If you’ve been following the blog recently you’ll know I’ve been struggling with crocheting an adder for Alzheimer’s Research, who are making a world record attempt with knitted, crocheted and sewn snakes.

I’ve finally realised the biggest mistake I’ve been making is losing sight of why I was doing this in the first place – to help a charity, not wrestle with my own ego and perfectionism. So, I’ve decided to stop hissing about and devote the rest of March to making as many snakes as I can. I’ll allow 3 days at the end to finish my adder.

Sevinç Bayram posted a picture of a lovely milk snake she’d made on the Slither of Snakes Facebook page. Since this plays to all my strengths (i.e. stripes that go around the shape, not along it) I decided to steal her idea be inspired by this to make a rainbow version for my first snake, and here he is. My crochet mojo is still deserting me a bit in that the jagged stripe joins aren’t entirely hidden underneath, but he is done.

Up above the streets and houses, rainbow climbing high…

Wild, go wild, go wild in the country. Where snakes in the grass are absolutely free…

Snake it to the right.

Ovals for head made by chaining 5 stitches and then crocheting around in spiral.

Here he is, head on. Don’t worry, he won’t bite.

And now over to Kermit to sing us out.

ETA: I have named this snake Sniddy after a toy I had as a kid. (I couldn’t pronounce “Sidney”.)