Crochet snake plant pattern — six pieces, 39 rounds written out
A free crochet snake plant pattern for a sansevieria about 17 cm tall in a pot roughly 7.5 cm across, worked on a 4 mm hook in five colours. A blade is only four rounds long: the oval foundation of round 1 already holds both long edges and both tips, so the length is fixed before any shaping happens, all four increases of round 2 sit at the ends, and round 4 runs a buttercream edge right around the outline. All 39 rounds are written out below across six pieces, each one carrying the stitch count it ends on.
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Why it is rated Medium
Medium for the leaves: rounds 2 and 3 carry sage behind the forest green in two-stitch dashes offset between the rounds, and each blade opens on a chain foundation rather than a ring.
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00What you need before you start
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What you need before you start
Yarn — five colours, all weight 4
1 skein, about 55 mWorsted cotton, CYC 4 / medium
small amount, about 12 mWorsted cotton, CYC 4 / medium, same weight as the forest green so the bands sit flush
small amount, about 15 mWorsted cotton, CYC 4 / medium
small amount, about 25 mWorsted cotton, CYC 4 / medium
scraps, about 10 mWorsted cotton, CYC 4 / medium, or anything slightly fuzzy for a soil texture
Tools
4 you probably own, 2 to buyYou likely have
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Stitch markers
Pins
You need to buy
Chenille stems (pipe cleaners), 4 x 15 cm — one per leaf
Polyester stuffing (about 20 g for the pot)
Optional
A stitch marker in a contrast colour for the start of the round
Two tablespoons of dry rice or a few glass beads to weight the pot
A yarn bobbin for the sage, so it does not tangle with the green
Gauge and finished size
the last check before you cast onTension
Work the leaves tight. They are pressed flat rather than stuffed, so the fabric is the only thing giving a blade its edge, and a loose one goes soft even with wire inside it.
Finished size
~17 cm tall and ~7.5 cm across the pot
Work rounds 2 and 3 plain green and add the sage dashes afterwards as surface stitches — the counts are identical either way. Any chenille stem near 15 cm will wire a leaf; a shorter one leaves the tip limp.
How to make the snake plant, piece by piece
Switching rewrites every round:US44 sc around the oval baseUK44 dc around the oval baseWork a US sc as a UK single crochet and the fabric comes out looser and taller.
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01The large leaf
Forty-four stitches around an oval base, out to forty-eight at the…4 RNDS
starts in deepForest· picked up· Piece 1 of 6
First four rounds[44] [48] [48] [48]
1[44]
2[48]
3[48]
4[48]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasebloback loops onlyst(s)stitch, or stitchesreprepeat
When this piece is donePress it flat, slide a chenille stem down the inside along the spine, and whipstitch the base closed around it. Leave a long tail — you will sew this leaf into the soil later.
2
02The medium leaves
Two the same, eight stitches shorter than the large one. Same four…4 RNDS
starts in deepForest· picked up· Piece 2 of 6
First four rounds[36] [40] [40] [40]
1[36]
2[40]
3[40]
4[40]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasebloback loops onlyst(s)stitch, or stitchesreprepeat
When this piece is doneWire and close each one the way you did the large leaf. Set them beside it so you can see the three heights next to each other.
3
03Right medium leaf
— the same 4 rounds again, worked from piece 024 RNDS
starts in deepForest· picked up· Piece 3 of 6· mirrors the medium leaves
First four rounds[36] [40] [40] [40]
1[36]
2[40]
3[40]
4[40]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasebloback loops onlyst(s)stitch, or stitchesreprepeat
4
04The small leaf
The shortest blade, twenty-six stitches on the base. It sits at the…4 RNDS
starts in deepForest· picked up· Piece 4 of 6
First four rounds[26] [30] [30] [30]
1[26]
2[30]
3[30]
4[30]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasebloback loops onlyst(s)stitch, or stitchesreprepeat
When this piece is doneWire and close it like the others. All four leaves are finished now.
