Meet Minty the Gingerbread Dragon! With candy cane horns, she is ready for the Christmas holiday season.

Skill Level: Intermediate
Techniques Used: Short rounds for shaping curves and branching for the toes.
Finished Size: 20” long x 12” tall; tail hangs 9” below shelf if you choose that option

What’s in the PDF:

• Original color tutorial photos (sometimes with diagrams)
• Checkboxes to keep you organized as you work
• Color coding where needed
• Written in English, US terms, using Craft Yarn Council abbreviations

All Hooked by Kati patterns are human-designed — no AI involved, ever.

Supplies
• Big Twist Value yarn, 100% acrylic, worsted weight, 380 yds/6 oz/170 g, Toffee (TOFF), 2 balls; White (WHT), 1 ball; Deep Red (RED), 1 ball.
• G (4.00 mm) hook
• Two 24mm colored slit-pupil safety eyes
• 22” long piece of 14-gauge or 16-gauge coated/insulated solid copper wire, each end folded in half and crimped to avoid a sharp tip. (You can find it at a hardware store in the electrical wire section or in your local craft store in the floral section.)
• Tapestry needle
• Stitch markers
• Straight pins