I did something scary and exciting! I entered my Dragon pattern in the Etsies! The Etsy Design Awards!! This is the first competition that Etsy is hosting! I can’t wait to see what everyone puts out there for this! I can’t figure out whether I’m foolish for having a very real hope of being chosen as a finalist for this! Eee! Exciting!
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Dragon Update!!
There is a BRAND NEW UPDATE available to the Dragon pattern! IF you purchased the pattern on Ravelry, it should automatically be available for you to download. If you purchased it on Etsy, I sent you a manual update to your email address. If you did not receive that email update, please message me on Etsy and I will make sure you get your updated copy!
Enjoy!
© 2019 Megan Lapp, Crafty Intentions™. All rights reserved. This pattern is FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. The pattern (or parts of it) may not be reproduced, distributed or resold, translated, published, altered, shared or posted (for sale or free) over the internet or offline. You can sell items made from this pattern, provided they are handmade by yourself in a limited number and you give credit to the designer. Please add the following lines to your item description and any item you are selling: “This item is handmade by (your name) from a design and pattern by Megan Lapp, Crafty Intentions™”.
Seahorses are for Lovers
New Seahorse pattern is now available!!
You can find it here on Ravelry: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seahorse-32
Or here on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/681598581/seahorse-crochet-amigurumi-pattern
© 2019 Megan Lapp, Crafty Intentions™. All rights reserved. This pattern is FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. The pattern (or parts of it) may not be reproduced, distributed or resold, translated, published, altered, shared or posted (for sale or free) over the internet or offline. You can sell items made from this pattern, provided they are handmade by yourself in a limited number and you give credit to the designer. Please add the following lines to your item description and any item you are selling: “This item is handmade by (your name) from a design and pattern by Megan Lapp, Crafty Intentions™”.
Free Crafty Intentions Hungry Caterpillar Pattern
Have your child (or classroom!) tell the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar by feeding the Caterpillar the correct food as you read the story! Kids will be able to practice all kinds of skills like color recognition, counting, gross and fine motor skills. The best part is that you clean up the toy as you play with it!! This pattern is 10 pages long and contains a full set of instructions with photographic illustrations, and specific links to every other FREE pattern you will need to put together a full set of every piece of food in Eric Carle's "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"!!
Available here on Ravelry: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hungry-caterpillar-play-set
© 2018 Megan Lapp, Crafty Intentions™. All rights reserved. This pattern is FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. The pattern (or parts of it) may not be reproduced, distributed or resold, translated, published, altered, shared or posted (for sale or free) over the internet or offline. You can sell items made from this pattern, provided they are handmade by yourself in a limited number and you give credit to the designer. Please add the following lines to your item description and any item you are selling: “This item is handmade by (your name) from a design and pattern by Megan Lapp, Crafty Intentions™”.
Monster Pattern: Explained
This Monster Pattern is available on Ravely: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/choose-your-own-adventure-monster
© 2018 Megan Lapp, Crafty Intentions™. All rights reserved. This pattern is FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. The pattern (or parts of it) may not be reproduced, distributed or resold, translated, published, altered, shared or posted (for sale or free) over the internet or offline. You can sell items made from this pattern, provided they are handmade by yourself in a limited number and you give credit to the designer. Please add the following lines to your item description and any item you are selling: “This item is handmade by (your name) from a design and pattern by Megan Lapp, Crafty Intentions™”.
This pattern is for an Amigurumi-Style Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Adorable Monster. These Monsters have many interchangeable or combinable options to create over 64 different end-creations!! You can truly customize exactly what you want to make. There are Monsters with overbites or underbites, Monsters with legs and Monsters without legs, Monsters with dangly feet and Monsters with flat feet, Monsters with long or short arms, Monsters with horns or ears (or both!), Monsters with mohawks or spikes down their back, Monsters with eyebrows and/or claws, Monsters with as many teeth as you want in one of three styles!
Each step is photo-illustrated. Yarn amounts are extremely variable depending on what options you use. This project is an excellent stash buster for all sorts of smaller amounts of yarn you have on hand for all the different contrasting decorative bits you might choose to make.
