Slimy The Snail Crochet Pattern Free

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Create these charming characters with the help of the step-by-step pattern and make your own handmade toy. It’s a perfect choice for a baby gift or a delightful crochet toy gift. The finished amigurumi will bring joy to both kids and adults alike.

Yarn

Pink Snail

  • Color A: red Gazzal Baby Cotton 3418 (50g, 165m)
  • Color B: yellow Gazzal Baby Cotton 3416 (50g, 165m)
  • Color C: pink YarnArt Jeans Bamboo 112 (50g, 160m)
  • Color D: purple YarnArt Jeans 72 (50g, 160m)
  • Color E: white YarnArt Jeans 62 (50g, 160m)

Yellow Snail

  • Color A: turquoise Etrofil Jeans 54 (50g, 160m)
  • Color B: fuchsia YarnArt Jeans 59 (50g, 160m)
  • Color C: yellow YarnArt Jeans 35 (50g, 160m)
  • Color D: coral YarnArt Jeans 61 (50g, 160m)
  • Color E: white YarnArt Jeans 62 (50g, 160m)

Other materials

  • Crochet hook size 2.5mm
  • 1 pair of 6mm safety eyes
  • Tapestry needles, black thread, pins, stitch markers, scissors, polyester fiberfill

ABBREVIATIONS – US TERMS

  • Ch Chain
  • Sc Single Crochet
  • Inc Single Crochet Increase
  • Dec Single Crochet Decrease
  • Hdc Half Double Crochet
  • Mr Magic Ring
  • Dc Double Crochet
  • Rnds Rounds
  • Sts Stitches
  • Slst Slip stitch
  • (…) Work all stitches in the same stitch
  • […]…x Repeat instructions in brackets…times
  • Bobble Bobble Stitch (4 Hdcs in the same st)
  • BLO Back loop only
  • FLO Front loop only
  • BPDC Back Post Double Crochet
  • FPDC Front Post Double Crochet
  • Tr Treble Crochet
  • Double Tr Double Treble -it’s just like Treble st, but you yarn over 3 times (4 loops on the hook)

INSTRUCTIONS

Shell (yarn A)

  • 1 sc 6 into a magic loop (6)
  • 2 [sc 1, inc] 3x (9)
  • 3-4 sc 9 (2 rnds) (9)
  • 5 [sc 2, inc] 3x (12)
  • 6-7 sc 12 (2 rnds) (12)
  • 8 [sc 3, inc] 3x, change to yarn B (15)
  • 9 sc 3 blo, sc 9, sc 3 blo (15)
  • 10 sc 5 blo, sc 5, sc 5 blo, change to yarn A (pic 1)(15)
  • 11 sc 3 in the flo of the 3sts on rnd 9 (pic 2&3), sc 2 in the flo of the next 2sts on rnd 10 (pic 4), sc 5, sc 2 in the flo of the next 2sts on rnd 10, sc 3 in the flo of the last 3sts on rnd 9 (pic 5) (leave the remaining sts inside like pic 6, we will not crochet on these sts) (15)
  • 12 [sc 4, inc] 3x (18)
  • 13 sc 18, change to yarn B (18)
  • 14 sc 3 blo, sc 12, sc 3 blo (18)
  • 15 sc 5 blo, sc 8, sc 5 blo (18)
  • 16 sc 7 blo, sc 4, sc 7 blo, change to yarn A (pic 7) (18)
  • 17 sc 3 in the flo of the 3sts on rnd 14 (pic 8), sc 2 in the flo of the next 2sts on rnd 15 (pic 9), sc 2 in the flo of the next 2sts on rnd 16 (pic 10),sc 4, sc 2 in the flo of the next 2sts on rnd 16, sc 2 in the flo of the next 2sts on rnd 15, sc 3 in the flo of the last 3sts on rnd 14 (18)
  • 18 [sc 2, inc] 6x (24)
  • 19 sc 24, change to yarn B (24)
  • 20 sc 5 blo, sc 14, sc 5 blo (24)
  • 21 sc 7 blo, sc 10, sc 7 blo (24)
  • 22 sc 9 blo, sc 6, sc 9 blo, change to yarn A (24)
  • 23 sc 5 in the flo of the 5sts on rnd 20,sc 2 in the flo of the next 2sts on rnd 21, sc 2 in the flo of the next (24)
  • 23 2sts on rnd 22, sc 6, sc 2 in the flo of the next 2sts on rnd 22, sc 2 in the flo of the next 2sts on rnd 21,sc 5 in the flo of the last 5sts on rnd 20 (24)
  • 24 [sc 5, inc] 4x (28)
  • 25 sc 28, change to yarn B (28)
  • 26 sc 6 blo, sc 16, sc 6 blo (28)
  • 27 sc 8 blo, sc 12, sc 8 blo (28)
  • 28 sc 10 blo, sc 8, sc 10 blo, change to yarn A (28)
  • 29 sc 6 in the flo of the 6sts on rnd 26,sc 2 in the flo of the next 2sts on rnd 27, sc 2 in the flo of the next 2sts on rnd 28, sc 8, sc 2 in the flo of the next 2sts on rnd 28, sc 2 in the flo of the next 2sts on rnd 27,sc 6 in the flo of the last 6sts on rnd 26 (28)
  • 30 [sc 6, inc] 4x (32)
  • 31 sc 32, change to yarn B (32)
  • 32 sc 7 blo, sc 18, sc 7 blo (32)
  • 33 sc 9 blo, sc 14, sc 9 blo (32)
  • 34 sc 11 blo, sc 10, sc 11 blo, change to yarn A (32)
  • 35 sc 7 in the flo of the 7sts on rnd 32,sc 2 in the flo of the next 2sts on rnd 33, sc 2 in the flo of the next 2sts on rnd 34, sc 10, sc 2 in the flo of the next 2sts on rnd 34, sc 2 in the flo of the next 2sts on rnd 33,sc 7 in the flo of the last 7sts on rnd 32 (32)
  • 36-37 sc 32 (2 rnds), change to yarn B (32)
  • 38-41 Repeat rnd 32-35 (4 rnds) (32)
  • 42 [sc 7, inc] 4x (36)
  • 43 sc 36, change to yarn B (36)
  • 44 sc 8 blo, sc 20, sc 8 blo (36)
  • 45 sc 10 blo, sc 16, sc 10 blo (36)
  • 46 sc 12 blo, sc 12, sc 12 blo, change to yarn A (36)
  • 47 sc 8 in the flo of the 8sts on rnd 44,sc 2 in the flo of the next 2sts on rnd 45, sc 2 in the flo of the next 2sts on rnd 46, sc 12, sc 2 in the flo of the next 2sts on rnd 46, sc 2 in the flo of the next 2sts on rnd 45,sc 8 in the flo of the last 8sts on rnd 44 (36)
  • 48-49 sc 36 (2 rnds), change to yarn B (36)

