This pattern is ideal for those looking to practice basic amigurumi techniques while creating a cute and customizable stuffed animal. The snake body is worked with single crochet stitches using increase and decrease techniques, and then a tail is added to the back of the body.
This tutorial contains step-by-step instructions for how to make the head, body, and tail, and also includes an assembly part that shows how to sew all parts and how to embroider eyebrows and around the eyes.
This tutorial is a great gift for kids, reptile lovers, and those with a playful home decor style. It’s easy to customize with different colors and stripe patterns.
Designer: A Piece of Cuteness
Materials & Tools
- 5 ply milk cotton yarn
- 3.5 mm crochet hook
- stuffing
- 10 mm safety eyes
- Pipe cleaner/thick wire
- Red and black felt
Abbreviations
Mr – magic ring
ch – chain
inc – increase
dec – decrease
sc – single crochet
fo – fasten off
sts – stitches
FLO – front loop only
Head & Body
Start with green.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in Mr (6)
Rnd 2: inc all around (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (24)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 6: (4 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (36)
Rnd 7-9: sc all around (36)
Rnd 10: 15 sc, 3 sc, 18 sc (36)
Rnd 11: 14 sc, 5 sc, 17 sc (36)
Change color to white.
Rnd 12: 7 sc, 4 inc, 11 sc, 4 inc, 10 sc (44)
Rnd 13-14: sc all around (44)
Start stuffing.
Rnd 15: 2 sc, 1 dec, 3 sc, 4 dec, 1 sc, 1 dec, 4 sc, 1 dec, 2 sc, 4 dec, 2 sc, 1 dec, 4 sc, 1 dec (31)
Rnd 16: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 7 (23)
Insert eyes between R10-11, 7 sts apart.
Rnd 17: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 7, 2 sc (16)
Rnd 18: FLO: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 2, 1 sc, 1 sc, 1 sc in the same st, 1 sc, 1 inc, 1 sc, 1 sc, 1 sc in the same st, (1 sc, 1 inc) x 3 (24)
Rnd 19: 7 sc, 8 sc, 9 sc (24)
Starting from this round, color switching follow the color from round before.
Rnd 20: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (32)
Rnd 21-26: sc all around (32)
Rnd 27: (6 sc, 1 dec) x 4 (28)
Rnd 28: (5 sc, 1 dec) x 4 (24)
Rnd 29: (4 sc, 1 dec) x 4 (20)
Rnd 30: (3 sc, 1 dec) x 4 (16)
Rnd 31: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 4 (12)
FO & close the hole.
Tail
Start with green.
Rnd 1: 4 sc in Mr (4)
Rnd 2: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 2 (6)
Rnd 3: sc all around (6)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 2 (8)
Rnd 5: sc all around (8)
Rnd 6: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 2 (10)
Rnd 7: sc all around (10)
Rnd 8: (4 sc, 1 inc) x 2 (12)
Rnd 9: sc all around (12)
Rnd 10-15: sc all around (12)
Cut the yarn and fo, leave a long tail for sewing insert wire/pipe cleaner and stuffing.
Assembly
- Sew the tail on the right/left bottom side of the body.
- Bend the tail to an ‘S’ shape or to your preference
- Sew the belly line using the same green yarn as the body color.
- Cut black felt to make nose and mouth, and cut the red felt for the tongue, glue them in place.
- Sew the white eyes.
- Sew the eyebrow 3 rounds above the eyes using a darker yarn color.
- Add pink blush to the cheeks (optional)
