{"id":306,"date":"2019-01-23T16:44:26","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T16:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mentalblocks.co.uk\/blog\/?p=306"},"modified":"2019-05-06T12:55:45","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T12:55:45","slug":"french-flying-dragon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mentalblocks.co.uk\/blog\/french-flying-dragon\/","title":{"rendered":"French Flying Dragon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yesterday I came across this video, on YouTube, of someone making Steve&#8217;s Flying Dragon Illusion on a shawl. It is  in French so I am not sure what it all says but it is very detailed and I can tell that she explains a lot about the pattern and the yarns she used.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ttfmake-embed-wrapper aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 960px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OtOTA4TyHlc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The pattern has instructions for using the dragon on a banner, shawl or square wall-hanging. Our original version was a banner which was made using  approximately 270 metres (300 yards) of DK yarn in each colour. It is about  60 cm (24\u201d) wide and 71 cm (28\u201d) high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The pattern is available on Ravelry (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/flying-dragon-illusion\" target=\"_blank\">The pattern is available on Ravelry<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/mentalblocks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dragon-1-square-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-309\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mentalblocks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dragon-1-square-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mentalblocks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dragon-1-square-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/mentalblocks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dragon-1-square-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mentalblocks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dragon-1-square-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/mentalblocks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dragon-1-square.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/mentalblocks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dragon-front-square-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-310\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mentalblocks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dragon-front-square-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mentalblocks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dragon-front-square-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/mentalblocks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dragon-front-square-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mentalblocks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dragon-front-square-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When you look from directly in front you only see stripes. The dragon only appears when you move to the side. On the shawl the dragon appears and disappears as you move around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I came across this video, on YouTube, of someone making Steve&#8217;s Flying Dragon Illusion on a shawl. It is in French so I am not sure what it all says but it is very detailed and I can tell that she explains a lot about the pattern and the yarns she used. 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