March Dragon
This month’s dragon is one of my favorites! “March Dragon” has an adorably ferocious dragon breathing smoke or fire up at the sky.
This is my fifth year creating a “Year of…” series of large squares. This year I am drawing dragons! See announcement at https://ashleeslint.com/year-of/2025-year-dragons/.
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Interlocking crochet sample of March Dragon crocheted by Nancy McKain.
Overlay mosaic crochet sample of March Dragon crocheted by Sandi Willoughby.
Interlocking crochet sample of March Dragon crocheted by Anonymous Squirrel.
Overlay mosaic crochet sample of March Dragon crocheted by Eva.
Wrong Side of March Dragon
The ‘right side’ with the design is the main point of these squares, but it’s often interesting to see what the back, or ‘wrong side’, will look like too!
My designs are written up for two colorwork techniques and you’ll notice there’s a difference in the wrong sides for each technique.
Interlocking crochet creates an almost opposite image while overlay mosaic crochet just creates stripes. You can often see a faint illusion of the front.
Interlocking crochet sample of March Dragon crocheted by CynCityCrochets. Blue used as MC / first color used.
Overlay mosaic crochet sample of March Dragon crocheted by Kim. Dark purple used as MC / first color used.
March Dragon Testers
The 2025: A Year of Dragons series was tested by Altona Newcombe, Angela, Anonymous Squirrel, CynCityCrochet, Divya Tellakula, Eva, Henriette van Wyk, Kami, Keitha, Kim, Linda Bakker, Maja Serec, Margaret Maillet, Marie Sparks, Monique, Nancy McKain, On a Poad Trip, PATYCréations, Pleva, Sandi Willoughby, Scorpios Hook, and Sonjia Rothenburger-Schultz.
I value their feedback tremendously! Thank you!
Color Choice
I strongly recommend using a dark color as the Main Color (MC / first color used) for these dragon squares.
However, creativity can not always be stifled and we like experimenting!
Check out some of the tester’s colors and see if it helps you decide!
Fancy Footwork
Although all my designs are colorwork, I try to keep the patterns simple. There are no slanted stitches, no extra locking maneuvers, just regular interlocking crochet or regular mosaic crochet.
One of the things I MOST LOVE about these two techniques is that you only have to deal with two colors of yarn and you deal with them one at a time.
However, sometimes people like to add a bit extra to their projects!
Keitha has added some tapestry colorwork to the smoke/fire coming from the dragon’s mouth in her mosaic crochet sample of March Dragon.
Important Details for March Dragon
Each month’s design comes with the fully written pattern and charts for two colorwork techniques: interlocking crochet and overlay mosaic crochet.
Click here to go to my tutorials for these crochet techniques.
Brackets
Brackets are used in the written pattern to indicate repeated sections. See my detailed explanation: https://ashleeslint.com/2020/08/29/brackets-in-crochet-patterns/ or watch it in action with this mosaic crochet sample at https://youtu.be/IW-vtpHTIjs.
Interlocking Crochet
Each dragon square has a chart size of 81 x 81. This means they begin with 40 windows in the foundation row and will finish to about 20″ square.
My interlocking crochet sample of March Dragon.
Interlocking crochet / LFM crochet file includes:
- line-by-line written pattern (view key)
- instructions on reading a chart (view)
- a one-page chart (good for viewing on a screen)
- a four-page chart (better for printing)
Interlocking Crochet Details
- Chart is 81 x 81
- Gauge: 8 (dc, ch) x 8 rows = 4”
- 20″ x 20″ / 51cm x 51cm
- 4.5 mm hook (US7)
- Worsted weight yarn (490 – 565 yards total)
- Main color (MC) (dragon) – 250 yards plus 75 for optional border
- Accent color (AC) (background) – 240 yards
Overlay Mosaic Crochet
The mosaic crochet version of each dragon square is a solid design. I’ve removed the interlocking mesh dots and the unneccessary double-border lines. Read more about the differences at https://ashleeslint.com/tutorials/interlocking-and-mosaic-crochet/.
Click here to learn more about the options for dealing with the cut ends at the end of each row when doing overlay mosaic crochet.
My mosaic crochet sample of March Dragon.
Overlay Mosaic Crochet file includes:
- line-by-line written pattern (view key)
- instructions for optional envelope border (view)
- instructions on reading a chart (view)
- a one-page chart marked with X’s (good for viewing on a screen)
- a four-page chart marked with X’s (better for printing)
Mosaic Crochet Details
- Chart is 77 x 77
- Gauge: 14 sc blo stitches x 15 rows = 4”
- 22″ x 20″ / 56cm x 52cm
- 5 mm hook (H-8)
- Worsted weight yarn (575 – 825 yards)
- Main color (dragon) – 225 yards
- Contrasting color (background) – 350 yards
- Optional envelope border – 250 yards
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