ch 1 and turn (4)

Row 22-25. 4 sc, ch 1 and turn (4)

Row 26. 2 dec, ch 1 and turn (2)

Row 27-30. 2 sc, ch 1 and turn (2)

Row 31. dec, ch 1 and turn (1)

Row 32. 1 sc (1)

Finish off leaving a long tail for sewing. Set aside for assembly.

Front Legs

With red yarn (stuff lightly as you go along)(make two).

Rnd 1. 6 sc in magic ring (6)

Rnd 2-5. 6 sc (6)

Rnd 6. 3 sc, 3 dc (6)

Rnd 7-9. 6 sc (6)

Finish off leaving a long tail for sewing. Set aside for assembly.

Back Legs

With red yarn (stuff lightly as you go along)(make two).

Rnd 1. 6 sc in magic ring (6)

Rnd 2-5. 6 sc (6)

Rnd 6-7. 3 sc, 3 dc (6)

Rnd 8-10. 6 sc (6)

Finish off leaving a long tail for sewing. Set aside for assembly.

Spines

With yellow yarn.

Row 1. ch 49 (49)

Row 2. [sl st, ch 2, dc, ch 2, sl st]x16 (112)

Horns

With gray yarn (make two).

Rnd 1. 4 sc in magic ring (4)

Rnd 2-4. 4 sc (5)

Finish off leaving a long tail for sewing. Set aside for assembly.

Wings (Make two)

Main wing support arm

With red yarn (stuff lightly as you go along).

Rnd 1. 6 sc in magic ring (6)

Rnd 2-20. 6 sc (6)

Rnd 21. [2 sc, inc]x2 (8)

Rnd 22-36. 8 sc (8)

Finish off leaving a long tail for sewing. Set aside for wing assembly.

Wing support arm part A

With red yarn. (stuff lightly as you go along).

Rnd 1. 5 sc in magic ring (5)

Rnd 2-10. 5 sc (5)

Finish off leaving a long tail for sewing. Set aside for wing assembly.

Wing support arm part B

With red yarn. (stuff lightly as you go along)(make four).

Rnd 1. 5 sc in magic ring (5)

Rnd 2-15. 5 sc (5)

Finish off leaving a long tail for sewing. Set aside for wing assembly.

Webbing part A

With yellow yarn

Row 1. ch 18 (18)

Row 2. 17 sc, ch 1 and turn (17)

Row 3. 15 sc, dec, ch 1 and turn (16)

Row 4. 16 sc, ch 1 and turn (16)

Row 5. 14 sc, dec, ch 1 and turn (15)

Row 6. 15 sc, ch 1 and turn (15)

Row 7. 13 sc, dec, ch 1 and turn (14)

Row 8. 14 sc, ch 1 and turn (14)

Row 9. 12 sc, dec, ch 1 and turn (13)

Finish off leaving a long tail for sewing. Set aside for wing assembly.

Webbing part B

With yellow yarn

Row 1. ch 5. (5)

Row 2. 3 sc, inc ch 1 and turn (5)

Row 3. inc, 4 sc, ch 1 and turn (6)

Row 4. 5 sc, inc ch 1 and turn (7)

Row 5. inc, 6 sc, ch 1 and turn (8)

Row 6. 7 sc, inc ch 1 and turn (9)

Row 7. inc, 8 sc, ch 1 and turn (10)

Row 8. 9 sc, inc ch 1 and turn (11)

Row 9. inc, 10 sc, ch 1 and turn (12)

Row 10. 11 sc, inc ch 1 and turn (13)

Finish off leaving a long tail for sewing. Set aside for wing assembly.

Webbing part C

With yellow yarn (make 3).

Row 1. ch 5 (5)

Row 2-3. 4 sc, ch 1 and turn (4)

Row 4. dec, 2 sc, ch 1 and turn (3)

Row 5-7. 3 sc, ch 1 and turn (3)

Row 8. Dec, 1 sc, ch 1 and turn (2)

Row 9-11. 2 sc, ch 1 and turn (2)

Row 12. dec, ch 1 and turn (1)

Row 13. 1 sc (1)

Finish off leaving a long tail for sewing. Set aside for wing assembly.

1. Sew the Wing support arm part A and the Wing support arm part Bs to the Main wing support arm.
2. Sew the webbing part A and webbing part B to the wing assembly.
3. Sew the webbing part Cs onto the wing assembly.
4. Repeat steps 1-3 with other wing.

1. Sew the underbelly onto the bottom of the body.
2. Sew the spines along the back of the body, starting at the tip of the tail and ending on top of the head.
3. Sew the horns on the top of the head.
4. Sew the front and back legs to the body.
5. Insert the wire through the body above the front legs.
6. Insert the wings onto the wires and sew the wings onto the body.
7. Trim the extra wire.
8. Sew lines onto the underbelly.

Now all you need to do is name your dragon.