Snails vs. Slugs: The Great Foot Race

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For their first competition, the snails and slugs engage in a race to the the end of the log.

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There doesn’t seem to be a clear winner, so I’m calling it a tie.

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The real slackers were hiding out under the log.

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UPDATE 1/3/08: Thank you to the Craft Blog for featuring Snails vs Slugs!

20 Responses to “Snails vs. Slugs: The Great Foot Race”


  1. 1 Melissa

    Very cute! The way you knit logs is really neat (also with the Woodins pattern).

  2. 2 catie P

    Very cute and so imaginative

  3. 3 Bonney

    Serious cuteness going on; especially the mushrooms!

  4. 4 Dianna

    I love the mushrooms and hiders! My LYS is talking about commissioning a knitter to make Woodkins for the shop….

  5. 5 joan

    haha! silly slimers… :D
    what a fabulously fun ecosystem!

  6. 6 Bella

    I have no idea how long the snail vs slug log race took you, but IT ROCKS! You are brilliant Anna. If anything, this FO is just a foreshadowing of all the amazingness that will be Mochimochi Land in the year of 2008. Applause all around for Anna!

  7. 7 Grittylou

    Oohmygosh, I’ll no longer yank the slugs and snails off my lettuce and tomatoes. These little guys are deserving of respect, even if they can’t go forward in a straight line. Hoorah for cute garden pests! You just might change the ecological balance, Anna!

  8. 8 Samantha

    I love it! Happy New Year!

  9. 9 Mark

    Will this become a pattern? Are slugs related to roly-polys, the first nature toy of every Southern toddler? Great creations!

  10. 10 M.E. Williams

    I am dying of the squee, over here.

  11. 11 Anna

    Thank you, everyone, for the nice comments! I’m planning on doing two more “Snails vs. Slugs” pieces, for a series of three. And the little guys will also be a free pattern sometime soon.

  12. 12 Nim

    Lol! I love it. I still maintain the slugs will win (will have won?) such a competition. It looks great, though, and is super fun and imaginative!

  13. 13 Cynthia

    Wonderful! I love it, the snails and slugs are so cute :) I’m hoping a pattern comes out too!

  14. 14 Kristen

    So wonderful! Everything about this piece is made of awesome.

  15. 15 jennifer

    aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! DIEing of delight. ack ack. aaaa. must have this in my life! hint hint, joanie ;)

  16. 16 Goiuri

    Wow!! It’s really fantastic!! Congratulations!

  17. 17 Seanna Lea

    You have love slugs! So kawaii!

  18. 18 lucinda

    i adore all things faux bois… this is too clever and too fun! thankyou for the huge smile.

  19. 19 Carol

    I love this!

  20. 20 Julia

    OMG - this s too funny!!! Especially the slackers hiding under the log - I just love it! Can’t wait to see the pattern! :-)

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