Triceratops

Triceratops

TERMS USED

МR – magic ring

Ch – chain

sl st – slip stitch

sc – single crochet

inc – increase (2 sc in 1 st)

dec – decrease

hdc – half double crochet

dc – double crochet

dc inc – 2 double crochet in 1 st

tr – treble crochet

BLO – back loop only

FLO – front loop only

MATERIALS:

Yarn:

Pink – Alize Cotton Gold 33

(2 balls – 660m (722 yrd)

Purple – Alize Cotton Gold 649

White – Alize Cotton Gold 55

Hook: 3 mm (or in accordance with

the yarn you use)

Polyfill for stuffing, black yarn

for eyes or safety eyes (optional),

scissors, tapestry needle for

sewing.

BASE

With pink yarn

Round 1. 6 sc in MR (6)

Round 2. 6 inc (12)

Round 3. 12 sc (12)

Round 4. (1 sc; inc)*6 (18)

Round 5-6. 18 sc (18)

Round 7. (2 sc; inc)*6 (24)

Round 8-10. 24 sc (24)

Round 11. (3 sc; inc)*6 (30)

Round 12-15. 30 sc (30)

Round 16. (4 sc; inc)*6 (36)

Round 17-21. 36 sc (36)

Round 22. (5 sc; inc)*6 (42)

Round 23-28. 42 sc (42)

Round 29. (6 sc; inc)*6 (48)

Round 30-36. 48 sc (48)

Round 37. (7 sc; inc)*6 (54)

Round 38-45. 54 sc (54)

Round 46. (8 sc; inc)*6 (60)

Round 47. FLO (9 sc; inc)*6 (66)

Round 48. 5 sc; inc; (10 sc; inc)*5; 5 sc (72)

Round 49. (11 sc; inc)*6 (78)

Round 50. 6 sc; inc; (12 sc; inc)*5; 6 sc (84)

Round 51. (13 sc; inc)*6 (90)

Round 52. 7 sc; inc; (14 sc; inc)*5; 7 sc (96)

Round 53. (15 sc; inc)*6 (102)

Round 54. 8 sc; inc; (16 sc; inc)*5; 8 sc (108)

Round 55. (17 sc; inc)*6 (114)

Round 56-62. 114 sc (114)

Round 63. (17 sc; dec)*6 (108)

Round 64. 8 sc; dec; (16 sc; dec)*5; 8 sc (102)

Round 65. (15 sc; dec)*6 (96)

Round 66. 7 sc; dec; (14 sc; dec)*5; 7 sc (90)

Round 67. (13 sc; dec)*6 (84)

Round 68. 6 sc; dec; (12 sc; dec)*5; 6 sc (78)

Round 69. (11 sc; dec)*6 (72)

Round 70. 5 sc; dec; (10 sc; dec)*5; 5 sc (66)

Round 71. (9 sc; dec)*6 (60)

Round 72. connect round 71 with round 47

(BLO) with 60 sc (60) fill with stuffing as

you go, then continue to work in rounds.

LEGS (make 2)

With pink yarn

Round 1. 6 sc in MR (6)

Round 2. 6 inc (12)

Round 3. (1 sc; inc)*6 (18)

Round 4. (2 sc; inc)*6 (24)

Round 5. (3 sc; inc)*6 (30)

Round 6. (4 sc; inc)*6 (36)

Round 7. BLO (2 sc; inc)*4; 24 sc (40)

Round 8. (3 sc; inc)*4; 24 sc (44)

Round 9. 3 sc; dec; (4 sc; inc)*2; 3 sc; dec; 24 sc(44)

Round 10. 2 sc; dec; (4 sc; dec)*2; 2 sc; dec; 24 sc(40)

Round 11. 3 sc; (3 sc; dec)*2; 27 sc (38)

Round 12. 3 sc; (2 sc; dec)*2; 27 sc (36)

Round 13. 36 sc (36)

Round 14. (4 sc; dec)*6 (30)

Round 15. (3 sc; dec)*6 (24) fill with stuffing

Round 16. BLO (2 sc; dec)*6 (18)

Round 17. (1 sc; dec)*6 (12)close the hole, leave a tail for sewing

Round 73. (8 sc; dec)*6 (54)

Round 74. (7 sc; dec)*6 (48)

Round 75. (6 sc; dec)*6 (42)

Round 76. (5 sc; dec)*6 (36)

Round 77. (4 sc; dec)*6 (30)

Round 78. (3 sc; dec)*6 (24)

Round 79. (2 sc; dec)*6 (18)

Round 80. (1 sc; dec)*6 (12)

Round 81. 6 dec (6) cut the yarn, pull off hole, hide a tail.

