Super-quick Snake - Free Crochet
Pattern
These
little snakes are quick and easy to crochet, they don't need stuffing and
there's hardly any sewing to finish them off. They naturally curl around your
fingers and are great for anyone who loves snakes. They would also make cool and
creepy decorations for Halloween.
Small amounts
of 2 different colours of DK weight yarn to work together - green and black, or
green and yellow make nice snake colours mixed together (thinner or thicker
yarn is fine, just use a thinner or thicker hook).
Small amount
of red yarn for the mouth and eyes.
Tapestry
needle.
4.5mm
crochet hook.
Finished
size: approximately 18 cm/7” long.
Abbreviations:
ch
= chain
st
= stitch or stitches
ss
= slipstitch
dc
= double crochet (US), treble crochet (UK)
hdc
= half double crochet (US), half treble crochet (UK)
tog
= together
dc2tog
= decrease by working two dc together (see special stitch instructions)
FO
= fasten off
General instructions:
This
pattern is written using US crochet terms. For the UK equivalents, see
abbreviations list.
The
head is worked in rounds and is not joined. To start a round, you can use the
magic ring method, but I prefer to work into the 1st chain stitch, working over
the tail of yarn and using that to pull the hole tight.
Special stitch
instructions:
Dc2tog: YOH (yarn over hook),
insert hook into next stitch, YOH and pull through loop, YOH, pull through 2
loops, YOH, insert hook into next stitch, YOH and pull through loop, YOH, pull
through 2 loops, YOH, pull through all 3 loops on hook.
Starting at
the head, holding both strands of yarn together:
Round
1: ch 3,
work 8 dc into 1st ch - 8 st.
Round
2: dc2tog
4 times - 4 st.
Ch 21, sc
into 2nd ch from hook, sc into next ch, 2 hdc into next 18 ch.
Ss into next
st on head, FO leaving some yarn.
Using the red
yarn sew one eye with three short lines. Take the yarn out of the small hole
where you started the head and make a tiny stitch to secure it. Make a loop for
the tongue and secure it with another tiny stitch, then sew the other eye and
secure the end of the yarn. Cut the loop of yarn to look like a forked tongue
(if it frays put a tiny bit of glue on the strands). Use the ends of yarn from
the snake’s body to sew up the back of its head and weave in any ends.