Crochet of the dragon Moussy, performed by Mom and daughter Lusenka

Although today in the departments of children's goods full - full of a variety of toys, moms increasingly turn to the manual way of their manufacture. And if the girl sees that the mother prefers crocheting a dragon instead of the usual shopping, her mind postpones the idea that doing needlework is interesting and exciting.

The second educational moment, of course, is the praise of others and their recognition. Smart mom will take a picture of her creation and put photos on the Internet, for example, in social networks, or on the sites of needlewomen under the merry title "Crochet of the dragon Mousenka, made by Mom and daughter Lusenka." Of course, under the photo, good comments, praise and words of admiration for the product of handmade creativity will soon appear. Baby will feel pride in her mother, and she will strive to acquire such skills and also receive recognition from others.

The third positive thing is that Mummy can, not only do the knitting of a dragon, make a simple soft animal, which is really a lot on the shelves of stores, but attach a little creative thought and make a developing toy, for example, a glove - parsley for the puppet theater . And later it will be possible to connect for the dragon Mousenka and other characters, to invent a fairy tale and even put it in kindergarten or in school after school. And what? Now that crocheting a dragon is mastered, it's not at all difficult! Just friends for Musenka can make other colors, with mutated forms of ears or with different hairstyles.

In general, the scheme of knitting a dragon - gloves is much easier than for a conventional volumetric toy. After all, from the yarn we need to make only the head of Moussaint. For the body it will be necessary to choose the material from which to carve out, and then sew the "dress" of the dragon. So, the easiest way to make a toy is to tie a hollow ball with a hole and fill it with a filler: a sintepon or pieces of foam rubber.

Eyes are made either from buttons or from beads. You can go to the needlework shop and buy special factory eyes for soft toys. And some just cut out black eyes from the black cardboard and stick them on the muzzle. In extreme cases, conventional embroidery is allowed

If desired, you can also link the original ears. They can be of a variety of forms: triangular - piglets, burdock - elephants, round - Cheburashi. You can even tie the ears - wings, reminiscent of the shape of the wings of the bat. Very beautiful look such wings on the head of the dragon, when they are made in two colors: membranes of the main color and directing concentric stripes - contrasting.

It is worthwhile discussing the details of this detail. Yarn contrast color starts to knit a chain - 10 loops. After turning the knitting, we make 10 half-columns on it and tie the thread of the main color. Now we'll knit an eardrum. We skip the first column, the second we sew with a half-collar, 3 columns without a crochet, 3 - with a crochet and 2 - with two nakidami. We rotate the part and perform all the same actions, but in the reverse order.

Next, change the thread to a contrasting thread and tie two rows with half-poles. Again, change the thread and repeat the algorithms for knitting the web and guide strip. Now you can either finish knitting this part, or make one more webbed.

Do not neglect the main distinguishing feature of all dragons - a ridge with sharp triangles! Without such a detail, crochet dragons can not be considered complete. After all, then not everyone will understand that this toy is a dragon. The ridge is made from the yarn of the primary color, but you can take another - who knows what the real dragon's ridge really was?

The chain should be bound as long as the toy needs. The ridge can begin from the top and go through the entire toy, decorating even the "dress" - a glove sewn from the fabric. And it can end as soon as the tissue begins. The point of the ridge consists of a half-column, a column, a column with a crochet, a column with two crochets, a column with a crochet, a post and a half-column. The next point should begin to knit already from the column without a crochet.

As you can see, it is not difficult to make a toy, but it is extremely useful for educating a growing girl.