NAILS (make 4 on each foot)

With white yarn in one sc of the

foot make (3 ch; 3 tr) and crochet

them together, fasten off, cut the

yarn, pull it through and tide a

knot like in the pictures, then

hide sticking yarn.

Sew legs to base in the front loops of round 16 like in the

pictures (pin it before sewing, it really helps:)

LARGE RING

With pink yarn

Round 1. 60 ch; slst in 1st ch (60)

Round 2. (9 sc; inc)*6 (66)

Round 3. 5 sc; inc; (10 sc; inc)*5; 5 sc (72)

Round 4. (11 sc; inc)*6 (78)

Round 5. 6 sc; inc; (12 sc; inc)*5; 6 sc (84)

Round 6. (13 sc; inc)*6 (90)

Round 7. 7 sc; inc; (14 sc; inc)*5; 7 sc (96)

Round 8. (15 sc; inc)*6 (102)

Round 9-15. 102 sc (102)

Round 16. (15 sc; dec)*6 (96)

Round 17. 7 sc; dec; (14 sc; dec)*5; 7 sc (90)

Round 18. (13 sc; dec)*6 (84)

Round 19. 6 sc; dec; (12 sc; dec)*5; 6 sc (78)

Round 20. (11 sc; dec)*6 (72)

Round 21. 5 sc; dec; (10 sc; dec)*5; 5 sc (66)

Round 22. (9 sc; dec)*6 (60)

Sew round 22 with round 1, fill with stuffing as you go.

MIDDLE RING

With pink yarn

Round 1. 48 ch; slst in 1st ch (48)

Round 2. (7 sc; inc)*6 (54)

Round 3. 4 sc; inc; (8 sc; inc)*5; 4 sc (60)

Round 4. (9 sc; inc)*6 (66)

Round 5. 5 sc; inc; (10 sc; inc)*5; 5 sc (72)

Round 6. (11 sc; inc)*6 (78)

Round 7. 6 sc; inc; (12 sc; inc)*5; 6 sc (84)

Round 8. (13 sc; inc)*6 (90)

Round 9-15. 90 sc (90)

Round 16. (13 sc; dec)*6 (84)

Round 17. 6 sc; dec; (12 sc; dec)*5; 6 sc (78)

Round 18. (11 sc; dec)*6 (72)

Round 19. 5 sc; dec; (10 sc; dec)*5; 5 sc (66)

Round 20. (9 sc; dec)*6 (60)

Round 21. 4 sc; dec; (8 sc; dec)*5; 4 sc (54)

Round 22. (7 sc; dec)*6 (48)

Sew round 22 with round 1, fill with stuffing as you go.

ARMS (make 2)

With pink yarn

Round 1. 6 sc in MR (6)

Round 2. 6 inc (12)

Round 3. (1 sc; inc)*6 (18)

Round 4. (2 sc; inc)*6 (24)

Round 5. BLO 24 sc (24)

Round 6-9. 24 sc (24)

Round 10. (10 sc; dec)*2 (22)

Round 11-15. 22 sc (22)

Round 16. (9 sc; dec)*2 (20)

Round 17-21. 20 sc (20)

Round 22. (8 sc; dec)*2 (18)

Round 23. 18 sc (18) fill with a little bit of stuffing

Round 24. (7 sc; dec)*2 (16)

Round 25. Fold in half and make 8 sc, fasten off, leave a

long tail for sewing.

NAILS (make 3 on each hand)

With white yarn in one sc of the

hand make (2 ch; 2 dc) and

crochet them together, fasten off,

cut the yarn, pull it through and

tide a knot the same way as we did

with feet, then hide sticking yarn.

SMALL RING

With pink yarn

Round 1. 36 ch; slst in 1st ch (36)

Round 2. (5 sc; inc)*6 (42)

Round 3. 3 sc; inc; (6 sc; inc)*5; 3 sc (48)

Round 4. (7 sc; inc)*6 (54)

Round 5. 4 sc; inc; (8 sc; inc)*5; 4 sc (60)

Round 6. (9 sc; inc)*6 (66)

Round 7. 5 sc; inc; (10 sc; inc)*5; 5 sc (72)

Round 8. (11 sc; inc)*6 (78)

Round 9-15. 78 sc (78)

Round 16. (11 sc; dec)*6 (72)

Round 17. 5 sc; dec; (10 sc; dec)*5; 5 sc (66)

Round 18. (9 sc; dec)*6 (60)

Round 19. 4 sc; dec; (8 sc; dec)*5; 4 sc (54)

Round 20. (7 sc; dec)*6 (48)

Round 21. 3 sc; dec; (6 sc; dec)*5; 3 sc (42)

Round 22. (5 sc; dec)*6 (36)

Sew round 22 with round 1, fill with stuffing as you go.

