"Nana, if you want to capture dragons about this long (stretches arms out to the side), you can do it. But you have to go out at 6 o'clock. Remember Nana, 6 o'clock. You can capture them then but YOU MUST NOT BLINK. If you blink they will attack.
But, if you have to blink, you can tell them your eyes are dry and you need to blink. Then they won't attack."
This instructional conversation with my grandson is a sample of his current romance with all things reptile, especially flying ones. So when I saw Bernat's Dinosaur Sweater, it became a Dragon Sweater for my grandson. Knitted from stash Lion Brand Wool Ease, it was fun to do and easy to care for at the same time. My grandson went absolutely bonkers over it which was also a huge plus.
The pattern includes slippers and a dinosaur toy neither of which held much interest. Rather, a hat was requested so I made one up for him using Bernat's pattern for the 'spikes' so the hat and sweater go well together. BIG HIT.
I used metallic buttons from my stash and varied them to represent dragon treasure, so there are brass, copper and silver buttons on the sweater. All in all an excellent outcome, though I'd knit a size larger (8) next time.
Next post: the Dragon Hat
...El
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