Instructions for Making a Model of a Mollusc **

1. CROCHET

You can use any kind of yarn - eg No 8 crochet cotton, any ply wool

Use crochet hook of desired size - eg No 2

You can do any kind of crochet stitch - single, double, half treble, treble, double treble, etc.

To begin, crochet 5 chains

crochet into 3rd loop twice -makes 2 stitches

****Begin every row with 2 chains.

row 1........ crochet in 1st loop x2, crochet 1x in next loop -makes 3 stitches

row 2........ crochet x2 into next 2 loops, crochet 1x into next loop ---makes 5 stitches

row 3........ crochet x2 into next 3 loops, crochet 1x into next 2 loops ---makes 8 stitches

row 4........ crochet x2 into next 5 loops, crochet 1x into next 3 loops ---makes 13 stitches

row 5........ crochet x2 into next 8 loops, crochet 1x into next 5 loops ---makes 21 stitches

row 6........ crochet x2 into next 13 loops, crochet 1x into next 8 loops ---makes 34 stitches

row 7 ........crochet x2 into next 21 loops, crochet 1x into next 13 loops ---makes 55 stitches

row 8........ crochet x2 into next 34 loops, crochet 1x into next 21 loops ---makes 89 stitches

row 9........ crochet x2 into next 55 loops, crochet 1x into next 34 loops ---makes `144 stitches

row 10........ crochet x2 into next 89 loops, crochet 1x into next 55 loops ---makes 233 stitches

This is enough to make the blue green model of snail in photo this post.

Fold crochet work in half and sew it up, leaving opening such as a snail has. The work configures into a spiral which needs to be gently padded as you go.

You can use any kind of padding such as wool fleece or cotton wool, etc.

2. KNIT

You can use any kind of yarn eg crochet cotton or wool and any suitable size knitting needles. The brown snail in photo was made in 8 ply wool; use No 8 or 11 or so size needles.

row 1........ cast on 233 stitches

row 2........ knit 2 tog x89, knit 55

row 3........ purl 2 tog x55, purl 34

row 4........ knit 2 tog x34, knit 21

row 5........ purl 2 tog x21, purl 13

row 6........ knit 2 tog x13, knit 8

row 7 ........purl 2 tog x8, purl 5

row 8........ knit 2 tog x5, knit 3

row 9........ purl 2 tog x3, purl 2

row 10...... knit 2 tog x2, knit 1

row 11....... purl 2 tog x1, purl 1

row 12....... knit 2 tog

row 13....... finish off.

Fold in half and sew together, gently padding as you go

and you have a nice simple snail model just like the brown model in the photo image here,

in accordance with the Fibonacci series of numbers.

If you are more adventurous, you can make models with 377, up to 1597 stitches, so long as the Pattern in blogs 2 and 3 is followed. There will be more photos in the next blog.

Good luck and happy crafting. from Tiiu V