Crochet pattern „Snail-race“

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Crochet pattern „Snail-race“
If you use cotton yarn with a yardage of 100y/50g (90m/50g) and a hook size 3.5, the field will become approx. 37
cm long and 22 cm wide and the snails will become about 7 cm big.

The size will deviate if you use different yarn or hook and it also depends on how tight you crochet. I
always use a smaller hook size than recommended on the yarn-label, so that the stitches become tighter.

Field:
The field is crocheted with double crochets in rows. At the end of each row a turning chain stitch is
necessary. For every vertical line you use a separate yarn (approx. 4m length each), that you don’t have to
work it in. The colours of the start- and finish-fields should match with the colour-cube you want to use for
playing. (there are different colour cubes available!)

50 chain stitches in frame-colour

1. row: * 1 double crochet frame-colour and 7 double crochets start-field-colour*, repeat from* to * 5
times with the other 5 start-field-colours, 1 double crochet frame-colour (pict 1)

2. – 10. row: repeat the 1. row (pict 2)

2
11. row: 49 double crochets frame-colour (pict 3)

3
12.-21. row: * 1 double crochet frame-colour and 7 double crochets field-colour*, repeat from* to * 5
times, 1 double crochet frame-colour (pict 4)

4
22. row: 49 double crochets frame-colour (pict 5)

23. – 77. row: repeat row 12 to 22 5 times (pict 6)

78. – 87. row: repeat row 1 to 10

88. row: slip stitches in frame colour, from the back side, front loop only (pict 7)

Snail (6 times):
The snail will be crocheted with double crochets in rounds. Each round starts with a chain stitch and ends
with a slip stitch in the first stitch.

1. round (rnd): 2 chain stitches and 5 double crochets into the first chain stitch (pict 8)
2. rnd: double each stitch (pict 9)
3. rnd: double every second stitch (pict 10)

10

8 9

4. – 5. rnd: 15 double crochets (pict 11)

6. rnd: every 2nd and 3rd stitches are crocheted together, put some filling material into the snail’s head
(pict 12)
7. rnd: every two stitches are crocheted together (pict 13)

11 12 13

8. rnd: 5 double crochets (pict 14)

9. rnd: double each stitch (pict 15)
10. - 18. rnd: 10 double crochets (pict 16)

14 15

16
19. rnd: every two stitches are crocheted together (pict 17)
yarn off end weave ends

17

Snail shell (6x in the same colours as the start- and finish-fields):
The snail shell will be crocheted with double crochets in rounds. Each round starts with a chain stitch and
ends with a slip stitch in the first stitch.

1. Runde: 2 chain stitches and 5 double crochets into the first chain stitch (pict 18)
2. Runde: double each stitch (pict 19)

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19

3. - 20. Runde: 10 double crochets (pict 20)

flatten the tube, coil it spirally and fix the shell with some stitches (pict 21)

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21
fix the snail shell on the body (pict 22)

22

To prevent the snail from tipping over, crochet little „wings“ into the body’s borders. Beginning between
the body’s round 10 and 11 crochet 1 double crochet, 2 treble crochets and 1 double crochet in both sides.
(pict 23 and 24)

23 24

Antennae (6 times in the same colours as the shells):

Start with 6 chain stitches and crochet 3 double crochets and 1 slip stitch into the 2. chain stitch from hook,
then 4 slip stitches in the remaining chain (pict 25)

fix the antennae on the snail’s head (pict 26)

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25
Finished!