Spyro the Dragon Crochet Pattern

SPYRO THE DRAGON CROCHET PATTERN

Spyro the Dragon certainly holds a very special place in my heart, one of my very first games as a child because I was a dragon obsessed little girl, and you know full well that I got the reignited trilogy when it came out a few years ago!

Anyway, this Spyro pattern is long overdue an update, so I will get round to it in time but for now I'll share this pattern with you lovely crafty bunch so you can satisfy that Spyro itch!

Materials

4mm crochet hook

Yarn in purple, yellow and red

Toy stuffing

Felt in black and white OR yarn / yarn fibre in these colours for the eyes.

Abbreviations

SC – Single Crochet

INC – Increase

DEC – Decrease

DBL – Double Crochet

TRB – Treble Crochet

SL – Slip Stitch

** - Repeat around

Pattern

Head – Purple

Magic Ring 6 (6)

1 Inc around (12)

2 *sc, inc* (18)

3 *2 sc, inc* (24)

4 *3 sc, inc* (30)

5 *4 sc, inc* (36)

6 – 10 sc around (36)

11 *4 sc, dec* (30)

12 *3 sc, dec* (24)

13 *2 sc, dec* (18)

14 *sc, dec* (12)

- Finish off, stuff and leave a long tail for sewing

Body – Purple

Magic Ring 6 (6)

1 Inc around (12)

2 *sc, inc* (18)

3 *2 sc, inc* (24)

4 *3 sc, inc* (30)

5 – 10 Sc around (30)

11 *3 sc, dec* (24)

12 *2 sc, dec* (18)

13 *sc, dec* (12)

14 dec around (6)

- Finish off, stuff moderately and leave a long tail for sewing, this end will be Spyro's chest

Neck – Purple

Start with a long tail

Chain 16, sl to the 1^st ch to form a circle. (16)

1 – 4 Sc around (16)

- Finish off, leave a long tail for sewing

Nose – Purple

Magic Ring 6 (6)

1 Inc around (12)

2 *2 sc, inc* (16)

3 – 4 Sc around (16)

- Finish off, stuff lightly, leave a long tail for sewing

Legs (x4) – Purple

Magic Ring 6 (6)

1 Inc around (12)

2 – 6 Sc around (12)

- Finish off, stuff and leave a long tail for sewing

Tail – Purple

Magic Ring 6 (6)

1 Sc around (6)

2 *sc, inc* (9)

3 – 4 Sc around (9)

5 *2 sc, inc* (12)

6 – 7 Sc around (12)

8 *3 sc, inc* (15)

9 – 14 Sc around (15)

- Finish off, stuff and leave a long tail for sewing

Tail Cap – Yellow

Magic Ring 6 (6)

1 *sc, inc* (9)

2 Sc around (9)

3 *2 sc, inc* (12)

4 Sc around (12)

5 Dec around (6)

- Finish off, turn inside out and stuff, leave a long tail for sewing

Horns (x2) – Yellow

Magic Ring 4 (4)

1 *sc, inc* (6)

2 Sc around (6)

3 *2 sc, inc* (8)

4 Sc around (8)

5 *3 sc, inc* (10)

6 *4 sc, inc* (12)

- Finish off, turn inside out, stuff lightly and leave a tail for sewing

Neck and Chest – Yellow

Chain 3, sc in 2^nd stitch from the hook, sc (2)

1 – 15 Sc across (2)

Sc around the whole outside then finish off, leaving a very long tail for sewing

Wings (x2) – Yellow

Start with a long tail, you'll use this to sew the wings on.

Chain 17, slip stitch into the 2^nd sc from hook, sc 7, skip a stitch, sc 7

- Change to Red -

Ch 1, turn.

1 inc, sc 6, skip a stitch, sc 5, turn without chaining

2 sc 4, skip a stitch, sc 4, ch 2

3 - 4 dbl, hdc, sc 4, hdc, dbl, ch 1 turn

5 slip stitch down the last row to make it tidy and sturdy

- Finish off, weave in any tail left by the end

Assembly

All the purple pieces:

Start by pinning the legs to the body and sew on.

Pin the tail to the rear of the plush and sew tightly in place.

Next, pin the nose to the head and start to sew, before you finish sewing it on use your crochet hook to poke some stuffing into the nose to bulk it out a little, then tightly sew shut.

Pin the neck to the head, covering the hole at the base of the head. Sew tightly on and pin the neck and head to the body.

When the neck is pinned in place, sew onto the body but once again before you finish sewing, use your crochet hook to poke a tiny amount of stuffing into the neck, then finish sewing closed.

Next, the yellow:

Pin the horns to the top of the head and sew neatly on, then do the same for the tail cap, making sure you sew it on tightly.

Pin the neck and chest piece on, be sure to have the top of the neck piece flush with the neck join.

Sew in place.

Take the wings and lay them flat, cut off some small pieces of yarn and glue them to the wings so it gives the red skin a split (please refer to picture) – or use a thin piece of yellow felt.

I tried embroidering them on first but it looked too messy, so it’s up to you which way you want to make them.

Finally, pin the wings to the side of Spyro as this will make them droop down when he’s standing up.

Now, let's make those iconic spikes!

Head and Back spikes – Yellow

IMPORTANT: Only do this part when Spyro has been sewn together

Slip stitch onto the back of the head (between the horns)

Hdc, dbl, sl, sl – Repeat this until you’ve gone from the back of the head, between the wings and down towards the tail. Finish off when there’s about 1cm from the yellow tail cap.

Finally, to make the eyes either use felt or needle felt them on. You need a large base of white and a black pupil.

If you're crocheting them play around with Magic Ring sizes. For this pattern I needle felted mine.

That’s it! You’re done!

Enjoy your new adorable Spyro!

STEP BY STEP TUTORIAL

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