August Dragon
“August Dragon” is our 8th large square in 2025’s “Year of…” series of interlocking and mosaic crochet patterns. See more details about this set at https://ashleeslint.com/year-of/2025-year-dragons/.
This month’s design had to pass the approval process of my soon-to-be-11-year-old-daughter because August is her birthday month and she wanted it to be a good one (unlike the year of dogs, which had her least favorite dog square on her birthday month). If anyone’s wondering, the teenage attitude has taken me by surprise! lol
Mosaic crochet sample of August Dragon by Sandi Willoughby.
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Interlocking crochet sample of August Dragon crocheted by ScorpiosHook.
Overlay mosaic crochet sample of August Dragon crocheted by Henriette Van Wyck.
Interlocking crochet sample of August Dragon crocheted by Nancy McKain.
Wrong Side of August Dragon
When you paint a picture you don’t have a wrong side. When you crochet a wall hanging, the wrong side remains hidden.
But, when you crochet a blanket, it’s inevitable that people will see both sides of the fabric.
If you use the overlay mosaic crochet technique you’ll get a striped background. The stripes stick up in places where the stitches are different so it creates an illusion of the design on the front.
With interlocking crochet, the wrong side will show the dragon but the edges of everything will be less defined – sometimes to the point of being unrecognizable.
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.
August Dragon Testers
The 2025: A Year of Dragons series was tested by Altona Newcombe, Angela, Anonymous Squirrel, Cindy Daling, CynCityCrochet, Divya Tellakula, Eva, Henriette van Wyk, Kami, Karen, Keni927, Kim, Linda Bakker, Maja Serec, Marie Sparks, Monique, Nancy McKain, On a Poad Trip, PATYCréations, Pleva, Roxy’s Yarnstitchery, Sandi Willoughby, Scorpios Hook, and Sonjia 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!
Interlocking and mosaic crochet samples of August Dragon.
Important Details for June 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.
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
Interlocking crochet sample of August Dragon crocheted by CynCityCrochets.
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.
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) – 250 yards
- Contrasting color (background) – 325 yards
- Optional envelope border – 250 yards
Mosaic crochet sample of August Dragon crocheted by Eva.
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