A Free Snail Crochet Pattern with Video Tutorial

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Materials You Will Need

Want to make a finished snail exactly like me? Use this yarn and colors I listed below, you can find this kind of 4-ply yarn and buy it online easily on ETSY. I use these colors: sand, teal, light blue, brown, black, white, pink, yellow, and blue. Try with your favorite colors if you like. I’m using hook size 2.3 mm and Hamanaka is one of my favorite brands, find Hamanaka hook on ETSY.

Try with other sport weight yarns that you have been familiar with. I recommend using Yarnart Jeans as an alternate, buy online with 30% off here. Besides, you will need some extra kinds of stuff as follows:

• Scissors, pins, needles, stuffings.
• Pair of safety eyes: size 8 mm.

For your information, I have shared a post about my best yarn for amigurumi projects? You can read there to have more choices on choosing amigurumi yarns.

Abbreviations

This pattern is written using US TERM. For beginners, please refer to this post to learn about all basic crochet stitches for beginners.

• MR: magic ring (magic circle)
• Ch: chain stitch
• Sc: single crochet stitch
• Inc: single crochet increase
• Dec: single crochet decrease
• Rsc: Revert single crochet stitch
• Hdc: Half double crochet stitch
• dec(hdc): Half double crochet decrease stitch
• BLO: Back loop only
• FLO: Front loop only
• […]*x: Repeat instructions x times
• (…): Number of stitches of each round

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Snail Crochet Tutorial

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Snail Body: Free Pattern

I created many Christmas ornament balls for the Christmas season, and they combine beautifully with the snail body in this snail crochet pattern. By combining them, we will make new and unique Christmas ornaments to emphasize your cozy corner and house. Let’s share this with your friends if you love them.

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I used green color to make the body for this snail, you can use any favorite color to make sure your snail body works perfectly with your chosen ornament balls.

Body

Use green yarn

• 1: 6sc into MR (6)
• 2: 6inc (12)
• 3: [inc, sc]*6 (18)
• 4: [inc, 2sc]*6 (24)
• 5: 9sc, [inc, sc]*3, 9sc (27)
• 6: 10sc, [inc, 2sc]*3, 8sc (30)
• 7-8 (2 rounds): 30sc (30)
• 9: 10sc, [dec, 2sc]*4, 4sc (26)
• 10: 10sc, [dec, sc]*4, 4sc (22)
• 11: 10sc, 4dec, 4sc (18)
• 12: 18sc (18)
• 13: 6sc, 10hdc, 2sc (18)
• 14: 18sc (18)
• 15: [inc, sc]*3, 2hdc, [dec(hdc), hdc]*3, sc (18)
• 16: 18sc (18)
• 17: 10sc, 8hdc (18)
• 18: 11sc, 6hdc, sc (18)
• 19: 2sc, [inc, sc]*3, 3sc, 3dec(hdc), sc (18)
• 20: 18sc (18)

Fasten off, and leave a long tail for sewing.

Eyes (x2)

Part 1

Use white yarn

• 1: 6sc into MR (6)
• 2: 6inc (12)
• 3-5 (3 rounds): 12sc (12)

** Put the safety eyes between round 2 and round 3.

• 6: 6dec (6)

Fasten off, and weave in ends.

Part 2

Use green yarn

• 1: 6sc into MR (6)
• 2: 6inc (12)
• 3: [inc, 3sc]*3 (15)
• 4-5 ( 2 rounds): 15sc (15)

Fasten off, and leave a long tail for sewing.

Assembly

• Use black yarn to embroider the mouth between round 7 and round 8 of the head.
• Use pink yarn to embroider some dots to make the cheek from round 6 to round 7.
• Sew the eyes on the head from round 3 to round 4.

Congratulations! Now you have a snail body to sew to one of the Christmas ornament balls. I hope you like this snail crochet pattern. Click here or refer to the above video tutorial to watch how I sew all parts together and embroider the mouth and cheeks. And click here to view how I sew a snail body to an ornament ball.

Above is one of my samples, can you show me yours? Let’s connect and share your finished combinations on Instagram and Facebook, please tag me there.

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