Make "dimples" in the arms.

Sew arms to the small ring

as you can see in the pictures

HEAD

The head consists of three parts: main part, large bony

frill and inner part.

MAIN PART (with pink yarn)

Round 1. 6 sc in MR (6)

Round 2. 6 inc (12)

Round 3. (1 sc; inc)*6 (18)

Round 4. (5 sc; inc)*3 (21)

Round 5. (6 sc; inc)*3 (24)

Round 6. (7 sc; inc)*3 (27)

Round 7. (8 sc; inc)*3 (30)

Round 8. (9 sc; inc)*3 (33)

Round 9. (10 sc; inc)*3 (36)

Round 10. (11 sc; inc)*3 (39)

Round 11. (12 sc; inc)*3 (42)

Round 12. (13 sc; inc)*3 (45)

Round 13. (14 sc; inc)*3 (48)

Round 14. (15 sc; inc)*3 (51)

Round 15. (16 sc; inc)*3 (54)

Round 16. (8 sc; inc)*4; 17 sc; inc (59)

Round 17. (9 sc; inc)*4; 18 sc; inc (64)

Round 18. (10 sc; inc)*4; 19 sc; inc (69)

Round 19. (5 sc; inc)*8; 21 sc (77)

Round 20. (6 sc; inc)*7; 28 sc (84)

Round 21-26. 84 sc (84)

Round 27. (BLO 60 sc); 3 sc; 18 ch

(skip 18 sc); 3 sc (84)

Round 28. 84 sc (84)

Round 29. (BLO 60 sc); 24 sc (84)

Round 30-33. 84 sc (84)

Round 34. (12 sc; dec)*6 (78)

Round 35. (11 sc; dec)*6 (72)

Round 36. (10 sc; dec)*6 (66)

Round 37. (9 sc; dec)*6 (60)

Round 38. (8 sc; dec)*6 (54)

Round 39. (7 sc; dec)*6 (48)

Round 40. (6 sc; dec)*6 (42)

Round 41. (5 sc; dec)*6 (36)

Round 42. (4 sc; dec)*6 (30)

Round 43. (3 sc; dec)*6 (24)

Round 44. (2 sc; dec)*6 (18)

Round 45. (1 sc; dec)*6 (12)

Round 46. 6 dec (6)

LARGE BONY FRILL

With pink yarn start to crochet in 60 front loops of R 26:

Round 1. 5 sc; (2 inc; 10 sc)*4; 2 inc; 5 sc turn and continue

to crochet in front loops of round 28; 5 sc; (2 inc; 10 sc)*4;

2 inc; 5 sc (140)

Round 2. 140 sc (140)

Round 3. Sew back loops of round 2, crochet FLO: dec; 4 sc;

(2 inc; 12 sc)*4; 2 inc; 4 sc; 2 dec; 4 sc; (2 inc; 12 sc)*4; 2 inc; 4

sc; dec (156)

Round 4. 156 sc (156)

Round 5. Sew back loops of round 4, crochet FLO: dec; 4 sc;

(2 inc; 14 sc)*4; 2 inc; 4 sc; 2 dec; 4 sc; (2 inc; 14 sc)*4; 2 inc;

4 sc; dec (172)

Round 6. 172 sc (172)

Round 7. Sew back loops of round 6, crochet FLO: dec; 4 sc;

(2 inc; 7 sc)*8; 2 inc; 4 sc; 2 dec; 4 sc; (2 inc; 7 sc)*8; 2 inc;

4 sc; dec (204)

Round 8. 204 sc (204)

Round 9. Sew back loops of round 8, crochet FLO: 2 dec;

2 sc; (2 inc; 9 sc)*8; 2 inc; 2 sc; 4 dec; 2 sc; (2 inc; 9 sc)*8;

2 inc; 2 sc; 2 dec (232)

Round 10. 232 sc (232) fasten off.

Now we need to make 9 points on

edges, they will be located in places

where we made 2 inc in the R9 of

the frill (photos 1-9 on page 13).

Sew stitches between those points

FLO, fill with stuffing as you go

POINTS on edges (9)

With white yarn

R1. BLO 4sc, turn 4 sc (8)

R2. 8 sc (8)

R3. (2 sc; dec)*2 (6)

R4. 6 sc (6) fill with

stuffing, fasten off.

With pink yarn make (1

sc; inc)*4 (12) in front

loops around each point.

If you don't want to crochet all the details you may simply

connect the edges with white yarn: 4sc; (1 hdc; 2 dc inc;

1 hdc; 9 sc)*8; 1 hdc; 2 dc inc; 1 hdc; 4 sc, fasten off.