Octopus Pattern EXPLAINED
The simple octopus (As pictured above) is crocheted in one piece. You add safety eyes, stuff the head and crochet a disc and sew that on the bottom of the octopus to seal in the stuffing. This is a very quick piece and is perfect for easy toys to sell at craft fairs or a simple gift for a kid. Felt on the eyes to make it toddler-friendly.
The complex octopus (as pictured above) is crocheted in two solid pieces, which are then crocheted together around the entire edge using single crochets. The body of the octopus can be as firmly stuffed as you want. This takes longer than the simple octopus, but achieves a nice realistic look with the suckers/bobble stitches!
© 2017 Megan Lapp, Crafty Intentions™. All rights reserved. This pattern is FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. The pattern (or parts of it) may not be reproduced, distributed or resold, translated, published, altered, shared or posted (for sale or free) over the internet or offline. You can sell items made from this pattern, provided they are handmade by yourself in a limited number and you give credit to the designer. Please add the following lines to your item description and any item you are selling: “This item is handmade by (your name) from a design and pattern by Megan Lapp, Crafty Intentions™”.
Mermaid Unicorn Inspiration
The idea to invent a crochet pattern for a Mermaid-Unicorn Hybrid creature was inspired by many different sources, first and foremost was the mythology of the Hippocampus. Greek and Roman myths have always been fascinating for me, so seeing the Merhorses depicted at the Trevi Fountain was a vivid memory.
Another source of inspiration was the carousel horses from the fantastic hand carved carousel at Fantasy Island in LBI, NJ. My family would visit LBI every year as a child, and I had one carousel horse that I was very particularly loyal to, and my brother had a favorite as well. I would ride the one adorned with roses, he would ride the dragon. Looking back, the dragon was VERY Merhorse-ish.
And once I started Looking, I found a tremendous amount of inspiration on Deviant Art.
I'm so glad I did, because I'm really quite proud of how the pattern turned out and I absolutely love seeing everyone's unique versions!
Go Here for more: https://nambroth.deviantart.com/art/Hippocampus-22624615
Mermaid Unicorn Pattern EXPLAINED
This is a guide to the Mermaid Unicorn Mermicorn Hippocampus pattern.
(Yes, it is Hippocampus. Yes, that's also the name of part of the brain!)
There are two patterns available for the Crafty Intentions Mermaid Unicorns!
The main Mermaid Unicorn Pattern is available on both Ravelry and Etsy. This is a 39 page pattern in English (using American crochet terms). A Mermaid Unicorn from this pattern is approximately 11 inches tall from Hoof to Top of the Head (without Horn), about 4 inches wide from left to right side, and about 28 inches long from nose to the end of the Tail Fin using a 4.0mm G hook and worsted weight yarn. This pattern includes instructions for the Mermaid Unicorn body, head, ears, horn, two types of mane, front legs, Tail, Side, and Dorsal fins. With this pattern you can make a fully realized Mermaid Unicorn with or without wire for poseability.
The Add-On: Mermaid Unicorn Fins pattern is available on both Etsy and Ravelry. This is a 39 page pattern featuring instructions on how to make four additional fin styles to use in conjunction with the Main Mermaid Unicorn body. Style 1 of the fins is in the main pattern, style 2 through four are featured in this add-on. Style 2 includes all fins (Tail, Side and Dorsal) in the bottom right photo above. Style 3 includes all fins (Hoof, Leg, Mane, Ear) in the bottom left photo above. Style 3 includes all fins (Tail, hoof, mane, ear, side, dorsal) in the top left photo above. Style 4 includes all fins (Tail, Mane, Side, Dorsal) in the top right photo above. You will need to use this pattern with the Main pattern listed first as this add-on is only an expansion pack and does not contain instructions on creating the Mermaid Unicorn body.
