Seeing snowflakes outside our window has been a rare and fleeting sight this year so far. Snow has been on my son’s Christmas wish list every year since he learned to write, and I always cross my fingers hoping for the same. While I know that living in Indiana comes with unpredictable weather patterns and that we might get plenty of snow once daffodils are in full bloom or even when cherry blossoms are at their most magnificent, there is something about snowflakes brightening the dark days of December. Perhaps that’s where my tradition of offering a free snowflake crochet pattern this time of the year comes from. So, while we continue to keep our fingers crossed for some snow, here’s Snowflake 2023 – just in time to ring in 2024.
MATERIALS
- 1.25 mm hook
- #12 DMC Coton Perle Thread
- Scissors
- Needle for weaving in ends
*Note: Feel free to experiment and use any appropriate thread or yarn and hook combination. Gauge is irrelevant to the success of this project. The bigger the hook and the thicker the yarn, the bigger the snowflake; and vice versa.
Stitches Used & How to Work Them
This is a one-round crochet snowflake pattern. All treble crochet stitches are worked into the adjustable magic loop; all picots are worked into the treble crochet stitch that precedes them, and all slip stitches are worked where specified.
- Adjustable magic loop: Check out my detailed pictorial for step-by-step guidance.
- Chain stitch [ch]: Yarn over the hook. Pull yarn through the loop on the hook.
- Slip stitch [sl st]: Insert the hook into the space specified. Yarn over. Pull yarn through the stitch and the loop on the hook.
- Triple Crochet [tc]: Yarn over twice. Insert hook into magic ring. Pull a loop through the ring. You have 4 loops on the hook. Yarn over & pull yarn through first two loops on the hook. You now have 3 loops on the hook. Yarn over & pull yarn through first two loops on the hook. You now have 2 loops on the hook. Yarn over & pull yarn through both remaining loops on the hook. Triple crochet stich is complete.
Note: The first triple crochet will be formed with the portion of the starting 11 chain stitches.
- Picot: Chain 3. Then work a slip stitch into the last stitch worked (in this pattern, it will be the triple crochet stitch).
There are almost as many ways to work a picot as there are crocheters. You may already have a favorite method – if that’s the case, feel free to work each picot as desired.
SNOWFLAKE 2023 CROCHET PATTERN
Create an adjustable magic loop – ch 11 – sl st into 2nd and 3rd ch from the hook – ch 4 – *tc – picot – tc – ch 7 – sl st into 2nd and 3rd ch from the hook – ch 4* 5 times – tc – ch 3 – Cut yarn and pull yarn end through the loop on the hook; then thread yarn in the needle and stitch the last ch 3 into 4th chain of the starting ch 11; and to finish, run the needle through 3rd chain of the starting ch 11 and the post of the last tc before weaving in and trimming the end.
FINISHING SNOWFLAKE 2023
This snowflake needs to be pinned and stiffened. To do both, follow the finishing instructions in my Snowflake 2018 post.
Would you like to make more crochet snowflakes? My blog contains many other free crochet snowflake patterns. Let me know which one is your favorite!
May 2024 accompany you and your loved ones in good health and treat you to new mind-expanding experiences that will make you smile with pride and determination.
I expect my year to be filled with continued experiments and learning in the art of metalsmithing and hopefully enough courage to start offering my jewelry publicly for sale.
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