Here be dragons

So I fancied a challenge with my crocheting and I'd found this pattern on pintrest quite a while ago to make a dragon or smaug from the hobbit.
I have a friend who really like the Lord of the rings and the hobbit so I thought it would be a suitable Christmas present for her so I had a go he wad done in red and yellow and finished with golden eyes and fierce looking teeth.

Sorry the pictures aren't great. December all got abit rushed and I suddenly realized when I was about to wrap him up that I hadn't taken any pictures.  

Although he does look rather good guarding his minstrels. the legs ares a tad wonky but I think this gives him character.











After completing him I decided to make another one for my sister and her husband they used to own a pair of bearded dragons which they had to remove earlier in the year which was hard for them and sad so I thought a crochet dragon for Christmas would be good.

And here he is again his legs are abit wonky but it just seems to be the way they come out. This one had black beads for eyes and a smile with out teeth to make him look more friendly at the request of my partner.

This one has been called Errol after a dragon who features in the Terry Pratchett books which my brother in law is fond of.
Parts of this project where quite tricky including the changing color mid round which I had not done before I tried several times to do it and always ended up with threads on the outside I think this is because I'm left handed so in the end I made it up the body part with the loose bits criss crossing on the outside then turned the piece inside out.

I think I will have another go at pattern again as my partner would quite like us to have our own dragon he just needs to decide on colors.