Create an adorable snail-themed baby blanket with this overlay mosaic crochet pattern!

Snail’s Pace combines the beauty of overlay mosaic crochet with tapestry crochet techniques to create a stunning baby blanket featuring friendly snails crawling through grass. Choose left-facing or right-facing snails - or alternate them for maximum charm!

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WHAT YOU’LL GET

• Complete written pattern with row-by-row instructions
• Left and right facing snail options + grass panel
• Traditional overlay mosaic charts + Tapestry crochet chart
• Detailed Technical Guide covering all special stitches
• Link to a companion video showing the more fiddly elements
• Instructions for googly eyes and envelope border
• Colour palette suggestions

View the Companion Video on YouTube: Click Here

FINISHED SIZE (as the pattern is written)

• Approximately 28” × 36” (71cm × 92cm)
• Easily customisable - add or remove 24-stitch repeats for width, add/remove panels for length

YARN

Stylecraft Special Aran (Aran/Worsted weight #4)

• 5 balls background colour (Cream 1005)
• 2 balls snail body (Camel 1420)
• 1 ball each: Khaki, Meadow, Pistachio, Bluebell, Black
• Small amount white for eye highlights Amounts include envelope border. The pattern works with any Aran/Worsted weight yarn - use the free Substitute Yarn Estimator for other yarns (available on the Craft Pixie website)

HOOK SIZE

• 5.00mm (H-8) for blanket body
• 4.50mm (G-7) for envelope border

GAUGE

16 sts × 15 rows = 10cm (4”) in overlay mosaic stitches with 5.00mm hook

SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate

Requires knowledge of: basic crochet stitches (sc, dc, ch, slst), overlay mosaic crochet techniques, tapestry crochet (yarn carried behind work). No diagonal or specialty stitches needed.

COPYRIGHT & USAGE

• You can sell finished items but credit is required: “Design by Pippa at CraftPixie”
• You can make for personal use, gifts, charity
• You CANNOT redistribute, copy, sell, or edit pattern

A HUGE THANK YOU to my wonderful pattern testers who helped make this pattern clear and accurate! Thank you Lourdes Bernadette Saucedo Cervantes, Ani Thocolich, Kate Dobbins Lewis, Carol Brunquell Sutcliffe, Melissa Hitchman and Kim Brezinsky. Your feedback has been invaluable.

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