Baby Snake is an original crochet pattern by June Gilbank.

A small but perfectly proportioned no-sew baby snake! The narrow body makes it easy to pose in a variety of realistic positions, and you can make your snakes as long or short as you want. Make a baby snake in a single colour, use a variegated yarn for easy colour patterning, or combine it with my Ultimate Stripes technique to make a tiny striped snake!

Baby Snake is designed to be a perfect miniature version of the snakes in my Temperature Snake and Snake Collection patterns (see last 2 photos for size comparison), and you can also use all the striping ideas from those patterns for your baby snakes.

Yarn: Small quantity of worsted weight yarn

Hook: E US/3.5mm

Size: approx 13-15” (33-38cm) long, but you can make yours as long as you want by adding more repeats to the body! (Your gauge and yarn choice will affect the finished size slightly.)

Eyes: 6mm

Please note: The rainbow-striped baby snake pictured in the 5th-8th photos here is not part of the free pattern. This is a Donationware pattern - the basic (single colour) snake pattern as shown in the first 4 photos here is available for free from the linked page, but if you like it please consider sending me a donation to show your appreciation, and to receive the exclusive bonus Rainbow Ombré pattern as part of the pattern PDF:

The PDF version (available for any size donation from the link on the pattern’s webpage), also includes exclusive bonus content that you’ll only find in the PDF version:

• The beautiful Rainbow Ombré version of the snake pattern that fades through a series of colours (a classic rainbow, or any other colour palette you want).
• Additional tips (instructions for managing the tiny eyes and choosing variegated yarns).
• The crochet instructions for the basic pattern are all included on one printer-friendly page, so you can save paper and ink by printing only that page.

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