April Dragon
“April Dragon” shows the side profile of another ferocious dragon.
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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Overlay mosaic crochet sample of April Dragon crocheted by Eva.
Overlay mosaic crochet sample of April Dragon crocheted by Sandi Willoughby.
Interlocking crochet sample of April Dragon crocheted by Anonymous Squirrel.
Interlocking crochet sample of April Dragon crocheted by CynCityCrochet.
Wrong Side of April Dragon
As with all these dragon squares, the right side and wrong side will look different depending on which technique you use.
Interlocking crochet creates an almost opposite image while overlay mosaic crochet just creates stripes. You can often see a faint illusion of the front.
Right side of the interlocking crochet technique next to the right side of the overlay mosaic crochet technique.
Below that is the wrong side of the interlocking and mosaic crochet techniques.
Left-Handed Crocheters
What will your dragon square look like if you’re a left-handed crocheter?
It will just be facing the opposite direction!
When I have writing in my patterns I include a fully-written left-handed pattern. But with these dragons they look good no matter which way they face so I don’t include a left-handed pattern.
You can read each line from the end to the beginning if you’d prefer the dragon facing the other way.
On A Poad Trip is a left-handed crocheter. Her dragon is facing the opposite way of everyone else’s dragons but it’s still 100% recognizeable as a dragon!
April Dragon
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, Marie Sparks, Monique, Nancy McKain, On a Poad Trip, Sandi Willoughby, Scorpios Hook, and Sonjia Rothenburger-Schultz.
Thank you everyone!!
Color Choice
I strongly recommend using a dark color as the Main Color (MC / first color used) for these dragon squares.
I also recommend using two plain colors. Self-striping and variegated yarns can look really great in some projects but often end up making it hard to see the design. Choose yarn colors with care!
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!
Important Details for April 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 April 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 April 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 (585 – 835 yards)
- Main color (dragon) – 260 yards
- Contrasting color (background) – 325 yards
- Optional envelope border – 250 yards
Overlay mosaic crochet sample of April Dragon crocheted by Kami.
Overlay mosaic crochet sample of April Dragon crocheted by Henriette Van Wyck.
Interlocking crochet sample of April Dragon crocheted by Nancy McKain.
Interlocking crochet sample of April Dragon crocheted by Divya Tellakula.
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