My three year old son has taken to keeping pet snails recently. Unfortunately, both his pet snails, “Swirly 1. and Swirly 2.” were lost in tragic circumstances…stomping feet may have been the cause. As a result, I decided it was time to make a pet snail who would last a lot longer…so Swirly ‘The Unbreakable’ was born.

This is a fast project that is fun to make. Experiment with colours and use self striping yarns for the shell to get different and surprising effects! The shell and slug parts are worked separately and the antennae are worked as you go, so no tiny, fiddly bits to work with.

Gauge – Gauge is not important for this pattern. You can adjust hook and yarn size as desired, but keep in mind the size of finished object will vary. With DK/8ply yarn and 4mm hook my finished product measures 7.5cm from bottom to top of snail shell.

Copyright - Yes, you can sell items created from this pattern but please acknowledge me as designer. Mass production is not permitted. Please do not reproduce or distribute any part of this pattern without permission.

Written in US terminology