Sally the Snail
“Meet Sally the Snail! She may be little, but what she lacks in size, she makes up for with
her huge heart. If you need a friend, someone to talk to, a shoulder (or shell) to cry on, Sally
will be there for you. She is always ready with a sweet smile and a plate of something
yummy to share.”
Fun fact: Did you know that snails that have a very small shell that they cannot retract into
are called “semi-slugs”? So Sally could actually be called Sally the Semi-Slug? I don’t know
if I would tell her this if I were you…
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Welcome!
I hope you will enjoy the creation of this little snail! Please don't hesitate to contact me with any
questions that you may have along the way. Have fun!
Materials You Will Need:
• Crochet hook size: G/4.00mm
• Worsted weight yarn: pink, tan, one small strand of black yarn or embroidery floss (for mouth)
• Yarn needle
• One pair of 12 mm safety eyes*
• Polyester fiber fill stuffing
*Note: Safety eyes can be found on Etsy, Amazon, eBay, or your local craft store. The safety eyes are
highly recommended, but they can be substituted with black buttons or yarn if you prefer.
Final measurement for the finished snail will be 6.75 inches (17.15 cm) tall.
Abbreviations:
ch(s) – chain(s)
sc – single crochet
sts – stitches
dec – sc decrease st*
*Single crochet decrease stitch explanation:
Insert the hook into the next stitch and yarn over. Pull a loop through so that there are now 2 loops on
the hook. Insert the hook into the next stitch and yarn over. Pull a loop through so that there are now 3
loops on the hook. Yarn over again and pull the loop of yarn through all 3 loops on the hook.
Note: This pattern is crocheted in continuous rows (you will not join each row).
Head and Body
With pink yarn,
Row 1: Ch 2, 6 sc in first ch. (6 sts)
R2: Sc 2 in each sc around. (12 sts)
R3: (Sc 1, 2 sc in next st), 6 times. (18 sts)
R4: (Sc 2, 2 sc in next st), 6 times. (24 sts)
R5: (Sc 3, 2 sc in next st), 6 times. (30 sts)
R6: (Sc 4, 2 sc in next st), 6 times. (36 sts)
R7-12: Sc 36. (6 total rows)
R13: (Sc 4, dec 1), 6 times. (30 sts)
R14: (Sc 3, dec 1), 6 times. (24 sts)
R15: (Sc 2, dec 1), 6 times. (18 sts)
R16: (Sc 1, dec 1), 6 times. (12 sts)
Here, do not fasten off, but begin stuffing the head. Then place the 12mm
eyes between R11 and R12 of the head, about 8 sts apart. Finish stuffing
the head firmly.
R17-22: Sc 12. (6 total rows)
Pause here to stuff just a bit of stuffing into the snail’s neck. After this
point, you will not stuff the neck/body so that it will lay flat.
R23-37: Sc 12. (15 total rows)
R38: (Sc 2, dec 1), 3 times. (9 sts)
R39: (Sc 1, dec 1), 3 times. (6 sts)
R40: (Dec 1), 3 times. (3 sts)
Fasten off, leaving a yarn tail for sewing. Sew the small opening closed at the end of the snail’s body,
and weave the yarn end into the body.
Antennae (make 2)
With pink yarn,
R1: Ch 2, 6 sc in first ch. (6 sts)
R2: 2 sc in first st, sc 5. (7 sts)
R3: Sc 7. (7 sts)
R4: Dec 1, sc 3, dec 1. (5 sts)
R5-7: Sc 5. (3 total rows)
Fasten off, leaving a yarn tail for sewing. Stuff the
antennae with just a little bit of stuffing. Then position
them about two rows down on either side of your
beginning circle on the top of the head. Once you have
found the spot that looks good to you, you may want to pin the antennae to the head, so that they do not
move position as you are sewing them on. Sew to the head.
Mouth
For the mouth, you can either use a strand of black yarn or black
embroidery floss. I used a strand of black yarn, pulled it into two
separate strands, and pulled one those strands in half, so that I
was working with only ¼ of the original strand of yarn.
Using your yarn needle, sew a little mouth onto the snail’s head
between its eyes. As pictured on the left, you will pull up your
needle with the black strand three stitches over from the left eye
and insert your needle two stitches over toward the right eye.
Then bring it up one row down, below the center of the black
stitch you have just made. As pictured on the right, grab the
middle of the black stitch, and insert your needle back into the
same spot.
Shell
With tan yarn,
R1: Ch 2, 6 sc in first ch. (6 sts)
R2: (Sc 1, 2 sc in next st), 3 times. (9 sts)
For the following rows, stuff as you go along. Just partially stuff the
shell; you want it to have some shape, but not be stuffed firmly.
R3-13: Sc 9. (11 total rows)
R14: Sc 2 in first st, sc 8. (10 sts)
Don’t forget to partially stuff as you go along!
R15-25: Sc 10. (11 total rows)
R26: Sc 2 in first st, sc 9. (11 sts)
R27-37: Sc 11. (11 total rows)
R38: Sc 2 in first st, sc 10. (12 sts)
R39-43: Sc 12. (5 total rows)
Fasten off, leaving an extra long yarn tail for sewing. 1
Now, roll this tube up and check to make sure you have
stuffed it evenly.
Then, with your yarn tail threaded onto your needle, begin
rolling the tube as tightly as you can. With your yarn needle,
grab a stitch from the tube (see picture 1), and then one
from the roll (see picture 2), and pull tightly. Do a second
stitch to hold this position in place. Then roll again, and sew
again, until your tube is completely rolled into a shell (see
picture 3). 2
Assembling
At this point, you have two options for assembling your snail.
You can either flatten the snail’s body so that the face is facing
forwards, and sew the shell on the back (see picture 4). Or, you
can flatten the body so the face faces you (see picture 6) .
Either way, the instructions for sewing on the shell will be the
same. Place the shell onto the flattened body of the snail, and
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stick several straight pins in through the bottom of the snail’s
body into the shell to hold it in place as you sew it on.
Then sew the shell to the body all the way around the shell. (If
you don’t have any leftover yarn tail from sewing up the shell,
you will need to cut a new strand of yarn to sew this.) At this
point, your snail will look like picture 5. Weave your yarn tail
up through the shell and sew the shell to the neck of the snail to
hold up the head. Tie a knot, and weave your end into the
snail’s shell.
And there you go, you are done! Thank you so much for
joining me in making a cute little snail! Enjoy! 4