This free snail crochet pattern shows you how to make an adorable amigurumi snail that was originally published in my book Amigurumi Made Easy, and is now available for everyone to enjoy. This cute snail is perfect for beginners, works up easily, and can be made with any yarn you like.
When crocheted with sport weight cotton yarn, the snail measures about 6 inch / 16 cm, but if you use super bulky yarn, it turns into a fun giant plush snail.
The spiral shell is made with two strands of yarn at the same time, and I’ve included a full video tutorial to guide you through every step. Whether you’re new to amigurumi or love creating larger, squishy crochet animals, this easy snail pattern is a joyful project to add to your collection.
A little story about Suzan the Snail:
Suzan the snail is a curious little creature who loves nothing more than to explore her surroundings. She lives in a beautiful garden filled with flowers of every color, and whenever she has the chance, she climbs up to the top of the tallest bloom to get a better view of the world around her. The beautiful views are always worth the long, slow climb.
PDF Pattern Suzan the Snail
PDF Pattern:
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Book: You can also find the pattern of Suzan the Snail in my book Amigurumi Made Easy available on Amazon or other bookstores: www.mariskavos.nl/craft-books/
Basic Stitches Tutorial
If you are a beginner that want to learn how to crochet, check out my beginner-friendly basic stitches tutorial, it has many instructional videos on how to crochet every stitch. It shows you all you need to know to make your very own cute animal Amigurumi with this free snail crochet pattern.
Materials
These are the materials that I used. However, feel free to replace them with other materials of your choice. Furthermore, if you wish to crochet a larger or smaller version of the snail amigurumi using this free stuffed animal crochet pattern, you can simply use a thicker or thinner yarn and crochet hook.
Cotton Sport Weight version 15 cm / 6 inch:
– Orange Yarn and Colors Must Have color: 106: 25 gram
– 2 x purple Yarn and Colors Must Have color: 053: 12 gram
– Dark Pink Yarn and Colors Must Have color: 051: 6 gram
– Synthetic Poly Filling
– Crochet hook size B/1 (2.5 mm)
– Oval Safety eyes 12 mm
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Supplies:
– Scissors
– Tapestry needles with blunt point, nr. 16 or 17
– Pins
TIP: Are you using are using Blanket yarn to make a giant snail? Then I recommend a L/11 (8.0 mm) crochet hook.
For Super Bulky Chenille yarn I recommend a H/8 (5.0 mm) crochet hook, for bulky velvet yarn a E/4 (3.5 mm) crochet hook.
Abbreviations
Abbreviations (U.S. Terms) used in this free snail crochet pattern:
(All abbreviations are explained in my basic stitches tutorial)
Rnd: Round
st: stitch
sc: single crochet
sl st: slip stitch
dec: decrease
inc: increase
Free Snail Crochet Pattern:
Body:
- Use Orange yarn
- Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
- Rnd 2: inc in all 6 st (12)
- Rnd 3: (sc in next st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (18)
- Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (24)
- Rnd 5: (sc in next 3 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (30)
- Rnd 6: (sc in next 4 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (36)
- Rnd 7: (sc in next 5 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (42)
- Mark the 20th and 31st stitch of this round with stitch markers. This will show you where to insert the safety eyes later.
- Rnd 8: (sc in next 6 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (48)
- Rnd 9: (sc in next 7 st, inc in next st) repeat 2 times, (sc in next 6 st, inc in next 2 st) repeat 2 times, (sc in next 7 st, inc in next st) repeat 2 times (56)
- Rnd 10: sc in all 56 st (56)
- Rnd 11: sc in next 27 st, inc in next 2 st, sc in next 5 st, inc in next 2 st, sc in next 20 st (60)
- Rnd 12 – 16: sc in all 60 st (60)
- Insert the safety eyes between rounds 7 and 8, in the stitches marked earlier.
- Rnd 17: sc in next 29 st, dec, sc in next 7 st, dec, sc in next 20 st (58)
- Rnd 18: sc in next 28 st, dec, sc in next 7 st, dec, sc in next 19 st (56)
- Rnd 19: sc in next 28 st, dec, sc in next 5 st, dec, sc in next 19 st (54)
- Rnd 20: sc in next 23 st, dec, sc in next 2 st, dec, sc in next 6 st, dec, sc in next 2 st, dec, sc in next 13 st (50)
- Rnd 21: sc in next 22 st, dec, sc in next 2 st, dec, sc in next 4 st, dec, sc in next 2 st, dec, sc in next 12 st (46)
- Rnd 22: sc in next 21 st, dec, sc in next 2 st, dec, sc in next 2 st, dec, sc in next 2 st, dec, sc in next 11 st (42)
- Rnd 23: sc in next 22 st, dec, sc in next 4 st, dec, sc in next 12 st (40)
- Rnd 24: sc in next 22 st, dec, sc in next 2 st, dec, sc in next 12 st (38)
- Rnd 25: sc in next 22 st, dec, sc in next st, dec, sc in next 11 st (36)
- Rnd 26: sc in all 36 st (36)
- Rnd 27: sc in next 21 st, dec 3 times, sc in next 9 st (33)
- Rnd 28: sc in all 33 st (33)
- Rnd 29: sc in next 19 st, dec 3 times, sc in next 8 st (30)
- Rnd 30: sc in all 30 st (30)
- Stuff the body with fiberfill and continue stuffing as you go.
