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Raven Luni 2d ago

Erik Nygren

My wife @Ksushis is amazing. She just finished crocheting this dragon.

#dragons #crafts #amigurumi

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Erik Nygren

2d ago

Another crocheted #amigurumi dragon by my amazing wife @Ksushis

#crafts #dragon #crochet

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Erik Nygren

2d ago

More photos of the amazing dragon my wife @Ksushis crocheted.

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Tim WIcinski 2d ago

@nygren @Ksushis Those are very great Erik ! The crocheted one is something I think my cats would take while I am sleeping and hide someplace very hard to find

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Cyberlyra 2d ago

@nygren
these are incredible!!! Holy geez.

also I know an under-ten year old obsessed with dragons who has been learning to weave her own. I can't wait to show her what is possible!

Super! Will she be making the designs available?

What material are the claws made of?

I crocheted a baby dragon last year. That was a lot of work, but it was my first project.

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Ksushis 1d ago

@number6 @nygren The pattern is from amazing Megan Lapp of Crafty intentions. The body of the dragon (plus legs, wings, tail and head) are from this pattern https://shop.craftyintentions.com/b/KMHfv and the head and back ornamentation is from Megan's book CROCHET CREATURES OF MYTH & LEGEND https://craftyintentions.com/book1.

Thank you for the information!

I bought an over-supply of eyes (nobody sells just two) for my baby dragon.

Hadn't even considered that there is a whole industry out there producing claws, for those times you might need one.

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Ksushis 1d ago

@number6 @nygren Yeah, I now have a lot more claws and eyes than I need :). The claws are really for leather jackets and the like, but they work for dragons and other creatures too. These are the claws btw https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00O8N9V78?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

Amazon.com

Oh, so *that's* the target market.

A little too late I learned that a good place to get crochet accessories is AliExpress.

It's also not bad for yarn, if you want sport weight yarn from milk cotton. Thicker stuff, it stops being competitive.

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Kelkyag 1d ago

@Ksushis @number6 @nygren
Oh nifty! I've been eyeing her pieces on ravelry. May I ask what you think of the patterns, and how much of a time investment they are to make? (For you -- as a rare follower of patterns, I'd expect to double that and upgrade to the next larger time unit.)

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Ksushis 1d ago

@kelkyag @number6 @nygren the patterns are amazing. Some of the best. She’s also responsive on FB and there’s a great Discord community where I’ve gotten advise with the 1st dragon. As for time, it’s a LOT, I don’t really keep track but on and off it was 2 months of weekend work.

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Kelkyag 1d ago

@Ksushis @number6 @nygren
Thank you! That's very tempting indeed.

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