5
05The soil
A plain flat disc, six rounds, six increases each round. It becomes…6 RNDS
starts in cocoa· magic ring· Piece 5 of 6
First six rounds[6] [12] [18] [24] [30] [36]
1[6]
2[12]
3[18]
4[24]
5[30]
6[36]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasebloback loops onlyst(s)stitch, or stitchesreprepeat
When this piece is doneThirty-six stitches, flat and the same width as the pot rim. Leave a long tail for sewing it in.
6
06The pot
A small round base, then a wall that flares three stitches every…17 RNDS
starts in terracotta· magic ring· Piece 6 of 6
First six rounds[6] [12] [18] [24] [24] [24]
The flat base, out to 24
RND 1–41[6]
2[12]
3[18]
4[24]
The back-loop corner
RND 5–55[24]
The wall, flaring to 36
RND 6–176[24]
7[27]
8[27]
9[27]
10[30]
11[30]
12[30]
13[33]
14[33]
15[33]
16[36]
17[36]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasebloback loops onlyst(s)stitch, or stitchesreprepeat
When this piece is doneStuff it firmly, with rice in the bottom if you want the weight, then sew the soil disc into the mouth about half a centimetre below the rim. Push each leaf base through the soil and sew it down — large leaf centre back, the two medium ones either side and leaning out, the small one in front.
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Six pieces from five lists. One list — the medium leaves — is written once and worked twice, identical round for round; the grey bars are piece length, all drawn to the same scale.39 ROUNDS IN ALL
Twelve notes on the snake plant
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01An original Crochet Genie design.
02Every leaf opens on an oval base rather than a ring: the foundation is a short chain worked around on both sides, so round 1 already has both long edges and both tips in it. The foundation sets the length of the blade and no later round can change it — 44 stitches for the large leaf, 36 for each medium, 26 for the small.
03All the shaping is at the two tips. Round 2 puts two increases at each end and works the long sides plain, which is what keeps a blade a blade instead of turning it into a disc.
04The sage cross-banding on rounds 2 and 3 is worked as tapestry colourwork: two sage stitches, then a run of forest green, all the way round, with the second round offset so the dashes stagger. Carry the resting colour loosely along the top of the round and crochet over it. If you would rather not carry two yarns, work those rounds plain green and add the dashes afterwards with a few surface stitches — the count is the same either way.
05Round 4 is a full round of buttercream all the way around the outline, which is what gives each leaf its pale margin. It is a plain round, not a partial one: work it right around both long sides and both tips.
06The leaves are not stuffed. Press each one flat, slide a 15 cm chenille stem down the inside along the spine, then whipstitch the base closed around it. Bend the stem and the leaf stands wherever you put it. Trim the stem before sewing if it pokes past the tip.
07Round 5 of the pot is worked in back loops only. That turns the base up into a wall and leaves a ridge to sit the pot on. The stitch count does not change — it is still 24 in and 24 out.
08The pot flares three stitches every third round from round 7 up, so the sides slope the way a real terracotta pot does. Stuff it firmly, with rice in the bottom if you want it to stay put, and leave the top open.
09Sew the soil disc into the mouth of the pot last but one, easing it down about half a centimetre below the rim so it reads as soil rather than a lid.
10The leaves go in base-down through the soil in a tight fan: large leaf at the back and dead centre, the two medium leaves either side of it and leaning out a little, the small leaf in front. Sew each base down to the soil disc all the way around before you move on to the next.
11The finished size is computed from the stitch counts at the stated hook and yarn: the large leaf is about 12 cm of blade above a pot roughly 6.7 cm tall, and the pot rim measures 36 stitches around. A looser hand gives a bigger plant.
12Worked as a continuous spiral throughout. Mark the first stitch of each round and move the marker up as you pass it.
Four questions this pattern answers
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How much yarn will the snake plant take?
What hook will the snake plant need, and what is the finished size?
How long will the snake plant take to crochet?
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