Let’s Crochet the Body Part of the Amigurumi Toy
Body
Begin with body color
- Rnd 1: 6sc into a MR (6)
- Rnd 2: 6sc (6)
- Rnd 3: (sc, inc)*3 (9)
- Rnd 4: 9sc (9)
- Rnd 5: (2sc, inc)*3 (12)
- Rnd 6-10: 12sc (5 rows) (12)
- Stuff lightly and crochet it together with 6sc
- Rnd 11: ch, 6sc, FLO, 6sc into the leftover loops (12)
- Rnd 12: (sc, inc)*6 (18)
- Rnd 13-32: 18sc (20 rows)
Hold the shell over the 20 rows and test if the shell is as long as the 20 rows. You may have to crochet 1-2 rows more or less, as the shell will be sewn on later. Don’t stuff and crochet together with 9sc. This round should be parallel to round 10. Don’t cut the thread, you will crochet the neck and head directly after the body.
Let’s Crochet the Head and Neck of the Amigurumi Pattern
Neck and Head
- Rnd 33: ch, 9sc FLO, 9sc into the leftover loops (18)
- Rnd 34-47: 18sc (14 rows) (18)
- Rnd 48: 18sc BLO (18)
Don’t cut the thread, we will pick it up again after crocheting the ruffle. Hold it upside down and chain one into one of the FLO of round 48 with the color of the ruffle. Crochet as follows:
- (3 ch, slst into the next st, 5 ch, slst into the next st)* until you get back to the beginning. End with a slst, cut the thread and hide it. Stuff the neck slightly and pick up the color of the body.
- Rnd 49: (inc)*18 (36)
- Rnd 50-57: 36sc (8 rows) (36)
- Stuff the neck
- Rnd 58: (4sc, dec)*6 (30)
- Rnd 59: (3sc, dec)*6 (24)
- Rnd 60: (2sc, dec)*6 (18)
- Stuff the head. Now you will crochet the snail’s antennae
- Rnd 61: 15 ch, 14 slst beginning in the 2nd ch from the hook, work on the head again, (sc, dec)*4, 15 ch, 14 slst beginning in the 2nd ch from the hook, work on the head again, (sc, dec)*2 (12)
- Rnd 62: (dec)*6 – crochet into the BLO of the snail’s antennae (6)
Cut the thread and hide it.
Finishing
- Sew the shell with the help of the flower BLO onto the body. Stuff the shell slightly and from it so it doesn’t look bulky. Now you can place the rattle. Don’t cut the thread, you also have to sew the neck onto the shell.
- Test whether the snail is stable. Then cut the thread and hide it.
- You can embroider the snail’s pretty face with black and white thread. The eyes are embroidered over rows 51 to 54, the eyebrows are embroidered across rows 57 to 55 over 3 stitches. Embroider the nose row 51 over 2 stitches with the color of the body. Apply some blush underneath the eyes with a brush.
Congratulations, you have completed the amigurumi snail pattern!