Hello! This is my first posted pattern to this site!

I had originally designed these to be earrings, but they turned out a liiiiittle to big for my taste (but can certainly still be worn as earrings)!

Instead, these little guys have solved my problem of how to decorate my 4 foot basement-suite-sized Christmas tree this winter!

"Normal" sized snowflakes always looked WAY too big for a small tree, so these are awesome for anyone with mini trees in the house!!!

small amount of white cotton crochet thread (way less than a ball)
1.6mm/US6 steel hook, or 1.25mm/US8 if you can swing it
scissors

*OPTIONAL*
fabric stiffener
piece of cardboard (not the thin kind)
piece of wax paper
protractor
ruler
pen
pins (lots)
makeup sponge
bowl
glitter if you want

approximately 5 cm / 2 inches small

gauge is too tiny to note - they're all supposed to be different anyway! have fun with it!!

normal shorthand used

Ch 4 loosely, sl st in 1st ch to join

Rnd 1: Ch 1, work 6 sc in ch 4 loop, sl st to 1st sc.

Rnd 2: Ch 7, sl st in 3rd ch from hook, ch 2, sc in next sc, *ch 5, sl st in 3rd ch from hook, ch 2, sc in next sc* around, join with a sl st to 2nd ch of ch 7.

Rnd 3: Ch 6, slip stitch in 2nd and 3rd chain from hook, ch 4, slip st in slip st made just before you chained 4, ch 3, sl st in 2nd and 3rd ch from hook, then slip st in 2 ch of the original 6 chains made at the beginning of this round (should still be one chain stitch left). This makes one of those three pointed end things.
Next, ch 6, sl st in 3rd ch from hook, ch 3, then dc in next sc.
Next, (making a three pointed thing again) *ch 5, slip stitch in 2nd and 3rd ch from hook, ch 4, slip st in slip st made just before you chained 4, ch 3, sl st in 2nd and 3rd ch from hook and in remaining 2 chs of the ch 5, sl st in dc last made.
This makes another three pointed thing, now and throughout. It is the same as the first one made, only with a ch-5 base instead of ch-6!
Next, ch 6, sl st in 3rd ch from hook, ch 3, dc in next sc, repeat from * around, ending with a sl st to 2nd ch of starting ch 6 intstead of dc.

Fasten off. Weave in ends.

OPTIONAL STIFFENING INSTRUCTIONS

If you want your snowflakes symmetrical at all times, you may want to stiffen them, the ones in the picture are stiffened so that is what they will look like more or less. I will post pictures of what this looks like if it is too confusing!!

Step 1: For this, you will want to take your piece of cardboard and draw one line lengthwise down the centre.
Step 2: Use the protractor and mark at 60 and 120 degrees on each side. Join the marks and you have your six points! You can make as many on the cardboard as you have room.
Step 3: put wax paper over cardboard and pin snowflakes to the cardboard along the lines. This may take some practice; experiment with tension and number of pins. Stretching it out and using many pins will make the snowflake look delicate and very even. Loose pinning with only a few pins will make the
snowflake smaller and more varied...
Step 4: pour some fabric stiffener (I use water soluble) into a bowl and dab it on with the make up sponge.
Step 5: (optional) sprinkle some glitter over while it's still wet - let sit to dry!!

you can save glitter by folding the wax paper after and pouring excess back into the container :)

These earrings/pendant were creates while designing my Pretty Picot Poinsettia Snowflake. I thought the center of the snowflake made an adorable small snowflake all on its own and thought that it would make an adorable jewelery set.

Royale Metallic Crochet Cotton size 10 in White/pearl
Size 7/1.65 mm Steel hook
2 Earwires for earrings or 1 jump ring for pendant(the kind with the single split in it)

about an an inch in diameter, give or take

gauge not too important

Abbreviations:
YO-Yarn Over
ch-chain
sl st-slip stitch
st-stitch

Special Stitches:
Extended Double Cluster (cluster):
YO, insert hook into st indicated, YO, pull through 1 loop on hook (chain made), YO, pull through 2 loops on hook, [YO, insert hook into the chain at bottom of first stitch , YO, pull through 2 loops on hook] repeat once more (4 loops on hook). YO, pull through all 4 loops.
Picot:
ch 3, sl st into back loop of 3rd ch from hook.

(make 2 for earrings)
Ch 4, [YO, insert hook into back lop of 3rd ch from hook, YO, pull through 2 loops] repeat once (3 loops on hook), YO, pull through all 3 loops (beginning cluster made).
[ch 1, picot, ch 1, cluster in 1st ch of beginning ch 4] repeat 5 more times
Ch 1, picot, ch 1, once more, join in top of beginning cluster, finish off (6 clusters, 6 picots, 12 ch)

Stiffen if desired
Attach earwires or jumpring to any picot.

coolhockeymom at Crochetville had a wonderful idea for these snowflakes, make festive stitch markers out of them! use either the kidney earwires or the large lobsterclaw clasps attached to the jumpring to put on your crochet stitches!!!

Winter is on its way, and so are last minute Holiday gifts. I think that we all have done that last minute quick crochet gift for our kids teachers, the unexpected house guest for the Holiday, etc...

This little snowflake came out of the fact that I was tired of making the snowflakes in the little book that I had (this was before I got the 99 snowflake book!) and I thought, how hard can a snowflake be?

So, last year, I sat down with a ball of thread, a size 7 hook and went at it, and this is the result!

Royale Metallic Crochet Cotton size 10 in White/pearl
Size 7/1.65 mm Steel hook
Stiffener, stainless steel straight pins, a pinning board (I cover mine with plastic wrap, "Press and Seal" works really well), follow directions on the stiffener.

