Crochet Snake Patterns: 10 Free Amigurumi Designs
Ten crochet snake patterns, each from a different designer, each linking to that designer’s own free pattern. Sizes range from a small 13-inch baby snake to a 36-inch rainbow snake, so pick one that matches how much yarn you want to use.
1. Cuddly Stitches Craft – Free Crochet Snake Pattern
A beginner-friendly snake with adjustable length: add or remove rounds from the body to make it as long as you like.
Free pattern: Free Crochet Snake Pattern at Cuddly Stitches Craft
2. DIY Fluffies (Mariska Vos-Bolman) – Simon the Snake
Worked in sport-weight cotton with a 2.5mm hook for a finished snake about 6 inches long. Also featured in the book Amigurumi Made Easy.
Free pattern: Simon the Snake at DIY Fluffies
3. Amiguroom Toys – Amigurumi Snake (by Oksana Niyazova)
A long plush snake, about 110cm end to end, made with Himalaya Dolphin Baby yarn and a 3.5mm hook.
Free pattern: Amigurumi Snake at Amiguroom Toys
4. Amiguroom Toys – Crochet Plush Snake
A newer, even longer plush snake from the same site, about 90cm long, worked as one piece in continuous spiral rounds.
Free pattern: Crochet Plush Snake at Amiguroom Toys
5. Always Free Amigurumi (design by Anastasia Kuzmina) – Cute Snake Amigurumi
A 50cm snake with a simple, rounded head shape that’s easy for a first-time amigurumi maker to sew closed.
Free pattern: Cute Snake Amigurumi at Always Free Amigurumi
6. PlanetJune (June Gilbank) – Baby Snake
A small, no-sew snake with a narrow body that poses easily into curled or coiled positions. About 13-15 inches long as written, longer if you add repeats.
Free pattern: Baby Snake at PlanetJune
7. Stitch by Fay – Easy Crochet Snake Pattern
Worked in super bulky yarn for a soft, quick “mindless” project, with an optional DK-weight tongue for extra detail.
Free pattern: Easy Crochet Snake Pattern at Stitch by Fay
8. Oombawka Design Crochet (Rhondda Mol) – Rainbow Snake
Written in two sizes; the large version measures 36.25 inches long, not counting the tongue. Worked in light worsted yarn.
Free pattern: Rainbow Snake at Oombawka Design Crochet
9. Amigurumi All Free Patterns (design by Katyusha Chirkova) – Cute Snake Amigurumi
A plush snake with a rounded, friendly face, credited to designer Katyusha Chirkova and shared with her permission.
Free pattern: Cute Snake Amigurumi at Amigurumi All Free Patterns
10. Amiguroom Toys – Crochet Little Snake
A smaller, quicker snake from the same designer team behind entries 3 and 4, good for a first attempt before committing to a longer body.
Free pattern: Crochet Little Snake at Amiguroom Toys
Choosing a snake pattern
For a first snake, start with PlanetJune’s Baby Snake or Stitch by Fay: both keep the body simple and skip most of the shaping. Want something longer and more dramatic? Oombawka Design’s Rainbow Snake and the Amiguroom Toys plush snake both stretch well past two feet.
