Toothless Amigurumi

Toothless, that lovable black dragon from How to Train Your Dragon, makes a great companion on and off screen.

I spend a lot of time on Pinterest pinning patterns and crochet inspiration. When I pinned this Toothless pattern, a friend commented saying she would pay for me to crochet him for her. I told her I would and she asked for him in either purple or blue. As she has a little girl, I chose to make him in purple.

It was my first time crocheting amigurumi and I enjoyed figuring it out. Thankfully, I had also found a visual tutorial to help when putting him together. He turned out well, though when I finished I knew there were things I would do differently if I were to make it again. More stuffing in the head and use a smaller hook so the stitches would be smaller and tighter. I also sewed the felt eyes on instead of using fabric glue. They sit closer to the head than they would have if I had used the fabric glue.

Well, I did end up making another Toothless. My nephew saw the photo above as I had sent it to my sister. He immediately wanted asked for a Toothless of his own. Every time I saw him, he would climb into my arms and say "You make me a Toofless?" so I promised him a Toothless for his birthday (half a year away).

I used the smaller hook and he turned out better than the purple one. The stitches were tighter and he wasn't as large. I also stuffed each piece with more fiber fill than I did the first one and he was less flimsy.

He took less time to make due to already having worked the pattern once. I finished him over a month before my nephew's birthday and it was so hard not to bring it to him right away. I held out though and when he opened the bag on his birthday, he didn't react as I had imagined. I thought there'd be excitement and he'd say "It's my Toofless!" But he didn't. He did, however, say "no" when my 11-year-old brother asked to see it. He had just had too much birthday excitement. Once his guests had left, he took Toothless to the table and was playing with him quietly. He still would not let others touch or play with him. I think it's safe to say he likes his Toothless.

~Em