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Hatching Dinosaur Eggs

written by Becca de Kroon

Materials:
● 3.5 mm crochet hook (for dinosaurs)
● 4.25 mm crochet hook (for eggs)
● Worsted weight yarn
● Safety eyes (6 mm)
● Stuffing (such as poly-fil)
● Stitch marker
● Yarn needle
● Buttons
● Sewing thread and needle

Gauge:
Not important for project. Just make sure that your stitches are tight enough that the
stuffing will not show through.

Abbreviations:
ch - chain
st - stitch
MR - magic ring
sc - single crochet
sc3tog - single crochet 3 stitches together
sk - skip
sl st - slip stitch
rnd - round
inc- increase (2 single crochet in the next stitch)
dec- decrease (single crochet 2 stitches together)
blo - back loops only
flo - front loops only
hdc - half double crochet
hdc2tog - half double crochet 2 together
F/O - fasten off
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Notes and Tips:

● The pattern pieces are worked in continuous rounds. After finishing a round
simply single crochet into the next stitch to start the next round. Using a stitch
marker to mark the beginning of each round is strongly encouraged. You don’t
need to have anything fancy, even a plain bobby pin will do.

● There are stitch counts in brackets at the end of each round to let you know how
many stitches there should be at the end of each round.

● You can attach your pieces as you go or you can do it all at the end. I’ve listed
what order I attached my pieces together in the Assembly section. When you are
doing your assembly it is very helpful to pin the pieces into place before you sew
them together. This will help you see what it will look like before it is permanently
attached.

● Don’t forget to stuff your project as you go. When working with large round
objects it is easy to stuff them near the end (I usually stuff them before I start the
last round). When you are making long thin pieces (like hands/arms) it is best to
stuff them as you go or it will be hard to get the stuffing down to the ends
properly later. You can use the end of your crochet hook to help push the stuffing
down to the ends of the limbs.

● How I F/O: Sl st into the next st. Cut the yarn with enough length to attach it to
other pieces if required. Pull through the sl st.

● The eggs are made with two strands of worsted weight yarn that are held and
worked together. This makes the eggs sturdier and helps them hold their shape.

● The dinosaurs and eggs can be worked in whatever colour you want. I used two
colours on the pterodactyl (beak colour and main colour) and the stegosaurus
(main colour and spike colour). I used three colours on the triceratops (main
colour, contrast colour on neck frill, and horns colour).

● I’ve placed reminders in the pattern for placing your safety eyes. That doesn’t
mean you have to put them right there. It’s just a reminder for you to have placed
your eyes where you like them before the decreases start.
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T-Rex
Head
*worked from nose to back of head
Rnd 1: MR 6 (6)
Rnd 2: Inc around (12)
Rnds 3-4: Sc around (12)
Rnd 5: Sc 5, inc 3, sc 4 (15)
Rnds 6-7: Sc around (15)
*​add safety eyes
Rnd 8: [sc, dec] around (10)
Rnd 9: Dec around (5)
F/O

Tail/Body
*worked from tip of tail to neck
Rnd 1: MR 4 (4)
Rnds 2-4: Sc around (4)
Rnd 5: [sc, inc] around (6)
Rnds 6-7: Sc around (6)
Rnd 8: [sc, inc] around (9)
Rnd 9: Sc around (9)
Rnd 10: [sc 2, inc] around (12)
Rnds 11-12: Sc 3, hdc 6, sc 3 (12)
Rnd 13: Inc, sc, inc, hdc 6, inc, sc, inc (16)
Rnd 14: Sc 5, hdc 6, sc 5 (16)
Rnd 15: Sc 5, hdc 2, [2 hdc in next st] twice, hdc 2, sc 5 (18)
Rnd 16: Sc 5, hdc2tog 4 times, sc 5 (14)
Rnd 17: Sc 3, hdc 8, sc 3 (14)
Rnd 18: Sc 3, hdc, hdc2tog, hdc 2, hdc2tog, hdc, sc 3 (12)
Rnd 19: Sc 3, hdc, hdc2tog twice, hdc, sc 3 (10)
Rnd 20: [sc, dec] 3 times, sc (7)
Rnd 21: Sc around (7)
F/O
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First leg
*worked from toes up
Rnd 1: MR 8 (8)
Rnd 2: Work this rnd in blo. Sc 2, dec 2, sc 2 (6)
Rnds 3-4: Sc around (6)
Rnds 5-6: Dec, inc 2, dec (6)
Rnd 7: Sc around (6)
Rnd 8: [sc, inc] around (9)
Rnd 9: Sc 6, ch 1 & turn (6)
Rnd 10: Sc 6 (6 )
F/O