© 2018 Megan Lapp, Crafty Intentions™. All rights reserved. This pattern is FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. The pattern (or parts of it) may not be reproduced, distributed or resold, translated, published, altered, shared or posted (for sale or free) over the internet or offline. You can sell items made from this pattern, provided they are handmade by yourself in a limited number and you give credit to the designer. Please add the following lines to your item description and any item you are selling: “This item is handmade by (your name) from a design and pattern by Megan Lapp, Crafty Intentions™”.
Dragon Patterns EXPLAINED
This is a brief, but clear and complete explanation of each available Crafty Intentions Dragon pattern! Let's go Youngest to Oldest!
The Newborn Dragon Pattern is available on both Ravelry and Etsy. Newborn dragons are 4 inches tall from top of the head to bottom of the feet, and 8 inches long from the nose to the end of the tail if using about sport weight yarn with a D 3.25mm hook. It is a single 28 page pattern in English (using American crochet terms) and includes written and photographic instructions for 13 different body parts which you can selectively combine to make any style of Newborn Dragon you want. This is the only pattern you need to make the youngest, wittlest, baby dragons in the dragon family.
The Juvenile Dragon Pattern is available on both Ravelry and Etsy. Juvenile dragons are approximately 7 inches tall from the top of the head to the bottom of the feet, and approximately 14 inches from Nose to Tail tip. The Body is approximately 2 inches wide from side to side at the widest point, and the wings have an approximate 12 inch wing span if using about sport weight yarn with a D 3.25mm hook. It is a single 53 page pattern in English (using American crochet terms) and includes written and photographic instructions for 19 different body parts that you can selectively combine into many different body positions. This is the only pattern you need to make any kind of Juvenile Dragon you want.
The main Adult Dragon Pattern is available on both Ravelry and Etsy. Adult Dragons are about 12 inches tall from head to toes, with 18 inches nose-to-tail, and 24 Inches from the tip of one wing to the other if using worsted weight yarn with a G 4.0mm. It is a single 37 page pattern in English (using American crochet terms) and German and includes written and photographic instructions for the sitting dragon you see in the picture above. It does include some extra ornamental bits so that you can customize your dragon, like 3 different ear styles, horns, and ridges. This contains all the instructions you need to make a basic sitting adult dragon. There are three add-on patterns available for the Adult Dragon.
The Add-On Dragon: More Front Legs pattern is available on on both Ravelry and Etsy. This pattern features instructions to be used in conjunction with the Main pattern explained above. This pattern is for laying down front legs (as in the left picture above), perching bent front legs (as in the center picture above), and a tutorial on how to wear your laying down dragon on your shoulder! You will still need the Main pattern for all other instructions, this is just an expansion pack.
The Add-On Dragon: Epic Extra Large Wings pattern is available on both Etsy and Ravelry. This pattern features instructions on dragon wings that are approximately 35 inches wing tip to wing tip. These wings can be installed on any Adult Dragon body configuration. You will need to use this with the Main Dragon pattern (and any other Add-on Dragon pattern) as this is an expansion pack only and does not contain other instructions for the body of the dragon.
The Add-On Dragon: Extra Ornamentation pattern is available on Etsy and Ravelry. This pattern features instructions on how to create a head plate (1st photo on left above), a fancy head plate (4th photo above), a long droopy ear (1st photo on left above), a curly eye piece (3rd photo above), a three color back-spikes (2nd photo above), a large spiral horn with accent color (1st photo on left above) and a spiral shaped horn (not pictured)! You will need to use this with the Main Dragon pattern (and any other Add-on Dragon pattern) as this is an expansion pack only and does not contain other instructions for the body of the dragon.
© 2017 Megan Lapp, Crafty Intentions™. All rights reserved. This pattern is FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. The pattern (or parts of it) may not be reproduced, distributed or resold, translated, published, altered, shared or posted (for sale or free) over the internet or offline. You can sell items made from this pattern, provided they are handmade by yourself in a limited number and you give credit to the designer. Please add the following lines to your item description and any item you are selling: “This item is handmade by (your name) from a design and pattern by Megan Lapp, Crafty Intentions™”.