Hello friends and welcome to the Celestial Lunar New Year CAL! We are starting off with Part 1! I hope you are excited to start working on Tianlong Lunar Dragon! He is such an amazing dragon! My son even said that he is perfect! Haha! He is 6 and I was so surprised that he said that! So needless to say this amigurumi dragon is perfect! My testers have really enjoyed working on the crochet dragon and love him! You are going to love the fact that there is no sewing involved in this perfect crochet dragon. I am so glad that we will all be able to work on this crochet dragon together in a crochet along! I hope you are excited for this Lunar New Year crochet along like I am!

To start off the Celestial Lunar New Year CAL we will be making the legs, horns, and eyebrows. These are all of the pieces that you will be attaching while you crochet in some of the next parts. You have 4 days to make all of these. Partially because there are a lot of pieces to make and partially because this way I can still have Sunday as my day off.

Here is the schedule for each of the different parts of the Celestial Lunar New Year CAL:

Part 1- This post

Part 2- Feb 5th

Part 3- Feb 8th

Part 4- Feb 12th

Just as a heads up I won’t be including any pictures in the free CAL, but there are lots of wonderful pictures in the PDF version that you can purchase from one of my pattern shops. If you need more help please ask questions or purchase the pattern. There are some wonderful pictures in there that will be helpful to you. The pattern I believe is well written though.

This little cutie is a Lunar New Year Dragon and is excited to celebrate with you. The name Tianlong means Celestial Dragon! This lovely dragon is certainly a majestic friend!

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Do not sell, reproduce, or change the pattern itself in any way! You are welcome to sell your completed products, just make sure to refer to me as the designer! Please make sure to tag me.

@crochetwizzard #crochetwizzard

Materials –

  • Worsted weight yarn
    • Red and Yellow
  • Hook size 3.5mm (E)
  • 14mm Safety Eyes, or an alternative form of eyes
  • Stitch Marker
  • PolyFill
  • Tapestry Needle
  • Scissors
  • Sewing Pins

US Terminology –
Abbreviations –

  • Rd(s) – Rounds(s)
  • MR – Magic Ring
  • St(s) – Stitch(s)
  • Sst – Same Stitch
    • The sts in the () are done in the same st
  • Spst – Separate Stitches
    • The sts in the () are done in separate sts
  • Rs – Right Side
  • Ws – Wrong Side
  • Sr – Short Round
    • Round that doesn’t go all the way around
  • Ch – Chain
  • Sl St – Slip Stitch
  • Sss – Surface Slip Stitch
  • Ssc – Surface Single Crochet
  • Sk – Skip
  • Pm – Place Stitch Marker
    • This is the new start of the rd
  • Sc – Single Crochet
  • Hdc – Half Double Crochet
  • Dc – Double Crochet
  • Htc – Half Triple Crochet
  • Tc – Triple Crochet
  • Hqc – Half Quadruple Crochet
  • Qc – Quadruple Crochet
  • Bo – Bobble Stitch
    • (yo, insert hook into st, pull up a loop, yo, pull through 2 loops on hook)sst x5, yo pull through all 6 loops on hook.
  • Mp- Mini Picot
    • Ch 2, sl st in the 2nd ch from the hook
  • Inc – Increase
  • Dec – Invisible Decrease
    • In front loops only, pick up the next two loops, yarn over, and pull through 2 loops.
  • FO – Fasten Off
  • FLO – Front Loop Only – for closing up holes.

Notes –

  • Magic Ring Alternative – chain 2 and single crochet in the second chain from the hook.
  • This will be crocheted in the round.
  • If not specified or in (), repeat to the end of the round.
  • Stuff as you go.
  • With all Short Rounds, make sure you turn without a ch so the working yarn is in the back.

The pattern has a downloadable PDF version purchasable here!

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Leg (make 4) –
Toes (Make 3 per foot, 12 total) –
Yellow –

There are pictures in the downloadable PDF version purchasable here!

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Rd 1: sc 5 in MR
Rd 2: sc around (5)
Change to Red
Rd 3-5: sc around (5) (3 rounds)
FO, leaving a short tail for the first 2 and continue with the 3rd.
Rd 6: sc 2 on the 2nd toe, sc around the last toe, sc 3 on 2nd toe, sc around the 1st toe (15)
Rd 7-8: sc around (15) (2 rounds)
Rd 9: sc around with and extra 5 sc, pm, turn and don’t ch (make sure you turn so the working yarn is in the back) (20, 15+5 extra)
Rd 10: (ws) (sr) sc 7 turn and don’t ch (7)
Rd 11: (rs) (sr) sc 6, turn and don’t ch (6)
Rd 12: (ws) (sr) sc 5, turn and don’t ch (5)
Rd 13: (rs) (sr) sc 4, turn and don’t ch (4)
Rd 14: (ws) (sr) sc 3, turn and don’t ch (3)
Rd 15: work all unworked st around, including the first 3 twice (18, 15+3 doubled)
Rd 16: sc, dec (10) Stuff
Rd 17-20: sc around (10) (4 rounds)
Rd 21: sc around, sc an extra 3 of the next rd, turn and don’t ch (13, 10+3)
Rd 22: (ws) (sr) sc 5, turn and don’t ch (5)
Rd 23: (rs) (sr) sc 4, turn and don’t ch (4)
Rd 24: (ws) (sr) sc 3, turn and don’t ch (3)
Rd 25: work all unworked sts around (10)
Rd 26-29: sc around (10) (4 rounds) Stuff
Row 30: sc 5, fold, and sc through both 5 times to close
FO, leaving a short tail.

Horn (make 2) –
Yellow

There are pictures in the downloadable PDF version purchasable here!

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Rd 1: sc 4 in MR
Rd 2: sc around (4)
Rd 3: sc, inc (6)
Rd 4-5: sc around (6) (2 rounds)
Change to Red
Rd 6: sc 2, inc (8)
Rd 7-8: sc around (8) (2 rounds)
FO, leaving a short tail.

Right Eyebrow –
Yellow

There are pictures in the downloadable PDF version purchasable here!

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Ch 7, sl st in the 2nd ch from the hook, sl st 3, sc, sc 4 in the last ch, and continue working around the ch, sc, dec sl st, sl st 2, sl st in the sk ch at the beginning, ch.
FO, leaving a short tail.
Sc around the post of the lone sc on the side of the dec and the next sc. (2) (These 2 sts are where you will attach it to the head.)
FO, leaving a short tail.

Left Eyebrow –
Yellow

Ch 7, sl st in the 2nd ch from the hook, sl st, dec sl st, sc, sc 4 in the last ch and continue working around the ch, sc, sl st 4, sl st in the sk ch at the beginning, ch.
FO, leaving a short tail.
Sc around the post of the lone sc on the side of the dec and the next sc. (2) (These 2 sts are where you will attach it to the head.)
FO, leaving a short tail.

Thank you so much for working on Part 1 with me! We’ll be back on Monday, Feb 5th for Part 2!

The pattern has a downloadable PDF version purchasable here!

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I would love to see your pictures! Please tag me in your pictures,

@crochetwizzard #crochetwizzard #tianlonglunardragon #crochetlunardragon #crochetdragon!

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Enjoy!
Thanks! The Crochetwizzard!