Raffia Snail Bag Charm
Original design by @耿小耿（钩织版）
A raffia snail bag charm inspired by Coach's leather version — a coiled shell strip in cinnamon, a soft body with antennae, and beads for the eyes.
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Hook
- 2.5mm
- Time
- 2-3 hours
Materials
- Raffia yarn in cinnamon + grainAmazon ↗
- 2.5mm hookAmazon ↗
- 3mm faux-leather cord, letter charmAmazon ↗
- 4mm black eyesAmazon ↗
- StuffingAmazon ↗
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Stitches used: ch, sc, inc, dec, hdc, dc, sl st, BLO
Raffia Snail Bag Charm — Coach-Style Snail Yarn: raffia in cinnamon + grain; 2.5mm hook, single strand. Hardware: 3mm faux-leather cord, letter charm, 4mm black eyes. Shell (cinnamon; work every sc into the back loop — the loop away from you) Worked flat in rows, turning each row (ch 1 at each turn): Row 1: Ch 2, inc from 2nd ch Row 2: Sc, inc Row 3: 3 sc Row 4: Sc, inc, sc Row 5: 4 sc Row 6: Sc, inc, 2 sc Row 7: 5 sc Row 8: Sc, inc, 3 sc Row 9: 6 sc Row 10: Sc, inc, 4 sc Row 11: 7 sc Row 12: Sc, inc, 5 sc Row 13: 8 sc Row 14: Sc, inc, 6 sc Row 15: 9 sc Row 16: Sc, inc, 7 sc Row 17: 10 sc Row 18: Sc, inc, 8 sc Row 19: 11 sc Row 20: Sc, inc, 9 sc Row 21: 12 sc Row 22: Sc, inc, 10 sc (mark the 2nd sc — hanging loop position) Row 23: 13 sc Row 24: Sc, inc, 11 sc Row 25: 14 sc Row 26: Sc, inc, 12 sc Row 27: 15 sc Rows 28-29: 15 sc Row 30: Sc, dec, 12 sc Row 31: 14 sc Row 32: Sc, dec, 11 sc Row 33: 13 sc; leave a long tail and cut. Fold the strip in half lengthwise and sl st the stitches together pair by pair back to the start, stuffing as you go. Then coil the stuffed tube into a snail spiral and whip-stitch (S-shaped stitches) along the slip-stitched ridge to hold the coil. Antennae (make 2, grain color): double-chain foundation of 10 ch, leave long tails. Body (grain color) Lower body: Ch 22; from 3rd ch: hdc-inc, 12 hdc, 4 dc(t), 2 sc, (5 sc in end st); other side: 2 sc, 4 dc, 12 hdc, hdc-inc; sl st, cut. Upper body: Row 1: Ch 21; from 2nd ch: inc, 18 sc, 3 sc in end st; other side: 18 sc, inc Row 2: 21 sc, (dc, hdc, dc) around the tip, 21 sc, sl st Row 3: 21 sc, (dc, hdc-inc), (hdc, sl st, hdc), (hdc-inc, dc), 21 sc, sl st. Leave a long tail (this end is the head). Assembly: attach the antennae first — thread the two chain tails through the top of the head and knot inside. Match the wide end of the lower body to the head, whip-stitch pair by pair to the tail; fold the last 3 sts of the upper body and sew to the opposite side; finish sewing around the head. Sew the shell onto the body, hide ends, glue on the eyes.
Notes
Raffia interpretation of the Coach leather snail charm (¥650 original). In this author's shorthand: t=dc, f=hdc, e=sl st, w=3 sc in one st, fv=hdc-inc. BLO rows give the shell its ridged spiral texture.
Frequently asked questions
How does the flat strip become a shell?
The long BLO-ridged strip is folded in half, slip-stitched closed while stuffing, then coiled into a spiral and whip-stitched along the ridge.
Where does the hanging loop go?
Mark the 2nd sc of Row 22 — that stitch becomes the hanging point for the cord.