Second leg
*worked from toes up
Rnd 1: MR 8 (8)
Rnd 2: Work this rnd in blo. Sc 2, dec 2, sc 2 (6)
Rnds 3-4: Sc around (6)
Rnds 5-6: Dec, inc 2, dec (6)
Rnd 7: Sc around (6)
Rnd 8: [sc, inc] around (9)
Rnd 9: Ch 1 & turn, sc 6 (6)
F/O

Arms (make 2)
*worked from fingers up
Rnd 1: MR 5 (5)
Rnds 2-5: Sc around (5)

Assembly:
1) Attach the head to the neck.
2) Attach the legs to the lower body.
3) Attach the arms to the upper body.
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Pterodactyl
Head
*worked from beak to back of head
Rnd 1: Using beak colour, MR 5 (5)
Rnds 2-3: Sc around (5)
*switch to main colour
Rnd 4: Sc around (5)
Rnd 5: Work this round in flo. Inc around (10)
Rnd 6: [sc 4, inc] around (12)
Rnd 7: Sc around (12)
*add safety eyes
Rnd 8: Dec 2, sc, inc 2, sc, dec 2 (10)
Rnd 9: Dec, sc 6, dec (8)
Rnd 10: Dec, sc 4, dec (6)
Rnd 11: Dec, sc 2, dec (4)
F/O

Body
*worked from bottom to neck
Rnd 1: MR 6 (6)
Rnd 2: Inc around (12)
Rnds 3-6: Sc around (12)
Rnd 7: [sc 2, dec] around (9)
Rnd 8: Sc around (9)
Rnd 9: [sc, dec[ around (6)
Rnds 10-11: Sc around (6)
F/O

Wings (make 2)
*worked from top edge of wing to bottom edge
Ch 16

Row 1: Sc into the 2nd ch from the hook. Sc 5, sc3tog, sc 6 (13)

Row 2: Ch 1 & turn. Sc 5, dec, sc 3 (9)
Row 3: Turn. Sc in the 2nd st from the hook, sc, dec, sc 4 (7)
Row 4: Ch 1 & turn. Sc 3, dec, sc evenly across the wing until you reach the end of the wing tip.
F/O
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Feet (make 2)
*worked from toes up
Rnd 1: MR 5 (5)
Rnd 2: Work this rnd in blo. Sc around (5)
Rnd 3: Sc around (5)
F/O

Assembly:
1) Attach head to the neck.
2) Attach wings to the sides of the back.
3) Attach feet to the bottom of the body.

These pictures show you how your wings should look after each row. The red stitch marker is
where your chain started. The blue stitch marker is the dec of row 4. The yellow stitch marker is
the end of row 4 when you fasten off.

