biceratops

This triceratops in the colours of the bisexual flag was created as part of a series of LGBTQ+ puns I am creating to celebrate pride month. You can keep up to date with all my future designs and get notified when I publish new patterns by following my Instagram page. 

This little dino will also shortly be available to purchase on my Etsy page, with all profits being donated to an LGBTQ+ charity (either the kaleidoscope trust or the LGBT foundation, there is currently a poll going on on my Instagram)

Difficulty:

medium

You will need:

• dk yarn in white, pink, purple, and dark blue
• black yarn (dk or 4ply is ideal)
• A scrap of white embroidery thread (although 4ply would work fine too)
• toy stuffing
• A darning needle

Note:

• 'fasten off neatly' refers to a special way of fastening off which is neater and makes it easier to see where you should be crocheting on the next round (also known as invisible fastening off). This involves pulling up your yarn through your stitch, threading the yarn underneath the second stitch from where you pulled your yarn up, then threading your yarn back through the top of this stitch and down through the back of the work. There is a very helpful site that explains it clearly found here. Just make sure when you do this that you thread your needle through the SECOND stitch after the last stitch you made, otherwise you will end up with an extra stitch which may mean that all of the following rounds are out of line with each other.
• This pattern includes the back-to-front single crochet stitch (bfsc). A video to show you how to do this can be found here. It's pretty simple but if you can't work it out you can just use a regular single crochet stitch, but this will give it a slightly different look.

For the body:
With white ch15
Round 1: sc in the first chain st you crocheted in, then sc in every following chain st to make a loop (15sc)
Round 2: (sc2, make 2sc in the next st) 5 times (20sc)
Round 3: (sc3, make 2sc in the next st) 5 times (25sc)
Round 4: (sc4, make 2sc in the next st) 5 times (30sc)
Round 5: sc in each st
Round 6: (sc5, make 2sc in the next st) 5 times (35sc)
Rounds 8 - 16: (9 rounds) sc in each st
Round 17: (sc3, sc2tog) 5 times, sc10 (30sc)
Round 18: (sc2, sc2tog) 5 times, sc10 (25sc)
Round 19: (sc, sc2tog) 8 times, sc (17sc)
Round 20: sc12, hdc5
Round 21: (sc, sc2tog) 4 times, hdc5 (13sc)
Round 22: sc8, hdc5
Round 23: sc, sc2tog, sc2, sc2tog, sc, hdc5 (11sc)
Round 24: sc2, sc2tog, sc, sc2tog, sc2, sc2tog (8sc)
Round 25: sc in each st
Round 26: (sc2, sc2tog) twice (6sc)
Round 27: hdc2tog
Fasten off
Stuff firmly

For the front legs (make 2):
With white make a magic loop with 6sc
Round 1: make 2sc in each st (12sc)
Rounds 2 - 3: (2 rounds) sc in each st
Round 4: sc, hdc3, sc3, slip3, sc2
Rounds 5 - 6: (2 rounds) sc in each st
Round 7: sc2, slip3, sc3, hdc3, sc
Round 8: sc in each st
Round 9: sc3, sc2tog, sc4, sc2tog, sc (10sc)
Stuff firmly
Round 10: (sc2, sc3tog) twice
Fasten off

Sew to the front of the body, making sure they are facing the right way (the first slipped stitches should be at the front and the second lot of slipped stitches should be at the back)


For the back legs (make 2):
With white make a magic loop with 6sc
Round 1: make 2sc in each st (12sc)
Rounds 2 - 5: (4 rounds) sc in each st
Round 6: sc, hdc3, sc3, slip3, sc2
Round 7: sc in each st
Round 8: (sc3, make 2sc in the next st) 3 times (15sc)
Rounds 9 - 10: (2 rounds) sc in each st
Round 11: sc3, sc2tog twice, sc4, sc3tog, sc (11sc)
Stuff firmly
Round 12: sc3, sc3tog, sc2, sc3tog (7sc)
Round 13: sc, sc2tog, sc
Fasten off
Sew these to the back of the body (the slipped stitches should be at the back)

For the toes (make 6 in blue and 6 in purple):
make a magic loop with 3sc, slip1 to join
Fasten off
Sew these to the base of the feet in sets of threes. You should sew the purple ones to the front legs and the blue ones to the back legs.

