My son J was asking me for a toy stegosaurus that he saw on Pinterest for a while, so I finally decided to make it. He was really into dinosaurs at the time and really loved the knitted one, which was great for me because I enjoy knitting more than crocheting and knitted toys are not as common.
I used up some scrap yarn, and had to make some modifications to the pattern because the yarn for the plates was thicker than the body. I ended up with fewer plates and added spikes to the tail, but it still looked good and was really soft. I wanted the eyes to be baby-safe because I figured this would be handed down to our youngest anyway, so I used a black ribbon for the eyes so they would sparkle a bit and stick out more. J named him Steggie.
Here are links to this project on Ravelry and Pinterest.
