Brontosaurus Pattern

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The Materials: The Stitches:
•The Yarn (Worsted Weight) - Ch : Chain stitch
- Main color - St : Stitch
- Secondary color (Spines) - Sl.st : Slip Stitch
•Size G6/4.00mm Hook - Sc : Single Crochet
•Plastic Saftey Bead Eyes (8mm+) - Dec/Inc : Decrease/Increase
•Stuffing - InvDec : Invisible Decrease
•Needle - BLO : Back Loops Only
•3 - 5 Nickles (for adding weight)

Worked in the round

Gauge : 5 Rnds and 4 sts per 1”
Finished piece is about 3” tall
Pattern Video: https://youtu.be/pTB4FlOVx1s

(01:21) Spines (make 6):

[All in Secondary color]
Ch 3, Working in the BLO of the 3rd ch from
the hook, hdc 1

Ch 1, cut the yarn and pull through to sew

along the neck and back.

(02:50) Feet (make 4):

[All in Main color]
Ch 2 or use the magic loop method

Rnd 1: Work 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook or into magic loop (6)

Rnd 2: Working in BLO, sc in each st around (6)

Rnd 3: sc in each st around (6)

Rnd 4: sc 1, sl.st 1, cut the yarn leaving a long end for sewing onto the piece

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Head:
[All in Main color]
Ch 2 or use the magic loop method

(06:38) Rnd 1: Work 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook or into magic loop (6)

(07:04) Rnd 2: [sc 1, inc] repeat 3 times (9)

(08:18) Rnd 3: [sc 2, inc] repeat 3 times (12)

(09:04) Rnd 4 - 7: sc in each st (12 x 4)

(09:32) Rnd 8: sc 1, invdec 3, sc 5 (9)

(10:50) Add eyes.

Neck (continuing from the Head):

(13:05) Rnd 9: invdec 2, sc 2, inc, sc 2 (8)

(14:04) Rnd 10 - 12: invdec, sc 3, inc, sc 2 (8 x 3)

(16:01) Stuff head, use a stick or pencil to get to hard to reach areas.

(17:28) Rnd 13: invdec, sc 6 (7)

(18:40) Rnd 14 - 16: sc in each st (7)

(18:55) Rnd 17: sc 1, inc, sc 5 (8)

(19:35) Rnd 18: sc 2, inc, sc 5 (9)

(20:23) Rnd 19: [sc 2, inc] repeat 3 times (12)

(21:13) Fold a pipe cleaner in half and twist. Stuff the pipe cleaner into the neck and
use it to shape it. Stuff the neck thoroughly with a small stick.

(24:08) Sew on 3 of the spines along the head and neck.

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Body (continuing from the Neck):
(27:24) Rnd 20: [sc 3, inc] repeat 3 times (15)

(28:40) Rnd 21: [sc 4, inc] repeat 3 times (18)

(30:45) Rnd 22: [sc 5, inc] repeat 3 times (21)

(32:03) Rnd 23 - 29: sc in each st (21 x 6)

(32:37) Rnd 30: sc 16, invdec, sc 1, invdec (19)

(34:03) Rnd 31: sc 1, invdec, sc 10, invdec, sc 2, invdec (16)

(35:21) Rnd 32: sc 2, invdec, sc 6, invdec, sc 2, invdec (13)

(36:28) Rnd 33: sc 2, invdec, sc 7, invdec (11)

(37:44) Sew on legs onto the bottom of the body and three spines along the back.

Stuff thoroughly. Add in a few nickles into the belly to insure that it doesn’t tip over
from the weight of the head.

(43:13) Rnd 34: sc 9, invdec (10)

(44:05) Rnd 35: sc 8, invdec (9)

(44:58) Rnd 36: sc 7, invdec (8)

Rnd 37: sc 6, invdec (7)

Rnd 38: sc 5, invdec (6)

Rnd 39: sc 4, invdec (5)

Rnd 40: sc 3, invdec (4)

(45:47) Rnd 41: sc 2, invdec (3)

Finish stuffing.

Cut the yarn and pull through. Sew the end together.
Feed 1 brocoli per day. Keep out of reach from T-Rexes.
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