Bring a playful handmade snail to life with this free amigurumi crochet pattern featuring a tall head and neck, a ruffled lower body, oversized eyes, tiny antennae, and a rolled spiral shell. The soft skin-tone body and warm brown shell create a charming contrast, while the layered construction gives the finished snail a distinctive silhouette that works beautifully for shelf decor, handmade gifts, or an animal amigurumi collection.
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Crochet a Charming Snail With a Rolled Spiral Shell
This crochet snail combines simple shaping with a few eye-catching details, including the textured ruffle, separate eye pads, and a shell that is stitched, stuffed, rolled, and secured into its spiral form. Small embroidered features and blush complete the face without adding unnecessary bulk. The project is a fun choice for crocheters who enjoy whimsical animal designs, compact decorative pieces, and free crochet patterns with a memorable finished look.
FREE SNAIL AMIGURUMI CROCHET PATTERN
Designer: Pilyulya Radosti
VK: vyazanyye_igrushki_pilulya_rados
Materials
• 1.5 mm crochet hook
• Fiberfill
• Sewing needle
• Glue
• PVA glue
• 6 mm half-beads for the eyes
• Detskaya Novinka No. 01 yarn in white
• Detskaya Novinka No. 89 yarn in skin tone
• Detskaya Novinka No. 187 yarn in brown
• Light brown yarn for the shell spiral
• Black embroidery floss
• Blush material; type not specified by the source
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Abbreviations
MR — magic ring
ch — chain
sl st — slip stitch
sc — single crochet
inc — increase
dec — decrease
BLO — back loop only
st(s) — stitch(es)
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Notes
The source does not specify whether circular sections are worked in continuous spirals or joined rounds. Head Rnd 18 is retained as written; the placement of around the 12-st neck is not fully explained by the source. The finished source image shows 2 antennae, and Photo 8 shows 2 matching Eye Pads. The source instructs adding blush but does not specify the product.
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Head
With skin-tone yarn.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR. (6)
Rnd 2: 6 inc. (12)
Rnd 3: 12 sc. (12)
Rnd 4: (1 sc, inc) x6. (18)
Rnd 5: 18 sc. (18)
Rnd 6: (2 sc, inc) x6. (24)
Rnds 7-8: 24 sc. (24)
Rnd 9: (2 sc, dec) x6. (18)
Rnd 10: (1 sc, dec) x6. (12)
Rnds 11-17: 12 sc. (12)
Rnd 18: Ch 13. Starting in the 2nd ch from hook, 12 sc along the chain, then 6 sc, inc, 6 sc around the neck, then 12 sc along the remaining half-loops of the foundation chain. (38)
Rnd 19: 38 sc. (38)
Fasten off. Stuff the Head and neck with fiberfill.
See Photo 1.
