Can’t believe we’re at the second last episode of mystery dino CAL already! This week’s dinosaur is Kintaro the pterosaur!
Pterosaur is technically a flying reptile and not a dinosaur, but that doesn’t make it any less iconic in our collective imagination of the prehistoric world! The word pterosaur literally means “winged-lizard”, the largest of this species had a wingspan as wide as a small plane. It is believed that they could fly as soon as they are hatched, and ate small fish and could filter small fish from water with teeth like those of whales. (source)
Kintaro, on the other hand, means “golden boy” in Japanese, and is a hero of extraordinary strengths and friends of animals in Japanese folklore :) (source)
The construction for Kintaro is a bit more complicated than other dinosaurs because of the wings, it’s a good next step in level of crochet challenge if you have been crocheting along! If you are new to the series, this is still not too difficult and there are some photos to guide you along, and you can find all the other dinosaurs here.
You’ll need:
- A bit of worsted weight yarn
- 3.5 mm hook
- Tapestry needle
- Black thread, sewing needle, and seed beads for eyes
Pattern:
The body begins as a circle.
Round 1: ch 2, 6 sc in 2nd sc from hook, don’t join in round.
Round 2: 2 sc in each sc around (12 sc around).
Round 3: [2 sc in next sc, sc in next sc] five times, 2 sc in next sc, sl st in next sc (17 sc and 1 sl st around).
Neck and head:
ch 6, sl st in 2nd ch, [yo, pull up a loop] twice in next ch, [yo, pull up a loop] twice in next ch, pull through all loops on hook (head made), ch 6, sl st in 2nd ch from hook and next 3 ch, hdc in the same ch as second half of the head (skull crest made), sc in next 2 ch of neck, continue on to wings…
Wings, tail and leg:
The rows of the wings run perpendicular to the body.
With body piece folded in half, sl st in first 2 sc of back after the neck through both layers of body.
Then, ch 7, sl st in 2nd ch from hook, sc in next 5 ch, skip next sc in body, working in the front loops of the front layer of body only, sl st in next 2 sc in body, turn.
sc in next 4 sc of wing, sl st in next sc, turn.
Skip first sc, sl st in next sc, sc in next 3 sc, sl st in next sc in body through front loops only, pull up a very long loop of yarn — I used 1.5 of a human wingspan’s length — and cut yarn.
Using tapestry needle and the long yarn tail, sew together the back towards the neck, through the remaining back loops of the front piece of body, and the back loops of the back piece of body, like so…
Remove the needle and using the long yarn tail, pull up a loop in the stitch to the right of the second sl st on body after the neck, like so…
Repeat pattern for wing.
sl st through both loops and both layers of body in next sc in body after the second wing, sl st in the last sc in body, ch 2, sl st in 2nd ch from hook, sl st in the last sc in body (tail made), sl st in a stitch between the 2nd and 3rd round of body towards the underside of the body, ch 4, fasten off (one leg made).
Other leg:
Attach yarn to back of the body in the stitch between the 2nd and 3rd round, same as where the first leg is attached. ch 4, fasten off.
Weave in ends. Trim the yarn tails on the end of the legs and fray them a bit so they look like claws. Sew on eyes. And it’s done!
Here’s Kintaro flying over Mike’s head reminding him to work hard ^_^;
To recap, here are the mystery dino CAL posts so far:
Share your dinosaur pics by:
- Bloggers: leaving a comment on any of the Mystery Dino CAL posts with a link to your blog post with the picture.
- Instagrammers: tag me @genuinemudpie and use the hashtag #mysterydinocal
- Ravellers: joining the Ravelry group and posting your FOs to my Ravelry dino project pages!
Stay tuned for the grand finale of the mystery dino CAL! :D Happy weekend everyone!
