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.
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Items you’ll need:
- Crochet hooks
- Cotton yarn
- Safety eyes
- Polyester fiberfill stuffing
- Tapestry needles and stitch markers
- Embroidery scissors
1. Cuddly Stitches Craft – Free Crochet Snake Pattern
Petra Salisbury’s snake is a rainbow, made from several balls of YarnArt Jeans, a fine sport (#2) cotton and acrylic yarn, in different colors. It finishes about 92 cm (35.5 inches) long and 6 cm high, and the pattern is beginner friendly, so the length comes from the number of rounds.
Free pattern: Free Crochet Snake Pattern at Cuddly Stitches Craft
2. DIY Fluffies (Mariska Vos-Bolman) – Simon the Snake
Simon is worked in sport weight cotton on a 2.5 mm hook and finishes about 6 inches long, so it is small and quick. Mariska Vos-Bolman also includes it in her book Amigurumi Made Easy, if you like having patterns in print.
Free pattern: Simon the Snake at DIY Fluffies
3. Amiguroom Toys – Amigurumi Snake (by Oksana Niyazova)
This is a big plush snake, 110 cm long and about 4 cm across, in chenille-style Himalaya Dolphin Baby yarn on a 3.5 mm hook, with 12 mm safety eyes. The pattern says not to crochet very tight and not to stuff very firmly, so that it stays soft and floppy.
Free pattern: Amigurumi Snake at Amiguroom Toys
4. Amiguroom Toys – Crochet Plush Snake
A newer plush snake from the same site, made as one piece in one skein of Himalaya Dolphin Baby or YarnArt Dolce on a 4.5 mm hook, with 12 mm safety eyes. The designer says it needs only basic crochet skills and is perfect for beginners, and it is about 90 cm long.
Free pattern: Crochet Plush Snake at Amiguroom Toys
5. Always Free Amigurumi (design by Anastasia Kuzmina) – Cute Snake Amigurumi
Anastasia Kuzmina’s snake is about 50 cm long, and it is a simple rounded shape that is easy for a first time amigurumi maker to sew closed. The pattern is shared on Always Free Amigurumi, and it is one of the shorter ones in the plush group.
Free pattern: Cute Snake Amigurumi at Always Free Amigurumi
6. PlanetJune (June Gilbank) – Baby Snake
June Gilbank’s Baby Snake is no-sew, with a narrow body that poses easily. It is worked in a small quantity of worsted weight yarn on a 3.5 mm hook, with optional 6 mm eyes, and the samples are about 13 to 15 inches long. Gauge is not important, and you can make yours as long as you want by adding more repeats to the body.
Free pattern: Baby Snake at PlanetJune
7. Stitch by Fay – Easy Crochet Snake Pattern
Fay says this is a mindless amigurumi to keep your hands busy while watching TV, and it started as a use for leftover yarn. It uses 38 g of super bulky yarn on a 4.5 mm hook, plus an optional DK tongue on a 2.5 mm hook, with 8 mm safety eyes. It finishes about 19.5 inches (49.5 cm) long, not including the tongue.
Free pattern: Easy Crochet Snake Pattern at Stitch by Fay
8. Oombawka Design Crochet (Rhondda Mol) – Rainbow Snake
Rhondda Mol includes two sizes: the large Rainbow Snake is about 33 inches long and 3.25 inches around when stuffed, and the small Stripey Snake is about 13 inches long. She uses Lion Brand Mandala Baby on a 3.25 mm hook, and says one cake is enough for about five large snakes, which makes it an affordable project. There is a video.
Free pattern: Rainbow Snake at Oombawka Design Crochet
9. Amigurumi All Free Patterns (design by Katyusha Chirkova) – Cute Snake Amigurumi
This is a plush snake by Katyusha Chirkova in super bulky chenille yarn (Himalaya Dolphin Baby, about 90 g) on a 3.5 mm hook, with 14 mm or 16 mm safety eyes. The face decoration and tongue are made in a finer YarnArt Jeans yarn with a 2 mm hook, so you need two yarn weights.
Free pattern: Cute Snake Amigurumi at Amigurumi All Free Patterns
10. Amiguroom Toys – Crochet Little Snake
This little snake is one piece, so there is no sewing, and it can wear a bow or a headband with bunny ears. It is made in YarnArt Dolce on a 3.5 mm hook, with the bow, tongue and face details in YarnArt Jeans on a 2.0 mm hook, and 12 mm safety eyes. The finished size depends on the yarn and hook you use.
Free pattern: Crochet Little Snake at Amiguroom Toys
