Three dimensional knitting...

[arualmsknitting]

...as applied to a stuffed red dragon.

While this project had no real practical use, knitting this dragon taught me a lot about how to achieve different shapes by using in- and de-creases and short rows. Especially the legs posed a challange. I wanted them to look "real" and not so much like those of a toy. Despite some issues with proportions, I am

Comments

[dragonintherain]

DRAGON!

awesome.

:D

[arualmsknitting]

He is getting to be quite conceited, what with all those nice comments being made about him :-)

[knittergoddss]

he's beautiful. absolutely gorgeous. oh, and i'm adding you on ravelry (i'm knittergoddss there too)

[arualmsknitting]

You know, he doesn't really need to become even more full of himself... ;-)

Thank you very much.

[awfief]

you did a great job!

[arualmsknitting]

Thank you!
It was a fun project.

[crafting_change]

That is brilliant

*also runs over on Ravelry*

[arualmsknitting]

Thank you!
It's so nice to share him with other people who can get excited about him :-)

[cimorenegal]

Very nice! Also, kudos for knitting it tightly enough ;) I hate when I see stuffed animals that are knitted so loosely that the stuffing is poking out everywhere.

[arualmsknitting]

Thank you!
I knitted everything except for the skin on the wings with two starands held together on 4mm needles. My hands cramped up every now and again, but I think it was worth it.