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Sock Dragon
Di culty: Advance / Avid Intermediate
Finished size: approximately 8 (W) x 8 1/2 (H) x 11 (L)

Materials:
Make: 1
1. Sock (crew length), adult size, solid color, 1 pair
2. Sock (crew length), toddler size, stripes in contrasting color, 1 pair
3. Safety eye 5/8 [15mm], black, 2; or button; or felt

4. Bead, 3/16 [5mm], black
5. Felt, red, 1 x 1 1/2
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6. Felt, yellow, 4 x 4
7. Poly- ll stu ng material X

8. Embroidery oss, yellow

9. Sewing threads (matching colors)
10. Sock dragon templates

Tools:
1. Sewing machine (optional, you can hand-sew without machine)
2. Sewing needle (prefer long, about 2) and pins
3. Pen
4. Erasable fabric marker
5. Scissors
6. Blunt point tweezers

Seam Allowance: approx. 1/8 1/4 (loose-knit and thinner sock material need to have bigger
seam allowance as the loose knit can be ripped o easily.)

Note:
Since the sock is stretched after stu ed, thick sock with close-knit yields better quality than thin
sock.

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Gather all the tools and materials needed for sewing sock dragon.
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resize the templates so that they t into your socks size.
Turn all socks wrong side out. Align 1 adult sock & 2 toddler socks on the side, 1 adult sock on the foot, make
sure they are symmetrical on both layers. Lightly iron if necessary.

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Place the solid color adult sock on a toddler stripe sock as shown in the picture.
Mark the seam line on the adult sock as indicated in yellow dash line.

Mark the seam line on the toddler sock as shown in white dash
line in the picture.
This is the belly of the dragon.
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Trace arm and foot template on the sock. Mark 1 down from the corner on the toe part, this is the snout of
the dragon.
Sew the arms and feet, remember to leave about 1 opening for turning right side out and stu ng after
sewn.
Cut all parts
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Trace the spikes (5 big, 2 medium and 2 small) and wings on

the toddler socks.
Sew spikes and wings with opening allowance for right side
out and stu ng.
Cut all parts with at least 1/8 seam allowance.

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The belly piece and the body piece of the sock dragon.

Pin the top and bottom of the belly piece to the dragon body.
Align the sides and pin.
Sew the belly piece to the body.
Then sew the tail part and leave about 1 1/2 opening for
turning right side out.

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a.) Turn all parts right side out.

b.) Use a pair of blunt tip tweezers to turn the spikes. Place the tweezers on the tip of the spike.
c.) Pull and ip the sock right side out without moving the tweezers.
d.) The spike with a neat and nice tip. Repeat the same to 9 of them.

a.) All parts after being turned right side out.

b.) Stu all parts rmly.
c.) Slip stitch the opening of the tail.
d.) Pull thread to shut the opening.
Sew to close the openings of the feet, arms,
wings and spikes.
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Arrange the spikes in the order of 5 large, follow by 2 medium, then 2 small. The last small spike is going to
attach on the tip of the tail.

a.) The body of the dragon after stu ng.

b.) Mark the brow lines on the head with erasable fabric
marker. Outer lines are about 1/2 down from the seam corner
of the socks toe part, horizontal. Inner lines are vertically
down (follow the sock knit-grain) from the inner seam corner
of the socks toe. Sew ladder stitches between this 2 lines. Pull
thread to form the thick brow of the dragon. It is the same
method as sewing the brows of the sock owl.
c.) Mark the snout position on the face.
d.) Pin the snout to the marking, top, bottom, left and right.

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a.) Start from center bottom, sew the snout to the face with slip stitch. Stu the snout 1 just before nish.
Continue to sew to complete the snout. Knot the thread but dont cut. It is the same method as sewing the
mouth for the sock monkey.
b.) Insert the needle into the snout and come out from the corner of the sock toe seam. Sew a bead there and
make a few stitches. Insert the needle back to the snout and come out at the bottom again.
c.) Insert it back and this time to the corner of another toe seam. Pull the thread to sunken the rst bead.
Repeat the bead sewing here. Needle back to the bottom, pull to sunken the second bead. Knot, hide knot and
thread.
d.) Sew eyes to the face. Pull the thread to sink the eyes a little.

a.) The look of the sock dragon after brows, snout, nostril and eyes done.
b.) Align the spikes at the center back of the dragon with the last smallest spike on the tip of the tail. Space
out a little towards the tail if you have enough space.
c.) Sew around each spike to the dragon, sew them close to each other. Make a few stitch between spikes so
that they can align better. If you space out the spikes towards the tail end, sew and pull them closely, this
will make the tip of the tail tilt up a little (compare the tail tip of picture b.).
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a.) Sew the yellow foot print to the bottom of the foot. Position the feet to the dragon, it can be in sitting
position or standing position, as long as the dragon can stay rm and wont topple o . Pin.
b.) Sew around the feet to attach them to the dragon body.
c.) Position arms to the dragon, pin and sew around just like sewing the feet.
d.) After nish sewing the arms, make a few stitch between the arms and across the body, pull to set the
arms into the body. It makes the dragon more hug inviting.

a.) Hand sew the wings with tidy running stitch to resemble a
bat wing.
b.) Sew to attach them on the back of the dragon, about 1 to 1
1/4 from the spikes.
c.) Cut the red felt to make a snake tongue.
d.) Sew it on the snout. Embroidery branch stitch on the snout
to make a smiley mouth.

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This is how the snout looks like after completing all the components.
The sock dragon is completed. It is now waiting for the young owner to hug him and probably to spend the
rest of its life with him or her.

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