For the head:

Make a magic loop with 6sc

Round 1: make 2sc in each st (12sc)

Round 2: (sc in the first st, make 2sc in the next st) 6 times to end (18sc)

Round 3: (sc in the first 2 sts, make 2sc in the next st) 6 times to end. ch1, turn (24sc)
Round 4: (sc in the first 3 sts, make 2sc in the next st) 6 times to end (30sc)

Round 5: sc in each st
Round 6: sc3, make 2sc in each of the next 3 sts, sc, make 2sc in each of the next 3 sts, sc20 (36sc)
Round 7: sc in each st
Round 8: sc4, sc2tog 3 times, sc, sc2tog 3 times, sc19 (30sc)
Round 9: sc3, sc2tog twice, sc, sc2tog twice, sc18 (26sc)
Round 10: (sc2tog, sc2) 3 times, sc14 (20sc)
Round 11: (sc2tog, sc) 3 times, (sc2, sc2tog) 3 times, sc2 (14sc)
Round 12: sc8, ch4, skip7, sc2 (14sts)
Round 13: sc in each of these last 14sts you made
Round 14: sc13
Round 15: sc3tog, sc4, sc3tog, sc3, sc2tog
Round 16: hdc4, sc2tog, slip4
Round 17: sc, hdc4, sc, slip3
Fasten off neatly

Join pink yarn to the st after the 'new' st of this last round
Round 18: sc in this same st, then sc2, hdc3, sc, slip2
Round 19: slip2, hdc3tog, slip1, sc2tog, slip1
Fasten off

stuff this section
With white yarn rejoin to round 11 to the st after the last st you crocheted into in this round
Round 12: sc in this st and the next 6sts, ch5
Round 13: sc in the first st of the last round, sc2tog 3 times, sc2tog between the first 2 chain sts, sc in the next 3 chain sts (8sc)
Round 14: sc2tog, sc3 (7sc)
Fasten off neatly

Rejoin with pink yarn to one of these sts
Round 15: sc2tog 4 times
Fasten off


For the frill:
With white ch26
Round 1: sc in the 2nd chain st from hook, sc in the next 3 chain sts, make 2sc in the next chain st, (sc4, make 2sc in the next chain st) 3 times, sc5. ch1, turn (29sc)
Round 2: (bfsc5, make 2bfsc in the next st)  4 times, bfsc5. ch1, turn (33sc)
Round 3: (sc6, make 2sc in the next st) 4 times, sc5. ch1, turn (37sc)
Round 4: bfsc2tog, bfsc4, make 2bfsc in the next st, (bfsc7, make 2bfsc in the following st) 3 times, bfsc4, bfsc2tog. ch1, turn (39sc)
Round 5: sc2tog, (sc, hdc, make 2dc in the next st, hdc, sc) 7 times, sc2tog. ch1, turn
Fasten off
Sew the frill around the head


For the frill horns (make 7):
With pink make a magic loop with 4sc, then slip1 to fasten
Fasten off
Sew these around the edges of the frill, approximately to where you made the 2dc stitches in the last round


For the small horn:
With pink yarn ch4
Round 1: sc in the first chain st you made, then sc in each of the following chain sts to make a loop (4sc)
Round 2: sc in each st
Round 3: hdc2tog
Fasten off
Sew this to the snout section of the head


For the large horns (make 2):
With pink yarn ch5
Round 1: sc in the first chain st you made, then sc in each of the following chain sts to make a loop (5sc)
Rounds 2 - 4: (3 rounds) sc in each st
Round 5: sc2tog, hdc, dc
Fasten off
Sew these to the head, then sew the head to the body




To finish off use black yarn to embroider the eyes in place, then add highlights using white embroidery thread. Embroider purple spots onto the back for the first 1/3 of the body, then sew the remaining spots onto the back using blue yarn.



That's all for today :) I hope you have enjoyed this pattern. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me, either by leaving a comment below of via my Ravelry or Instagram pages, where you can also follow me to keep up to date with what I've been making and be alerted as to when I publish a new pattern. 
As usual you are very welcome to sell finished products but I do ask that you don't re-post this pattern or claim it as your own. Thank you!!!