Pocket Snail

Crocheted

A snail with a two-part shell, eye stalks and a spiral stitched on each side.

5 piecesUS terms7.3 × 3.6 × 6.2 cm

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Pocket Snail
Gauge: 22.7 sts x 24.6 rounds in 10 cm
Colours: A Mushroom Taupe #A88F7A, B Dusty Rose #D99A9B, C Warm Cream #F3E6CF, D Black #2B2B2B

Head and body:
Start: magic ring
Colour: A
Stuffing: firm through R10; none from R11
End: gathered
Pressed: flat on the table from R14
Line B: halfway round
Up: R1
R1: sc 6 (6)
R2: inc 6 (12)
R3: [sc, inc] 6 times (18)
R4–R7: sc 18 (18)
R8: [sc, invdec] 6 times (12)
R9–R22: sc 12 (12)
R23: [sc 2, invdec] 3 times (9)
R24: [sc, invdec] 3 times (6)

Shell half (make 2):
Start: magic ring
Colour: B
Stuffing: firm
End: open
Line B: R6 stitch 18
R1: sc 6 (6)
R2: inc 6 (12)
R3: [sc, inc] 6 times (18)
R4: [sc 2, inc] 6 times (24)
R5–R6: sc 24 (24)

Stalk (make 2):
Start: ch 6, in the 2nd ch from the hook, back bumps
Colour: A
Worked in: rows
Stuffing: none
End: open
R1: sl st 5 (5)

Assembly:
Eyes (2) — 6 mm safety eyes, Head and body R4, between stitches 12 and 13, mirrored about stitch 10
Stalk (2) — sew to Head and body: R3 B+2; R2 B+1, mirrored
Sew Shell half 1 R6 stitch 22 to Head and body R17 stitch 1
Sew Shell half 1 R6 stitch 24 to Head and body R19 stitch 1
Sew Shell half 1 R6 stitch 24 to Head and body R20 stitch 1
Sew Shell half 1 R6 stitch 2 to Head and body R22 stitch 1
Sew Shell half 1 R6 stitch 18 to Head and body R6 stitch 1
Sew Shell half 2 R6 all round from stitch 24 to Shell half 1 R6 all round from stitch 24, in reverse order
Sew Shell half 2 R6 stitch 2 to Head and body R17 stitch 1
Sew Shell half 2 R6 stitch 24 to Head and body R19 stitch 1
Sew Shell half 2 R6 stitch 24 to Head and body R20 stitch 1
Sew Shell half 2 R6 stitch 22 to Head and body R22 stitch 1
Sew Shell half 2 R6 stitch 6 to Head and body R6 stitch 1
mouth left — embroider line, in D on Head and body: R6 stitch 11; R7 stitch 10
mouth right — embroider line, in D on Head and body: R6 stitch 9; R7 stitch 10
spiral — embroider spiral, from ring, alternating direction, in C on each Shell half: R1 stitch 5 and stitch 4; R2 between stitches 12 and 13; R3 stitch 9; R4 stitch 24; R5 stitch 12; R6 stitch 24
Sew Shell half 1 R6 stitch 23 to Head and body R18 stitch 1
Sew Shell half 1 R6 stitch 1 to Head and body R21 stitch 1
Sew Shell half 2 R6 stitch 1 to Head and body R18 stitch 1
Sew Shell half 2 R6 stitch 23 to Head and body R21 stitch 1