​ End of Row 1 End of Row 2

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End of Row 3 ​ End of Row 4

Stegosaurus
Head/Body
*worked from nose to tail
Rnd 1: MR 5 (5)
Rnd 2: Sc 2, inc, sc 2 (6)
Rnd 3: Sc 2, inc 2, sc 2 (8)
Rnd 4: Sc 3, inc 2, sc 3 (10)
Rnds 5-6: Sc around (10)
*add safety eyes
Rnd 7: Sc 2, dec 3, sc 2 (7)
Rnd 8: Sc 2, 3 sc in next st, sc, 3 sc in next st,
sc 2 (11)
Rnd 9: sc 4, inc 3, sc 4 (14)
Rnds 10-11: Sc around (14)
Rnd 12: Sc 6, inc 2, sc 6 (16)
Rnds 13-15: Sc around (16)
Rnd 16: Sc 6, dec 2, sc 6 (14)
Rnd 17: Sc around (14)
Rnd 18: Sc 4, dec 3, sc 4 (11)
Rnd 19: Sc around (11)
Rnd 20: Sc 4, sc3tog, sc 4 (9)
Rnd 21: Sc around (9)
Rnd 22: Sc 2, dec, sc, dec, sc 2 (7)
Rnd 23: Sc around (7)
Rnd 24: Sc 2, sc3tog, sc 2 (5)
Rnds 25-26: Sc around (5)
F/O

Big Spike
*worked from tip of spike down
Rnd 1: MR 5 (5)
Rnd 2: Sc, inc, sc, inc, sc (7)
Rnd 3: Sc around (7)
Rnd 4: Sc, inc, sc, inc, sc, inc, sc (10)
Rnd 5: Dec around (5)
F/O
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Medium Spike (make 2)

*worked from tip of spike down
Rnd 1: MR 5 (5)
Rnd 2: Sc around (5)
Rnd 3: Sc, inc, sc, inc, sc (7)
Rnd 4: Sc, dec, sc, dec, sc (5)
F/O

Small Spike (make 2)

*worked from tip of spike down
Rnd 1: MR 4 (4)
Rnd 2: Sc, inc, sc, inc (6)
Rnd 3: Sc, dec, sc, dec (4)
F/O

Legs (make 4)
Rnd 1: MR 5 (5)
Rnd 2: Work this rnd in blo. Sc around. (5)
Rnd 3: Sc around (5)
F/O

Assembly:
*It is helpful to place and pin all the spikes to make sure that they are well spaced before you
start to attach them.
1) Attach the big spike to the top middle of the back.
2) Attach the medium spikes on either side of the big spike along the back.
3) Attach the small spikes next to the medium spikes along the back.
4) Attach the four legs to the body. Two in the front and two in the back.
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Apatosaurus
Head/neck
*worked from the nose to the bottom of
the neck
Rnd 1: MR 5 (5)
Rnd 2: Sc 2, inc, sc 2 (6)
Rnd 3: Sc 2, inc 2, sc 2 (8)
Rnd 4: Sc 3, inc 2, sc 3 (10)
Rnd 5-6: Sc around (10)
*add safety eyes
Rnd 7: [sc, dec] 3 times, sc (7)
Rnd 8: Inc, sc, sc3tog, sc, inc (7)
Rnds 9-14: Sc around (7)
F/O

Body
*worked from chest to tip of tail
Rnd 1: MR 6 (6)
Rnd 2: Inc around (12)
Rnd 3: [sc 2, inc] around (16)
Rnds 4-10: Sc around (16)
Rnd 11: Sc 4, dec, sc 4, dec, sc 4 (14)
Rnd 12: Sc 5, dec 2, sc 5 (12)
Rnd 13: Sc 4, dec 2, sc 4 (10)
Rnd 14: Sc around (10)
Rnd 15: Sc 3, dec 2, sc 3 (8)
Rnd 16: Sc around (8)
Rnd 17: Sc 2, dec 2, sc 2 (6)
Rnds 18-19: Sc around (6)
Rnd 20: Dec, sc 2, dec (4)
F/O

Legs (make four)

