Free Crochet Snowflake Patterns

Using a slightly thicker crochet yarn and needles is best for beginners and for more experienced with crochet you can use smaller..

For Beginners
Size 10 Crochet cotton
Use size 5 to 8 hooks.

For More Advanced At The Art Crochet
Size 20 or 30 cotton threads
Use size 13 or 14 crochet hooks.

Your snowflake will be out of shape and floppy. You must block it and starch it to make it take and hold it's shape.

Items Needed To Block Your Snowflake Ornament Are:
cardboard
pins
wax paper
spray starch or white glue

Six Point Snow Flake - ch 8 for ring
Rnd 1 - ch3, 2 dc in ring;ch 10, 2 dc in ring; ch10 (6 - ch 10 loops)
Rnd 2 - sl st to middle dc of 3 dc group, ch 8; tr in loop (ch 6, sl st in top of tr for a picot) ch8, sc in middle dc of next dc group

Crochet Abbreviations
sc = single crochet
dc= double crochet
sl st = slip stitch
ch = chain
rnd = round
tr = triple treble crochet
p = picot

Six Point Snow Flake Ch 3 for ring.
Rnd 1 Ch6,dc in ring, ch 3, dc in ring (make 6 spaces)
Rnd 2 At dc make 2 ps (ch 3 for p), ch 14 for long point: ch5 for p:ch 14: 2 ps in top of dc.

Crochet Abbreviations
sc = single crochet
dc= double crochet
sl st = slip stitch
ch = chain
rnd = round
tr = triple treble crochet
p = picot

Your snowflake will be out of shape and floppy. You must block it and starch it to make it take and hold it's shape.

Items Needed To Block Your Snowflake Ornament Are:
cardboard
push pins
wax paper
spray starch or white glue

The process of blocking your crocheted ornaments is really quite easy.

Blocking Your Crocheted Snowflake Ornament
* Cut a cardboard square about 3 times the size of your ornament
* Cut a piece of wax paper to go over your cardboard square. This helps prevent the snowflake from sticking to the cardboard when starching.
* Draw concentric circles or squares.onto the cardboard
* Center Your Snowflake Ornament in the center
* Begin pulling Pinning the ornament using the squares or circle drawing to keep your ornament balanced
* When complete spray with starch

- Cut A Piece of Cardboard or foamcore board approximately 3 times the size of your snowflake ornament. In this instnace my square is 8 1/4 inches in square.

- Cover Cardboard or Foamboard Square With Wax Paper This avoids having your crochet snowflake getting starched or glued onto your blocking board.

- Draw concentric square to form a grid I generally mark them at every half inch. The outermost line is at 2 inches. Then a square is drawn at 2 1/2 inches, 3 inches, 3 1/2 inches. and finally 4. You can set them up at more intervals or less.Be Sure To Use A Non-bleed instrument for marking out the grid You want to make sure that when you wet your snowflake ornament with starch or glue that no color gets lifted up from the marker or pen that you used.

- Accuracy isn't incredibly important here. You simply need a shape so you can get your crochet snowflake evenly stretched and blocked.

You Can Reuse Your Blocking Square Multiple Times.

- Start by pinning the center of the crochet snowflake. You can use either straight pins or push pins whichever is easier for you work with. Depending on the pattern will determine whether you'll use one or multiple pins to secure the center.

- Pull one point taught and pin I usually start with a point that will line up nicely with a squaring line. In this case I did the top point followed by the bottom point and then the sides. This provides a well distributed tension along the crocheted snowflake ornament.

- Begin to open up the snowflake and pin to the desired look of your crochet snowflake. Depending on how you pin it will depend on the final look (see below photo)

- Starch or Glue Apply a heavy starch to the finished crochet snowflake. You can also use a watered down white glue.

- Wait Until Dry ... Then Remove The Pins

You can create very different looks using the same crochet snowflake pattern by simply adjusting how you pin the snowflake for blocking. This is a great way to add diversity while using only a couple of patterns.

See Illustration Left: You can see with this photo that depending on how I pin the crochet snowflake I will create 2 very different looking snowflake ornaments. With further placement using more pins I have actually created as many as 4 unique crochet snowflake looks from this one pattern.

Spray Starch or Glue If you choose to use spray starch use a heavy type for maximum stiffness. You can also use a watered down white glue, a very light coating of straight white glue or an spray glue. I've not tried any kind of spray glues with this crochet snowflakes because my experience with the for other projects is they have always remained just a little tacky. But perhaps I used the wrong type. I would think a finishing glue like on with glitter is designed to dry completely.

Push Pins or Straight Pins Push pins as the are easy to grasp and easy to use. Not to mention when they fall on the floor they are easy to find. However is using anything other than starch straight pins are best for blocking your crochet snowflake. Also straight pins allow for more pins withing a smaller space which is good for very complex crochet snowflake designs.

Wax Paper The only function for wax paper when it comes to blocking your crochet snowflakes is to keep them from sticking to your blocking board from the starch of glue. Virtually any kind will do.

Eight Point Snow Flake
Rnd 1 ch 5 for ring.
In ring make 8 groups of 2 dc with ch 3 between groups.

Rnd 2 Make clusters of 4 trs in ch3 spaces below, ch 6, p of ch 3, ch1, p, ch1, p (picots are ch3) ch 6, make a 4tr cluster in the next ch 3 spaces - around.

Note: You can create more than one unique looking snowflake off the same crochet snowflake pattern by simply pinning it differently when blocking.

Crochet Abbreviations
sc = single crochet
dc= double crochet
sl st = slip stitch
ch = chain
rnd = round
tr = triple treble crochet
p = picot

Uses For Crochet Snowflakes

* Christmas Tree Ornaments
* String On Garland For A Festive Feel
* Hang In Windows Or On Mirrors
* Unique Christmas Present tags
* Lovely stocking stuffer
* Insert into Christmas Cards

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