Sea Dragon Nessie Monster FREE Crochet Pattern Low Sew

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Materials

• Size 6.5mm crochet hook
• Weight 6 bulky yarn in 2 colours
• Regular black yarn for eyes
• Stuffing material
• Stitch marker
• Needle for attaching fins
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR (magic ring or magic circle)
• SC (single crochet)
• INC (increase)
• DEC (decrease)
• SLST (slip stitch)
• DC (double crochet)

Fins (make 4)

• Round 1: 6SC in MR (6)
• Round 2: 1SC, INC x3 (9)
• Round 3: 2SC, INC x3 (12)
• Round 4-9: 12SC (12) 6 rounds
• Round 10: 2SC, DEC x3 (9)
• Round 11: 1SC, DEC x3 (6)

Do not stuff. Close the fin with 3SC across the top, leave a long tail for attaching to the body. If you want to add the fin detail before attaching to the body skip to the details section now.

Head and Neck (main colour)

• Round 1: 6SC in MR (6)
• Round 2: INC x6 (12)
• Round 3-4: 12SC (12) 2 rounds
• Round 5: 3SC, 6INC, 3SC (18)
• Round 6: 3SC, 12INC, 3SC (30)
• Round 7-8: 30SC (30) 2 rounds
• Round 9: (2SC, DEC) x7, 2SC (23)
• Round 10: 23SC (23)

Start stuffing the head.

• Round 11: (1SC, DEC) x7, 2SC (16)
• Round 12: 16SC (16)
• Round 13: (1SC, DEC) x5, 1SC (11)

Finish stuffing the head and stuff the neck as you go.

• Round 14-25: 11SC (11) 12 rounds

Body and Tail (main colour)

• Round 26: (1SC, INC) x5, 1SC (16)
• Round 27: (2SC, INC) x5, 1SC (21)
• Round 28: 24SC (21)
• Round 29: 3SC, 5INC, 5SC, 5INC, 3SC (31) (increases should be on the sides of the body, use the head as reference)
• Round 30-44: 31SC (31) 15 rounds

You can attach the fins at this stage by laying the body flat and using the head as a guide or you can attach the fins after.

Stuff the body.

• Round 45: 3SC, 5DEC, 5SC, 5DEC, 3SC (21) (decreases should be on the sides of the body, use the head as reference)
• Round 46: 21SC (21)
• Round 47: (2SC, DEC x5), 1SC (16)
• Round 48: (1SC, DEC) x5, 1SC (11)

Finish stuffing the body and stuff the tail as you go.

• Round 49-74: 11SC (11) 25 rounds

 SC the tail closed so that it lays flat across (use the head as a guide), finish off.

Details (second colour)

Fins: SLST onto one end of the fin, DCx2 into the next stitch, SLST into the next stitch, continue along the edge of the fin finishing with a SLST and finish off.

End of tail: SLST into the side of the tail around round 69, SC in next stitch, DCx2 in each stitch around the end of the tail and finish off with a SC and SLST.

Body: We will be working along the length of the tail, body and to the top of the head. Start with a SLST at the tip of the tail in the middle, DCx2 in the next stitch, SLST in the next stitch. Continue until you reach the top of the head keeping as central as possible. End with a SLST around round 8 and finish off.

Ears: The ears will be along round 9. SLST into the side of the head, DCx2 into the next 3 stitches, SLST into the next stitch and chain 1. Turn and DC into each stitch along the ear, finish with a SLST into the same stitch you started the ear from. Finish off and flip the  ear so that is faces backwards. Do the same steps on the opposite side for the second ear but starting from the top of the head instead of the side of the head.

Eyes: Use regular black yarn to add eye detail across rounds 6-7.

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