Body (yarn C)

  • 1 ch 11, start on the 2nd ch from the hook, inc, sc 8, inc 2 on the last st,continue to crochet on the other side of the 11chs, sc 8, inc (24)
  • 2 inc 2, sc 8, inc 4, sc 8, inc 2 (32)
  • 3 [sc 1, inc] 2x, sc 8, [sc 1, inc] 4x,sc 8, [sc 1, inc] 2x (40)
  • 4 [sc 2, inc] 2x, sc 8, [sc 2, inc] 4x,sc 8, [sc 2, inc] 2x (48)
  • 5 sc 48 (48)
  • 6 [sc 3, inc] 2x, sc 8, [sc 3, inc] 4x,sc 8, [sc 3, inc] 2x (56)
  • 7 sc 56 (56)
  • 8 sc 56 blo (56)
  • 9-14 sc 56 (6 rnds), place a marker at the 51st of rnd 14 (pic 15) (56)
  • 15 sc 6, slst on the marked st (pic 16), this st will be counted as the 1st st for the follow rnds (6)
  • 16-18 sc 12 (3 rnds) (pic 17) (12)
  • 19 [sc 1, inc] 6x (18)
  • 20-22 sc 18 (3 rnds) (18)
  • 23 [sc 2, inc] 6x (24)
  • 24-28 sc 24 (5 rnds) (24)
  • 29 [sc 2, dec] 6x, stuff firmly from rnd 15 (18)
  • 30 [sc 1, dec] 6x (12)
  • 31 dec 6 (pic 18) (6)

Break the yarn, weave in the last 6 sts, hide the remaining yarn. Use just a very small amount of polyester fiberfill to stuff the body (pic 19), then use the tapestry needle to sew 2 edges together (pic 20&21), hide the remaining yarn.

Join yarn D on any st in the flo of rnd 8 (pic 23), continue to crochet: ch 3, (dc 3), (dc 2), repeat ** till the end, break the yarn, hide the remaining yarn.

Cheeks (yarn B of Yellow Snail, X2)

  • 1 sc 4 into a magic loop (4)
  • 2 inc 4, slst 1 (8)

Break the yarn, leave a long thread to sew later.

Eyeballs (yarn E, X2)

  • 1 sc 6 into a magic loop (6)
  • 2 inc 6 (12)
  • 3-4 sc 12 (2 rnds) (12)

Break the yarn, leave a long thread to sew later.