- Rnd 31: sc in next 18 st, dec 3 times, sc in next 6 st (27)
- Rnd 32 – 33: sc in all 27 st (27)
- Rnd 34: (sc in next 7 st, dec) repeat 3 times (24)
- Rnd 35 – 40: sc in all 24 st (24)
- Rnd 41: (sc in next 6 st, dec) repeat 3 times (21)
- Rnd 42 – 43: sc in all 21 st (21)
- Rnd 44: (sc in next 5 st, dec) repeat 3 times (18)
- Rnd 45: (sc in next st, dec) repeat 6 times (12)
- Rnd 46: dec 6 times (6)
- Fasten off, leaving a long yarn tail. Using your yarn needle, weave the yarn tail through the front loop of each remaining stitch and pull it tight to close. Weave in the yarn end.
Tentacle 2x:
- Use orange yarn
- Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
- Rnd 2: inc in all 6 st (12)
- Rnd 3: (sc in next 3 st, inc in next st) repeat 3 times (15)
- Rnd 4 – 6: sc in all 15 st (15)
- Rnd 7: (sc in next 3 st, dec) repeat 3 times (12)
- Stuff with fiberfill and continue stuffing as you go.
- Rnd 8: dec 6 times (6)
- Rnd 9 – 11: sc in all 6 st (6)
- Slst in next st. Fasten off, leaving a long yarn tail. Sew the tentacles on top of the head between rounds 13-16, with 5 stitches between both tentacles.
Shell part 2x:
Video on how to crochet the spiral pattern, to make the shell of the snail:
- Use dark pink and purple yarn
- The shell will be made holding 3 threads: 2 purple threads + 1 dark pink thread. Take your hook out of the loop to continue with a next color and pick it up again when needed.
- Rnd 1: start 2 sc in a magic ring with purple 1, but do not close the ring yet (photo 1) , make 2 sc in the same magic ring with dark pink, make 2 sc in the magic ring with purple 2. Now you may close the magic ring (6) (photo 2 & 3)
- Rnd 2: inc 2 times with purple 1, inc 2 times with dark pink, inc 2 times with purple 2 (12) photo 4 & 5)
- Rnd 3: (sc in next st, inc in next st) repeat 2 times with purple 1, (sc in next st, inc in next st) repeat 2 times with dark pink, (sc in next st, inc in next st) repeat 2 times with purple 2 (18) (photo 6)
- Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc in next st) repeat 2 times with purple 1, (sc in next 2 st, inc in next st) repeat 2 times with dark pink, (sc in next 2 st, inc in next st) repeat 2 times with purple 2 (24)
- Rnd 5: (sc in next 3 st, inc in next st) repeat 2 times with purple 1, (sc in next 3 st, inc in next st) repeat 2 times with dark pink, (sc in next 3 st, inc in next st) repeat 2 times with purple 2 (30)
- Rnd 6: (sc in next 4 st, inc in next st) repeat 2 times with purple 1, (sc in next 4 st, inc in next st) repeat 2 times with dark pink, (sc in next 4 st, inc in next st) repeat 2 times with purple 2 (36)
- Rnd 7: (sc in next 5 st, inc in next st) repeat 2 times with purple 1, (sc in next 5 st, inc in next st) repeat 2 times with dark pink, (sc in next 5 st, inc in next st) repeat 2 times with purple 2 (42)
- Rnd 8: (sc in next 6 st, inc in next st) repeat 2 times with purple 1, (sc in next 6 st, inc in next st) repeat 2 times with dark pink, (sc in next 6 st, inc in next st) repeat 2 times with purple 2 (48)
- Rnd 9: (sc in next 7 st, inc in next st) repeat 2 times with purple 1, (sc in next 7 st, inc in next st) repeat 2 times with dark pink, (sc in next 7 st, inc in next st) repeat 2 times with purple 2 (54)
- Rnd 10: (sc in next 8 st, inc in next st) repeat 2 times with purple 1, (sc in next 8 st, inc in next st) repeat 2 times with dark pink, (sc in next 8 st, inc in next st) 5 6 7 8 repeat 2 times with purple 2 (60)
- Rnd 11 – 12: sc in next 20 st with purple 1, sc in next 20 st with dark pink, sc in next 20 st with purple 2 (60)
- Fasten off, leaving 3 long yarn tails.
- Sew both shell parts together. When almost closed, stuff tightly, then finish sewing (photo 7 & 8) .
- Sew the shell on the snail’s back.
Now Suzan the Snail is done! I hope you enjoyed this free snail crochet pattern. Looking for another cute animal crochet pattern? Check out all the cute Amigurumi animals on this blog!
