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Maybe at this point I will have to declare this dragon amigurumi complete!

My Chungli Dragon ready for shipment to Manila!

Otherwise, I will keep on adding bits and pieces to it, like a Christmas Tree, and the dragon will disappear.

Edward gets savaged by the dragon.

It was fun making this dragon and I hope that Alwin will like it. But before it gets shipped to Manila next week, I want to make a couple of turtles for my sister and for Alwin’s younger brother.

Here’s a little turtle that I made last night using yarns left over from the two boleros I finished recently.

Baby turtle.

The carapace is Lotus Yarns Sunset (merino-soybean) and the belly, head, tail and legs is Lotus Yarns Autumn Wind (cotton-cashmere).

Next should be a larger turtle!

There are now three WIPs (works-in-progress) on my table. (1) The blue free-form motif bolero in silky cashmere yarn, (2) the dragon amigurumi in acrylic yarn, and (3) a new top (shrug or bolero or other?) in multi-colour merino-soy bean yarn.

I deferred work on the silky cashmere bolero to finish two new patterns, and the other day, perhaps daunted by the thought of continuing work on it, I impulsively picked up two new projects.

Motif bolero in silky cashmere yarn.

Nevertheless, I was able to discipline myself and complete the back section of the bolero. Here it is (above) with the collar now joined. I am happy with this work so far and do feel glad that I was able to muster myself to focus on this again.

The dragon amigurumi was fun to conceptualise, particularly the decisions on how it should be built up or constructed. Should I work the body as a whole piece and just attach the legs, horns, and other embellishments to it?

I noticed that most dragon or animal amigurumis were done this way which I thought was quite logical but I didn’t feel comfortable with it. It was just too difficult for me to make one huge shaped piece (the body).

The bits for my dragon amigurumi. More to come ...

So I decided to make the body in segments. This decision is largely due to a request by my nephew for a crochet caterpillar worked in segments. He has been asking for such a caterpillar for quite a while now and I have not been a good auntie!

So this will be a very special dragon for my nephew, and a caterpillar to come shortly.

And the third WIP on my table now is this – a top worked in merino-soy bean yarn. I picked up on this only last night following a Crochet-Along initiated by Ravelry friend Jinky. The CAL is a Japanese design bolero worked in thread, and the pattern is a variation of the lacy shell.

Mini bolero starts at the back then goes up and separate to do the shoulders and left/front sections.

Mini bolero starts at the back then goes up and separate to do the shoulders and left/right front sections.

I am using DK weight yarn Sunset and a lacy chevron pattern, so this works up quite quickly. One side of the garment will use one skein of yarn (about 50 grams/120 meters), so I suspect this will involve two and a half skeins of yarn.

Once the basic shell is done, the neckline, edging and sleeves will follow, all of which I haven’t yet thought about! So will just see what happens …

In the meantime, this is what the cat did to my hand-wound silky camel yarn!