Eyelids (yarn C, X2)

  • 1 sc 6 into a magic loop (6)
  • 2 inc 6 (12)
  • 3 [sc 5, inc] 2x (14)
  • 4 [sc 1, hdc, dc 4, hdc] 2x (14)
  • 5 [sc 1, hdc, dc 4, hdc] 2x, slst 1 (14)

Break the yarn, leave a long thread to sew later.

Tentacles (yarn C, X2)

  • 1 sc 6 into a magic loop (6)
  • 2-4 sc 6 (3 rnds) (6)

Break the yarn, leave a long thread to sew later.

ASSEMBLING

Snail Crochet Pattern Free

Use the tapestry needle to sew
the shell on the body

Sew 2 tentacles on top of the
head

Insert 6mm eyes into the
eyeballs, and put the eyeballs
in the eyelids, sew the eyes on
the tentacles. Sew 2 cheeks,
and use black thread to
embroider the mouth

TIMBER

Yarns

  • Color A: brown YarnArt Jeans 70 (50g, 160m)
  • Color B: beige YarnArt Jeans 07 (50g, 160m)
  • Color C: green YarnArt Jeans 11 (50g, 160m)

Other materials

  • Crochet hook size 2.5mm
  • Tapestry needles, black thread, pins, stitch markers, scissors, polyester fiberfill

ABBREVIATIONS – US TERMS

  • Ch Chain
  • Sc Single Crochet
  • Inc Single Crochet Increase
  • Dec Single Crochet Decrease
  • Hdc Half Double Crochet
  • Mr Magic Ring
  • Dc Double Crochet
  • Rnds Rounds
  • Sts Stitches
  • Slst Slip stitch
  • (…) Work all stitches in the same stitch
  • […]…x Repeat instructions in brackets…times
  • Bobble Bobble Stitch (4 Hdcs in the same st)
  • BLO Back loop only
  • FLO Front loop only
  • BPDC Back Post Double Crochet
  • FPDC Front Post Double Crochet
  • Tr Treble Crochet
  • Double Tr Double Treble -it’s just like Treble st, but you yarn over 3 times (4 loops on the hook)

Surface (yarn B, X2)

  • 1 sc 6 into a magic loop (6)
  • 2 (BLO) inc 6 (12)
  • 3 (BLO) [sc 1, inc] 6x (18)
  • 4 (BLO) sc 1, inc, [sc 2, inc] 5x, sc 1 (24)
  • 5 (BLO) [sc 3, inc] 6x (30)
  • 6 (BLO) sc 2, inc, [sc 4, inc] 5x, sc 2 (36)
  • 7 (BLO) [sc 5, inc] 6x (42)
  • 8 (BLO) sc 3, inc, [sc 6, inc] 5x, sc 3 (48)
  • 9 (BLO) [sc 7, inc] 6x (54)
  • 10 (BLO) sc 4, inc, [sc 8, inc] 5x, sc 4 (60)
  • 11 (BLO) [sc 9, inc] 6x (66)

Break yarn B, join yarn A on the 1st st of rnd 2 (pic 1), slst in the flo of all sts from rnd 2-rnd 11 (pic 2-do not forget to slst in the flo of the last rnd too), leave a long thread to sew later.

Branch’s surface (yarn B)

  • 1 sc 6 into a magic loop (6)
  • 2 (BLO) inc 6 (12)

Break yarn B, join yarn A on the 1st st of rnd 2,slst in the flo of all sts (do not forget to slst in the flo of the last rnd too).

Bark (yarn A)

  • 1 ch 14, start on the 3rd st from the hook, hdc 12, turn (12)
  • 2 (BLO) ch 1, slst 12, turn (12)
  • 3 (BLO) ch 2, hdc 12, turn (12)

Repeat [rnd 2&3] 27 more times, break the yarn. We will have the right side (pic 3) and the wrong side (pic 4).

Branch’s bark (yarn A)

  • 1 ch 7, start on the 3rd st from the hook, hdc 5, turn (5)
  • 2 (BLO) ch 1, slst 5, turn (5)
  • 3 (BLO) ch2, hdc 5, turn (5)

Repeat [rnd 2&3] 4 more times, break the yarn.

ASSEMBLING

Slst in the blo of surface’s last
rnd with the bark together

Slst in the blo of surface’s last
rnd with the bark together

If the bark is longer/shorter
than the surface, you can
reduce/increase 1-2 rnds

Use the tapestry needle to sew
2 egdes together

Repeat the same for the other
surface, stuff firmly as the
below photo

Repeat the same for the other
surface, stuff firmly as the
below photo

Crochet the branch’s surface

Sew the branch to the timber

Sew the branch to the timber

Use yarn C to embroider some leaves on the timber

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