Polynesian TREE SNAIL
Skill level: A bit tricky
YOU WILL NEED
■ Sirdar Happy Cotton (100% cotton, 20g/43m), 2 balls of each: Lemonade (770), Sundae (787), 1 ball of each: Buttercup (771), Cookie (777), Biscuit (776)
■ A 2.75mm (US C/2) hook
■ Toy stuffing
MEASUREMENTS
Polynesian Tree Snail measures approx 22cm (8 in)
POLYNESIAN TREE SNAIL
BASE
Using Lemonade, ch6.
Row 1 (RS) Dc in second ch from hook and each ch to end ch, turn. [5 sts]
Row 2 (WS) Ch1 (does not count as st throughout), 2dc in next st, dc in each st to last st, 2dc in final st, turn. [7 sts]
Row 3 Ch1, dc in each st to end, turn.
Rows 4-5 Rep Rows 2-3. [9 sts]
Row 6 Ch1, dc in next 4 sts, 2dc in next st, dc in next 4 sts. [10 sts]
Rows 7-14 Ch1, dc in each st to end, turn.
Rows 15-16 Rep Rows 2-3. [12 sts]
Rows 17-18 Ch1, dc in each st to end, turn.
Rows 19-26 Rep Rows 15-18 twice more. [16 sts]