An original baby dragon, charted and counted — three colorways, one weekend panel, zero tracing.
Dragon charts are usually either terrifying 200-color realism or a blob with wings. This baby dragon sits in the middle: an original 32 × 27 pixel design that's genuinely a dragon — horns, wings, belly, and all — but small enough to finish in a weekend and simple enough for a first colorwork project.
All three colorways use the same chart; only the palette changes. Seven colors, 864 stitches, and every color counted in the legend.
The original — leaf green with dark green wings and golden horns. Reads clearly even from across the room.
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Same chart, amethyst body. Purple dragons are for the kid (or adult) who has opinions about dragons.
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Ice-blue colorway — pairs well with grey or white blanket backgrounds and nursery palettes.
Download chart (PNG) ⬇️All three dragons are the same 32 × 27 chart — download your favorite, or substitute any main color you like. Seven colors total, including the background.
Single crochet from the bottom row up, or C2C diagonally. The dark wing color only appears in two small areas — perfect practice before larger colorwork.
At worsted weight with a 5 mm hook the piece is roughly 22 × 19 cm — sew it onto a blanket square, a pillow, or the back of a jacket.
Have a photo you love? The free generator turns it into a stitch-ready chart — grid, palette, and stitch counts included.
Yes — the baby dragon chart is free in all three colorways, for personal use. It's an original design drawn for this site, not a traced fan-art character, so there are no copyright grey areas.
Yes. It's 32 × 27 stitches with big, connected color areas and no single-stitch islands. If you can single crochet and change colors, you can make this dragon — most beginners finish it in a weekend.
Two options: work it in C2C with chunky yarn (each cell becomes a large block, roughly doubling the size), or upscale the chart in the generator to 45–60 stitches wide. Going bigger keeps the shape but softens the pixel edges.
Yes — upload a clear scan or photo of the drawing to the pattern generator. Bold outlines and flat colors convert best; set 5–7 colors to keep the chart manageable.
Worsted-weight (#4) yarn with a 5.0 mm (H/8) hook gives a panel of about 22 × 19 cm in single crochet. The stitch counts in the legend tell you exactly how much of each color to buy.