Category Crochet Pattern : TTRPG Related

Beetlejuice Patterns from Around the Internet

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Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! is now officially in theaters. The hype has been growing for awhile now, so I decided to round up some of my favorite patterns related to Beetlejuice on the internet.

 

Note: All costs are accurate as of the time of me writing this.

 

 

  1. Beetlejuice Handbag.

This one is on Etsy.Its from DarkNTwistyHousewife.

The pattern costs $5.75 and is a very well written pattern.

 

2. Beetlejuice Amigurumi

This is a free pattern. It is from Amigurumibook.com

It looks like a fairly straightforward pattern, but I would not recommend making it unless you have the basics of amigurumi down pat.

 

3. Beetlejuice-Inspired Gnome

It’s another Etsy pattern, this one is by PropsToys.

The cost of the pattern is $6.66. I will admit that I laughed when I saw that. All of their patterns are very easy to follow.

 

4. Shrunken Heads

This pattern comes from MadebyJody666.  It is on Etsy, and costs $13.89. The pattern does include bone option.

 

5. Lydia

This pattern, also on Etsy, is actually a bundle of 3 Lydia patterns. It is by DonebyDonielleCo. The cost of the pattern is $15.00

 

 

Pattern : AI Sitting Dragon

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So, I’ve decided to delve into the world of Chat GPT, specifically, how it writes crochet patterns. Given the examples I have seen on the various social media sites over the last year, I don’t have high hopes, though I do hope it looks something like a dragon.

 

My first experiment, a simple, sitting dragon. I will post the pattern below, just in case you would like to experiment with it yourself.

 

The first piece it had me make, the body. It’s more a ball, than a body. Most basic patterns start put this way, so I’m not condemning the pattern just yet. What do you think?

 

Next up the head. The pattern does call for safety eyes ( or sewing them on with black thread), but doesn’t mention adding them until after the head has been attached. If you’ve used safety eyes before, you know that adding them before stuffing is easier that after the head has been attached to the body.

The pattern does not say where the eyes should be, so I took a guess based on my experience with making amigurumi. It also says to immediately attach the head to the body.

It kinda looks like a mini-snowman at this point. What do you think?

 

For the ears, legs, wings and horns, the full pattern says to add them after all the remaining pieces are made. The individual patterns for each piece says to attach them ass the pieces are finished.  I will probably add them as I get each set finished.

 

I made the ears and legs…it kinda reminds me of a derpy bunny at this point.  I still need to make the tail, wings and horns.

I take that back, with the tail, it looks like a derpy squirrel.

 

So it’s done.   I wouldn’t call this a dragon. Not sure what I would call it, but not a dragon.

I used light blue for the wings and “horns”. The pattern calls the horns to go on the top of the head, however, given how the pattern is “written”, they would not have sat right, so I stuck them behind the ears.

 

What do you think? What do you think it looks like?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Pattern:

**Materials:**

– Worsted weight yarn in main color (e.g., green)

– Accent color for wings, horns, and claws (e.g., purple)

– Crochet hook (size G/4.0 mm or suitable for your yarn)

– Safety eyes or black yarn for eyes

– Fiberfill stuffing

– Tapestry needle

– Stitch marker (optional)

**Abbreviations:**

– ch = chain

– sc = single crochet

– inc = increase (2 sc in the same stitch)

– dec = decrease (sc2tog, single crochet 2 together)

– st = stitch

– rnd = round

– sl st = slip stitch

**Pattern:**

### Body

1. **Magic Ring**: 6 sc into the ring. (6 sts)

2. Rnd 1: Inc in each st around. (12 sts)

3. Rnd 2: (Sc 1, inc) around. (18 sts)

4. Rnd 3: (Sc 2, inc) around. (24 sts)

5. Rnd 4: (Sc 3, inc) around. (30 sts)

6. Rnd 5-10: Sc in each st around. (30 sts) — Work for 6 rounds.

7. Rnd 11: (Sc 3, dec) around. (24 sts)

8. Rnd 12: (Sc 2, dec) around. (18 sts)

9. Rnd 13: (Sc 1, dec) around. (12 sts)

10. Rnd 14: Dec around. (6 sts)

11. Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Stuff the body firmly as you go. Sew the opening closed.

### Head

1. **Magic Ring**: 6 sc into the ring. (6 sts)

2. Rnd 1: Inc in each st around. (12 sts)

3. Rnd 2: (Sc 1, inc) around. (18 sts)

4. Rnd 3: (Sc 2, inc) around. (24 sts)

5. Rnd 4: (Sc 3, inc) around. (30 sts)

6. Rnd 5-7: Sc in each st around. (30 sts) — Work for 3 rounds.

7. Rnd 8: (Sc 3, dec) around. (24 sts)

8. Rnd 9: (Sc 2, dec) around. (18 sts)

9. Rnd 10: (Sc 1, dec) around. (12 sts)

10. Rnd 11: Dec around. (6 sts)

11. Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Stuff the head firmly. Attach the head to the top of the body.