INNER PART

Now return to the hole that we left between rounds 26

and 27, continue to crochet in rounds:

Round 1. BLO 36 sc (36)

Round 2-4. 36 sc (36)

Round 5. (4 sc; dec)*6 (30)

Round 6-7. 30 sc (30)

Round 8. (3 sc; dec)*6 (24)

Round 9-10. 24 sc (24)

Round 11. (2 sc; dec)*6 (18)

Round 12. 18 sc (18)

Round 13. (1 sc; dec)*6 (12)

Round 14. 6 dec (6) fasten off.

Insert safety eyes in R16, between 11sc-12sc (15 sc

apart) between 26sc-27sc or sew crochet eyes.

TAIL

With pink yarn

Round 1. 6 sc in MR (6)

Round 2. 6 inc (12)

Round 3. 12 sc (12)

Round 4. (2 inc; 4 sc)*2 (16)

Round 5. 16 sc (16)

Round 6. 1 sc; 2 inc; 6 sc; 2 inc; 5 sc (20)

Round 7. 20 sc (20)

Round 8. 2 sc; 2 inc; 8 sc; 2 inc; 6 sc (24)

Round 9. 24 sc (24)

Round 10. 3 sc; 2 inc; 10 sc; 2 inc; 7 sc (28)

Round 11. 28 sc (28)

Round 12. 4 sc; 2 inc; 12 sc; 2 inc; 8 sc (32)

Round 13. 32 sc (32)

Round 14. 5 sc; 2 inc; 14 sc; 2 inc; 9 sc (36)

Round 15. 36 sc (36)

Round 16. 6 sc; 2 inc; 16 sc; 2 inc; 10 sc (40)

Round 17. 40 sc (40)

Round 18. 7 sc; 2 inc; 18 sc; 2 inc; 11 sc (44)

Round 19. 44 sc (44)

Round 20. 8 sc; 2 inc; 20 sc; 2 inc; 12 sc (48)

Round 21. 48 sc (48)

Round 22. 9 sc; 2 inc; 22 sc; 2 inc; 13 sc (52)

Round 23. 52 sc (52)

Round 24. 10 sc; 2 inc; 24 sc; 2 inc; 14 sc (56)

Round 25. 56 sc (56)

Round 26. 11 sc; 2 inc; 26 sc; 2 inc; 15 sc (60)

Round 27. 60 sc (60)

Round 28. 12 sc; 2 inc; 28 sc; 2 inc; 16 sc (64)

Round 29. 64 sc (64) fasten off, fill with stuffing, sew to the base.

For the Triceratops we will need "spots"(optional) of three

different sizes: large, medium and small. And horns for

the head two bigger brow horns and one short horn.

LARGE SPOTS (make 3)

With purple yarn

Round 1. 6 sc in MR (6)

Round 2. 6 inc (12)

Round 3. (1 sc; inc)*6 (18)

Round 4. (2 sc; inc)*6 (24)

fasten off, leave long tail for

sewing.

MEDIUM SPOTS (make 6)

With purple yarn

Round 1. 6 sc in MR (6)

Round 2. 6 inc (12)

Round 3. (1 sc; inc)*6 (18)

fasten off, leave long tail for

sewing.

SMALL SPOTS (make 8)

With purple yarn

Round 1. 6 sc in MR (6)

Round 2. 6 inc (12)

fasten off, leave long tail for

sewing.

Sew spots in random

order to the tail

rings and back of

the head, pin it

before sewing. You

may skip this part if

you don't like

sewing

BROW HORNS (make 2)

Start with white yarn

Round 1. 6 sc in MR (6)

Round 2. (1 sc; inc)*3 (9)

Round 3. 9 sc (9)

Round 4. (2 sc; inc)*3 (12)

Round 5. 12 sc (12)

Round 6. (3 sc; inc)*3 (15)

Round 7-10. 15 sc (15)

change to pink color

Round 11. FLO (1 sc; inc)*6 (18)

Round 12. 18 sc (18) fasten off.

SHORT HORN (make 1)

Start with white yarn

Round 1. 6 sc in MR (6)

Round 2. (1 sc; inc)*3 (9)

Round 3. 9 sc (9)

Round 4. (2 sc; inc)*3 (12)

Round 5. 12 sc (12)

Round 6. (3 sc; inc)*3 (15)

Round 7-8. 15 sc (15)

change to pink color

Round 9. FLO (1 sc; inc)*6 (18)

Round 10. 18 sc (18) fasten off.

Fill with stuffing and sew horns as in the

pictures using back loops of round 10 (brow

horns) and back loops of round 8 (short horn)

Your Dino ring tower is finished.

Congratulations!