Sunday 24 November 2013

Crochet Snail - Heklanje puža (TUTORIAL)


  1. I started out making a little ring of single crochet, and then spiraled around, increasing every other stitch. 
  2. Once the spiral wraps around a couple times, I started making bigger stitches every few stitches. So, I went from single, to half-double, then to double. The idea is to gradually increase the width of the stitches.
  3. Once you've made a few dc's, then it's time to start a new color. Do not tie off or cut the first yarn; you're going to pick it up again. Take your second color and hook it into the base of your last stitch, as in the beginning of the yellow in the picture above. Then proceed to hook the second color into the spiral, increasing the same way as you did with the first color. Hook the second color around until you've done a few dc's.
  4. Leaving the second color loose (once again, don't tie it off), go back to your first color and start hooking it into the spiral you just made with the second color, gradually going from dc, to halfdc, to sc. The idea is to decrease the stitch width gradually so it blends smoothly with the second color. I think I made 13 or 14 stitches, still increasing every other stitch (two stitches in a stitch, then one stitch, then two, and so on). That's confusing. You're making smaller and smaller stitches, but still increasing the number of stitches. Does that make sense? I hope so. Then you can tie off the first color. 
  5. Now tie your third color (pink in these pictures) into the base of the last dc of your second color (the same way you tied the second color into the first). Spiral around again, still increasing every other stitch, but this time make some triple crochets where you want it wider (the top of the snail's shell). Once you go around the top, start making smaller stitches again, until you get to bottom. Tie off the third color.
  6. Now go back to the second color and start stitching into the third color. Stitch dc's into the first 3 or 4 stitches, then make the last 2 triple crochets, to make his cute little face, and tie off. If you're super motivated, you could stitch in some little eyeballs.

1 comment:

Katarina said...

Odlicna ideja za stavljanje tutorijala, samo bilo bi dobro da ako vec koristis tudje, da postis link, inace se ovo smatra kradjom tudjeg autorskog rada :) http://susanshippiecrochet.blogspot.com/2010/10/my-snail-my-snail-remembering-flower.html