### Ears (Make 2)

1. **Magic Ring**: 6 sc into the ring. (6 sts)

2. Rnd 1: Inc in each st around. (12 sts)

3. Rnd 2: (Sc 1, inc) around. (18 sts)

4. Rnd 3: (Sc 2, inc) around. (24 sts)

5. Rnd 4-5: Sc in each st around. (24 sts) — Work for 2 rounds.

6. Fasten off and leave a long tail. Flatten the ear and sew it to the sides of the head.

### Legs (Make 4)

1. **Magic Ring**: 6 sc into the ring. (6 sts)

2. Rnd 1: Inc in each st around. (12 sts)

3. Rnd 2-4: Sc in each st around. (12 sts) — Work for 3 rounds.

4. Rnd 5: (Sc 1, dec) around. (8 sts)

5. Rnd 6: (Sc 2, dec) around. (6 sts)

6. Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Stuff the legs lightly and sew them to the bottom of the body.

### Wings (Make 2)

1. **Chain 11**.

2. Row 1: Starting from the 2nd ch from the hook, sc in each ch across. (10 sts)

3. Row 2: Ch 1, turn, sc in each st across. (10 sts)

4. Row 3: Ch 1, turn, (sc 1, inc) across. (15 sts)

5. Row 4-5: Ch 1, turn, sc in each st across. (15 sts) — Work for 2 rows.

6. Fasten off and leave a long tail. Fold in half to shape the wing and sew to the back of the dragon.

### Tail

1. **Magic Ring**: 6 sc into the ring. (6 sts)

2. Rnd 1: Inc in each st around. (12 sts)

3. Rnd 2-4: Sc in each st around. (12 sts) — Work for 3 rounds.

4. Rnd 5: (Sc 1, dec) around. (8 sts)

5. Rnd 6-10: Sc in each st around. (8 sts) — Work for 5 rounds.

6. Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Stuff lightly and sew to the back of the body.

### Horns (Make 2)

1. **Magic Ring**: 6 sc into the ring. (6 sts)

2. Rnd 1: Inc in each st around. (12 sts)

3. Rnd 2: (Sc 1, inc) around. (18 sts)

4. Rnd 3-4: Sc in each st around. (18 sts) — Work for 2 rounds.

5. Fasten off and leave a long tail. Sew the horns to the top of the head.

### Assembly

1. Attach safety eyes to the head or embroider eyes with black yarn.

2. Sew the ears, legs, wings, tail, and horns to their respective places.

3. Weave in any loose ends and trim excess yarn.

Your sitting dragon is now complete! You can add additional details or customize colors as you like. Enjoy your new dragon friend!

 

Dice Bags: A simple (I hope) on how to make them.

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The dice bags I make hold roughly 100 individual dice. I use a #4 medium weight/worsted yarn and a 5.5mm/I-9 crochet hook.

I have found that, with American yarns, Red Heart, Caron, and Lion Brand yarns work best has they hold their shape better with this kind of project, though this is my personal opinion.

The main stitch in this bag is a crocodile stitch, though there are some who call it a dragon scale.

The first part of the bag is the base. To make the base:

  1. You’ll need to make a magic circle or chain 4 and make a ring (this is what I do as I still have yet to master the magic circle).
  2. Chain 2 after the circle is made and into the circle chain 12 double crochet. Slip stitch to connect chain 12 to chain 1 when finished. This is very important, any less or more than 12 and it will throw the entire pattern off. It should look something like this:

3. Chain 2 again, then crochet 2 double crochet into each of the pervious 12 stitches. You should end up with 24 stitches. Slip stitch to finish off the row.

4. Chain 2. In the next stitch, chain 2. In the stitch after that chain 1. Repeat all the way around until you get to 36 stitches. Slip stitch to join. In should still lay flat at this point.

From here, you can start to go upwards. If you wish you a larger bag, make 3 more rows with the stitch counts of 48, 60, and 72 respectively. Continue making 3 round increases (increasing by 12 stitches each time)until you get to you desired width.

5. Chain 2 and then make 1 double crochet into each stitch, You should have 36 stitches (or however many stitch were in you last round if you went beyond the first 3 rows).

Note: Step 5 is optional. I do this because I found that it helps the bas stay flat and allows for more dice/ trinkets to fit in the bag.

6. Chain 3 (Counts as a chain 2 +1) and then double crochet into the same starting stitch. Skip the next 2 stitches, into the 3rd stitch, Double crochet 1 stitch, slip 1 stitch, then double crochet a 2 stitch in the 3rd stitch to create a V. Repeat all the way around.

7. Chain 2. Double crochet 5 times into the side of the V of the previous row. Slip stitch 1 into the row below the V to anchor the scale. Double crochet 5 more into the other side of the V. Slip stitch into the top of the next V. Repeat into every other V all the way around.

8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 until you get to you desired height.

9. Once you get to your desired height. Single stitch 36 stitches all the way round.

10. Into those 36 stitches, Double crochet 36 stitches.

11. crochet 36 single stitches into those double crochet stitches then tie off and weave in the ends.

The double crochet stitches are where you can add a tie to close the bag. I use ribbons and wooden beads in my bags, but you can use anything you wish for yours.

Please let me know if you have any questions.