Another crocheted thing

 I forgot I made this over break! I had taken and draped him over the back of the blanket chest in my bedroom and stopped seeing him for a few days.

It's a fairly simple pattern that's probably "made" by the yarn choice - the original pattern called for one of the thinner (roughly dk weight) chenille yarns, but I could not find any I liked, so I bought one of the big thick "blanket" type yarns (a superbulky) and a big crochet hook, and just made a BIG fuzzy snake:

I *think* it was a Loops and Threads yarn (I didn't keep the ballband), it's a slightly varigated gray-green with a little blue. 

It's a very simple pattern but effective in the chenille. You can see the snake is large; the original one in the pattern was small enough to easily wind around a wrist.

This snake is a lot bigger. (It varies how much a toy "scales up" as you change the weight of the yarn; this is almost the biggest change a person can make, going from dk to super bulky).

The tongue is out of a worsted weight - just scraps of red I had. And the eyes are either 12 or 15 mm lock washer eyes (I forget what I had but it worked. 

I named the snake "Noodle" because, well, he's noodle shaped, and a lot of people joke about "danger noodles" (though in truth, MOST North American snakes are not dangerous at all, and are in fact real garden allies because they either eat bugs you might not want around, or they eat rodents. I've often said I'd welcome a black rat snake if it wanted to come into my yard to live. 

As long as I know for sure it's non-venomous (we do have a couple venomous species you have to watch out for), I'm happy to share space with snakes - oh, I don't try to pick them up unless I have to move them to a safer spot (as I've sometimes done with rough earth snakes when I'm gardening), because I don't want to disturb them. I've seen rough green snakes occasionally, which are pretty little snakes and are very easily identifiable out in the field (they are the only species I know that is that vivid green). They're also supposed to be pretty docile, but as I said - I don't want to risk harming the snake so I don't try to pick them up, I just observe them. (Black rat snakes usually boogie out of the area when they feel you coming - snakes can't really hear but they can sense vibrations, and that's another reason for using a walking stick in the field, most venomous snakes will take off if they feel vibrations on the ground)