*worked from toes up
Rnd 1: MR 6 (6)
Rnd 2: Work this rnd in blo. Sc around (6)
Rnds 3-6: Sc around (6)
F/O
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Assembly:
1) Attach the head/neck to the top front of the back.
2) Attach the four legs to the body. Two in the front and two in the back.
Triceratops
Head/Body
*worked from nose to tail
Rnd 1: MR 5 (5)
Rnd 2: Sc 2, inc, sc 2 (6)
Rnd 3: Sc 2, inc 2, sc 2 (8)
Rnd 4: Sc 3, inc 2, sc 3 (10)
Rnds 5-6: Sc around (10)
*add safety eyes
Rnd 7: Sc 2,​ place a st marker in the front loop of the 2nd st of Rnd 7. This is where you will
start when you make the neck frill. Dec 3, sc 2 (7)
Rnd 8: Working in the blo around, sc around (7)
Rnd 9: Sc 2, 3 sc in next st, sc, 3 sc in next st, sc 2 (11)
Rnd 10: sc 4, inc 3, sc 4 (14)
Rnds 11-12: Sc around (14)
Rnd 13: Sc 6, inc 2, sc 6 (16)
Rnd 14: Sc around (16)
Rnd 15: Sc 7, inc 2, sc 7 (18)
Rnd 16: Sc around (18)
Rnd 17: Sc 8, inc 2, sc 8 (20)
Rnd 18: Sc around (20)
Rnd 19: Sc 4, [sc, dec] 4 times, sc 4 (16)
Rnd 20: Sc around (16)
Rnd 21: Sc 2, [sc, dec] 4 times, sc 2 (12)
Rnd 22: [sc, dec] around (8)
Rnds 23-25: Sc around (8)
Rnd 26: [sc 2, dec] around (6)
Rnd 27: Sc around (6)
Rnd 28: [sc, dec] around (4)
F/O

Neck Frill
Rnd 1: Attach yarn to the marked st on Rnd 7. Ch 1 & sc in the same st, inc 4, sc (10)
Rnd 2: Ch 1 & turn, [sc, inc] 5 times (15)
Rnd 3: Ch 1 & turn, [sc 2, inc] 5 times (20)
*switch to new colour
Rnd 4: Ch 1 & turn, sc across (20).
F/O
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Legs (make 4)
Rnd 1: MR 5 (5)
Rnd 2: Work this rnd in blo. Sc around. (5)
Rnd 3: Sc around (5)
F/O

Large Horn (make 2)

Ch 4
Sl st in the 2nd ch from the hook, sc 2 (3)
F/O

Small Horn
Ch 3
Sl st in the 2nd ch from the hook, sc (2)
F/O

Assembly:
1) Attach the four legs to the body. Two in the front and two in the back.
1) Attach the two large horns to the top of the head. They are located close to the neck frill.
2) Attach the small horn to the nose section of the head.
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Eggs
The eggs are made with a 4.25 mm hook and working ​double stranded ​with worsted
weight yarn. Add buttons when they are complete to close the eggs.

Small Egg (pterodactyl)

Rnd 1: MR 6 (6)
Rnd 2: Inc around (12)
Rnd 3: [sc, inc] around (18)
Rnd 4: Sc around (18)
Rnd 5: [sc 2, inc] around (24)
Rnd 6: Sc around (24)
Rnd 7: Ch 24, sk 18 sc sts, sc 6 (30)
Rnd 8: Sc 9, sk 6 ch sts, sc 15 (24)
Rnds 9-10: Sc around (24)
Rnd 11: [sc 2, dec] around (18)
Rnd 12: Sc around (18)
Rnd 13: [sc, dec] around (12)
Rnd 14: Dec around (6)
F/O

Big Egg (t-rex, stegosaurus, apatosaurus, triceratops)

Rnd 1: MR 6 (6)
Rnd 2: Inc around (12)
Rnd 3: [sc, inc] around (18)
Rnd 4: Sc around (18)
Rnd 5: [sc 2, inc] around (24)
Rnd 6: Sc around (24)
Rnd 7: [sc 3, inc] around (30)
Rnd 8: Sc around (30)
Rnd 9: Ch 30, sk 24 sc sts, sc 6 (36)
Rnd 10: Sc 12, sk 6 ch sts, sc 18 (30)
Rnd 11: Sc around (30)
Rnd 12: [sc 3, dec] around (24)
Rnd 13: Sc around (24)
Rnd 14: [sc 2, dec] around (18)
Rnd 15: [sc, dec] around (12)
Rnd 16: Dec around (6)
F/O