Make this crochet plush snake for your friends! Easy and fun amigurumi project! The snake amigurumi is wearing a bow or headband with bunny ears. The head, body and tail of the crochet snake are made as one piece (no-sew). Your finished toy size depends on what crochet hook and yarn you use.
Designed and photos by @julia_knitting11
Translated by Amiguroom Toys
Materials:
- YarnArt Dolce yarn (100% polyester, 120 m/100 g) green color
- YarnArt Jeans yarn for a bow, tongue, headband, eyebrows, lashes, nostrils and mouth
- 3.5 mm crochet hook for Dolce yarn
- 2.0 mm crochet hook for Jeans yarn
- 12 mm safety eyes
- Needle with big eye
- Scissors
- 20-23 cm piece coated copper wire (2.5 mm diameter)
- Adhesive tape
- Fiberfill
Abbreviations:
R = row
mc = magic circle
ch = chain
st = stitch
sl st = slip stitch
sc = single crochet
inc = increase (2 sc in the next stitch)
dec = decrease (single crochet 2 stitches together)
FLO = front loop only
(12) = number of stitches you should have at the end of the round/row
( ) * 6 = repeat whatever is between the brackets the number of times stated
Free crochet plush snake pattern
Head, body and tail (one piece)
We start crocheting from the tail in green.
R 1: 4 sc into a magic ring (4)
R 2: 4 sc
R 3: inc, 3 sc (5)
R 4: 5 sc
R 5: inc, 4 sc (6)
R 6: 6 sc
R 7: inc, 5 sc (7)
R 8: 7 sc
R 9: inc, 6 sc (8)
R 10-26: 8 sc (17 rows)
R 27: FLO: (inc) * 8 (16)
R 28: (1 sc, inc) * 8 (24)
R 29-31: 24 sc (3 rows)
R 32: (dec) * 6, 12 sc (18)
R 33-35: 18 sc (3 rows)
Insert safety eyes between R 32 and R 33 at the distance of 3 sts (visible) from each other.
Stuff the head with fiberfill.
Insulate the wire with adhesive tape so that the wire cuts are covered. Insert the wire inside the snake.
R 36: (dec) * 9 (9)
F.o.
Make eye tightening.
Using a black cotton yarn embroider eyebrows, lashes, nostrils and mouth.
Tongue
With red yarn:
Make 6 ch (foundation chain).
R 1: From the 2nd ch from hook: 2 sl st on the foundation chain, 3 ch, from the 2nd ch from hook: 2 sl st, 3 sc on the foundation chain.
Sew the tongue to the mouth.
Bow
With pink yarn:
Crochet in turning rows.
Make 11 ch.
R 1: From the 2nd ch from hook: 10 sc, turn
R 2-5: 10 sc, turn
R 6: 10 sc
F.o.
Crochet sc around edges of the bow (optional).
Wrap the middle of the bow multiple times with pink yarn and sew it to the head.
Headband with ears
With white yarn:
R 1: 5 sc into a magic ring (5)
R 2-18: 5 sc (17 rows)
F.o.
Ears for headband (make 2)
With white yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (1 sc, inc) * 3 (9)
R 3: (2 sc, inc) * 3 (12)
R 4: (3 sc, inc) * 3 (15)
R 5-7: 15 sc (3 rows)
R 8: (3 sc, dec) * 3 (12)
R 9: 12 sc
Fold top of ear flat and 6 sc through both sides across.
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Sew the ears to the headband, then the headband to the head.