Crochet Dinosaur Series - Daisy the Diplodocus

 For those of you who preferred to wait for the release of this week's dinosaur, rather than buy the 'Crochet Dinosaur eBook', I have a new dinosaur pattern for you, Daisy the Diplodocus.

Daisy is the only land dinosaur who I made in two very different colours; orange for the smaller dinosaur, and a colour changing turquoise for the larger dinosaur.   I think she looks cute in both versions, and have been unable to decide which version I prefer.   Whichever colour you pick though, Daisy is made with join as you go limbs and only one colour, making her super easy to work up with no sewing.

 

Her neck makes good use of short row shaping, which features in a few of my dinosaur patterns.   If you haven't used it before, then I have included some helpful notes to get you started, and you may even be a pro at it by the time you have completed all these patterns.

You can find the pattern for Daisy the Diplodocus below.

Finally, a huge thank you to everyone who has liked, shared and entered my competition to win one of 2 eBooks.  I am so excited by the response I have had and amazed by how much you all love these dinosaurs.   As promised, the two winners have been drawn by random generator and will need to either email me or send me a Facebook message to arrange received your 'Crochet Dinosaur eBook'.   The winners are Leslie Garcia and Gloria Arnold.   Congratulations and please get in contact with me!

As a thank you for everyone else, I will be doing flash sale of my eBook so for the next 48 hours you can get my eBook for 50% off with this coupon code 'DINOSAUR' on my etsy store.

I hope you enjoy making Daisy and adding her to her friends.  Join me next week for our last land dinosaur.

Vicky x

Daisy Diplodocus

Daisy is 5.5” Tall (when standing) and 12” long when made for the playmat in DK yarn.

If you make Daisy in Aran/worsted weight yarn she will be 6” tall (standing) and 18” long. 

1. Materials and Resources

Below is a list of everything you will need to make Daisy

• Double Knit Yarn – 100g balls in the following colours
  • Orange
• 2 x 10mm safety eyes (or you can sew them on in black)
• Stuffing
• 5 mm hook
• Tapestry needle
• Stitch marker
• scissors

All dinosaurs can be made bigger by using Aran/worsted weight yarn and a 3mm hook.

 2.  Stitch List

Below is a list of all the stitches (and their abbreviations) featured in this series of patterns.  All terms used are American.

• Sl st – slip stitch
• Sc – single crochet
• Sc inc – single crochet increase
• Sc dec – single crochet decrease
• Ch – chain

 2.  Notes

Here are a few handy tips to help you with the pattern.

Gauge

The dinosaurs have no specific gauge, however they need to be as tight as possible to prevent the stuffing from coming out.

Other Notes

• All these patterns are worked in continuous rounds, do not sl st at the end of each round. A stitch marker is essential for keeping track of the start of your rows.
• It is best to stuff as you go with these patterns. Most patterns indicate the best points to stuff, but incase you miss them, it is always best to stuff if you hit a row that gets to 12 stitches.  Any less makes it much harder to stuff large areas.

Legs – make 4 in orange

Row	Instruction	Stitches
1	Ch 12, sl st to form a ring	12
2-6	Sc around	12
7	5 sc, (sc inc) x 2, 5 sc	14
8	Sc around	14
	Sl st and cast off

Feet – make 4 in orange

Row	Instruction	Stitches
1	6 sc in magic circle	6
2	Use (sc inc) in each stitch to attach foot to leg	12
3	Sl st, (ch2, sl) x 5 to make 5 toes	5 ch2 loops
	Cast off, stuff legs and sew in ends

Head – in orange

Row	Instruction	Stitches
1	6 sc in magic circle	6
2	(2 sc, sc inc) x 2	8
3	(3 sc, sc inc) x 2	10
4	(4 sc, sc inc) x 2	12
5	Sc around	12
6	( 5 sc, sc inc) x 2	14
7	Sc around	14
8	(6sc, sc inc) x 2	16
9	Sc around	16
10	(7sc, sc inc) x 2	18
11	Sc around	18
12	6 sc, (sc inc) x 6, 6 sc	24
13-15	Sc around	24
16	(2 sc, sc dec) x 6	18
	Add eyes between rows 13 and 14 at stitches 6 and 13

 Neck – in orange

Row	Instruction	Stitches
17-21	Sc around	18
22	17 sc, sl st, ch 1, turn
	11 sc, sl st, ch 1, turn
	10 sc, sl st, ch 1, turn
	9 sc, sl st, ch 1, turn
	8 sc,  sc in base of 1st sl st, sc
23	Sc around (don’t forget base of sl st)	18
24-35	Sc around	18
26	(8 sc, sc inc) x 2	20
27	Sc around	20
28	(9sc, sc inc) x 2	22
29	Sc around	22
30	(10 sc, sc inc) x 2	24
31	Sc around	24
	Stuff neck and head
32	4 sc, sl st, ch 1, turn
	9 sc, sl st, ch 1, turn
	8 sc, sc in sl st base from 1st short row, 4sc, sc in last sl st base – the next sc in the new start of rounds

 Body – in orange

Row	Instruction	Stitches
33	(3 sc, sc inc) x 6	30
34	Sc around	30
35	(4 sc, sc inc) x 6	36
36	Sc around	36
37	(5sc, sc inc) x 6	42
38	Sc, attach leg with 7 sc, 5 sc, attach leg with 7 sc, 22 sc	42
39-48	Sc around	42
49	Sc, attach leg with 7 sc, 5 sc, attach leg with 7 sc, 22sc	42
50	(5 sc, sc dec) x 6	36
51	Sc around	36
52	(4 sc, dc dec) x 6	30
53	Sc around	30
54	(3 sc, sc dec) x 6	24
55	Sc around	24
56	( 2 sc, sc dec) x 6	18
57-60	Sc around	18
	Stuff body, do not cast off and continue on to tail

Tail – in orange

Row	Instruction	Stitches
61	(7 sc, sc dec) x 2	16
62-65	Sc around	16
66	(6 sc, sc dec) x 2	14
67-70	Sc around	14
71	(5 sc, sc dec) x 2	12
72-75	Sc around	12
76	(4 sc, sc dec) x 2	10
77-80	Sc around	10
	Stuff tail and stuff as you go from this point onwards
81	(3 sc, sc dec) x 2	8
82	Sc around	8
83	(2 sc, sc dec) x 2	6
	Sl st, cast off and sew tail shut

Sew a few stitches between neck base and body to help hold the neck up.

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