Cool Snail Christmas Series!

This cool snail decided to help Santa and save Christmas because the elves have disappeared. Enjoy this collection which can be an ornament (hanging or standing), a gift, or a toy for Christmas.

This pattern is for beginner to intermediate crocheters who are familiar with MR, sl st, sc, FPsc, spike sc, dc, FPdc, cl, pc, inc, dec, FLO, BLO, invisible FO terms and tapestry crochet experience. The pattern is full of instructions, so I warmly welcome anyone who wants to learn some new stitches or techniques. You will need a crochet hook, some yarn, a tapestry needle, sewing yarn (little sewing skill), stuffing, and cardboard (optional).
Read the pattern carefully before you start crocheting.
The Snail is crocheted in continuous rounds with yarn under (YU) technique, a 2.5 mm ( 4/0 - C2) hook and, Alize Diva Silk Effect yarn (100 gr - 350 m, 3.53 oz - 383 yards). This way you will end up with a ~ 7.5 cm (3 in) tall and 7 cm (2.7 in ) wide item. Also, the increases and the decreases are made with the invisible technique. Use stitch markers (or a piece of contrasting yarn) for the beginning of the rows..

The snail’s hats are detachable. You can make the other parts removable with Velcro or snaps.

You can work with YO technique and any yarn (adjust the hook size), just keep in mind the finished item will be slightly different. The measurements are for the specified yarn and hook size.

Abbreviation in the pattern (not explained later):

spike sc - spike single crochet is worked as a sc but into a round below that current round
pc 3 - 3 dc’s into the same stitch then pull the top of the last dc through the top of the first dc
cl 3 - start in the 2nd loop from the hook and cluster (with partially completed 3 dc) linked together, worked in the same stitch
… at the end of the row - total number of stitches
(…)x… - repeat instructions in parentheses x times

If you have a question, I`m here for you.

Special thanks for the testers: HanieCo, Meisha, Mia, SophieMarie, Wendy for their time and great work and for the Ribblr Community for their support!

Thank you and happy crocheting!

© 2022 Barabas Komives Brigitta by brikoba - the pattern is copyright protected, sharing, publishing translating, reproducing or reselling it without the author permission is forbidden, but feel free to sell only finished product with identifying me as the designer.