I never really measured it, but I think that it comes out to be about 4-5 inches in diameter. The photo is close to actual size, give or take.

gauge not really that important

Abbreviations:
YO-Yarn Over
ch-chain
sl st-slip stitch
st-stitch
sc-single crochet
dc-double crochet
sk-skip

Special Stitches:
Extended Double Cluster (cluster):
YO, insert hook into st indicated, YO, pull through 1 loop on hook (chain made), YO, pull through 2 loops on hook, [YO, insert hook into the chain at bottom of first stitch , YO, pull through 2 loops on hook] repeat once more (4 loops on hook). YO, pull through all 4 loops.
Picot:
ch 3, sl st into back loop of 3rd ch from hook.

RND 1:Ch 4, [YO, insert hook into back lop of 3rd ch from hook, YO, pull through 2 loops] repeat once (3 loops on hook), YO, pull through all 3 loops (beginning cluster made).
[ch 1, picot, ch 1, cluster in 1st ch of beginning ch 4] repeat 5 more times
Ch 1, picot, ch 1, once more, join in top of beginning cluster (6 clusters, 6 picots, 12 ch)

RND 2: Ch 1, sc in same st. Ch 5, picot,ch 5, [sk (ch, picot, ch) on previous round, sc in top of cluster, ch 5, picot, ch 5] repeat 5 more times. Join with sl st in 1st sc. (6 points)

RND 3: Ch 10, picot, ch 7, [sk (ch 5, picot, ch 5) on previous round, dc in next sc, ch 7, picot, ch 7] repeat 5 more times. Join with sl st in the 3rd ch of the starting ch 10. (6 points)

Okay, I'm like Ebenezer Scrooge (I'd rather be like Scrooge McDuck and have a walk-in safe full of gold coins, but I don't). I think the holiday season is naff. I protest it every year by ignoring it completely, scowling at any holiday cards I receive in the mail, and getting grumpier and grumpier as the year comes to a close. This year, however, I decided to embrace my inner cheese-ball and make the corniest, cheesiest, and most naff piece of winter jewelry I could think of. I present to you, 'Ice Princess,' because everyone needs a snowflake necklace, even here in Scotland during the rainy season.

1. J. & P. Coats Royale Metallic Crochet Thread (88% mercerized cotton, 12% metallic; 100 yds [91 m]/Size 10;):  226G Natural/Gold, 1 ball. Yarn distributed by Coats & Clark.  
2. 1.50 mm crochet hook.  (Some say this is a size 7 hook, but I have a Boye USA hook that says it's a size 8. So there.)
3. Tapestry needle
4. Sewing needle
5. Sewing thread
6. Stitch marker
7. Button (I use the 3/8 - 1/2" diameter spares that come with dress shirts)

Finished necklace is about 14" across.

34 sc = 4 inches

Stitch height is not important and will not adversely affect the finished design.

Special stitches: 

sc2tog (decrease) – insert hook in st, yo and draw loop through st (2 loops on hook), yo, insert hook in next st, yo and draw loop through st (3 loops on hook), yo and draw loop through all loops on hook.

Necklace

With MC, ch 115 (counts as 114 + turning ch).  

Row 1:  Starting in second ch from hook, sc in each of next 55 ch, sc2tog over next 2 ch, ch 3, sc2tog over next 2 ch, sc in each ch to end, turn.  (112 sc)

Row 2:  Ch 1, sc in each of first 56 sc, [2 sc, ch 7, 2 sc] all in ch-3 sp, sc in each sc to end, turn.  (116 sc)

Row 3:  Ch 1, sc in each of next 31 sts, *ch 5, sk 3 sts, sc in each of next 2 sts, * rep from * to * 4 more times, sc2tog, work 9 sc into ch-7 sp, sc2tog, **sc in each of next 2 sts, ch 5, sk 3 sts, ** rep from ** to ** 4 more times, sc in each st to end. (93 sc)

Do not fasten off - do not pass go - do not collect 200 dollars: we are making a loop at the end of this row and then finishing up the last row of the necklace.

Button Loop: Ch 12, sl st in first ch to form ring, work 18 sc into ring, sl st in first sc to close round.  

Last row: Starting in last sc of Row 3 (not the loop), sc in each of next 31 sts, *work [3 sc, ch 3, 3 sc] all into next ch-5 sp, sc in each of next 2 sts, * rep from * to * 4 more times, sc2tog, sc in each of next 3 sts, work [sc, ch 5, sc] all in next st, sc in each of next 3 sts, sc2tog, **sc in each of next 2 sts, work [3 sc, ch 3, 3 sc] all into next ch-5 sp, ** rep from ** to ** 4 more times, sc in each st to end, fasten off. (152 sc)

Snowflake Motif

Ch 16, sl st in first ch to form ring.  

Rnd 1:  Work 24 sc into ring, sl st in first sc to close round.  (24 sc)

Rnd 2:  *Ch 9, sk next 3 sts, sc in next st,* rep from * to * 4 more times, ch 9, sk next 3 sts, sl st in sl st of prev. round.  (6 ch-9 spaces)

Rnd 3:  *Work 6 sc into first ch-9 sp, [ch 9, starting in 6th ch from hook, sl st into each of the 4 rem ch sts], work 6 sc into same ch-9 sp, [ch 4, starting in 2nd ch from hook, sl st into each of 3 ch sts], * rep from * to * for each ch-9 sp around, sl st in sl st of prev row, fasten off, weave in end.  

Finishing

Weave in all ends.  

Block pieces (this should make the knitters that read cme happy) by pinning it, spritzing it with water and/or steaming it, pressing it gently with a warm iron, and letting it sit overnight.  Before anyone mentions that this might melt the metallic-bit of the yarn, if you are careful and use a low setting, you should be fine (I was).  

Starching the snowflake is a good way to stiffen it up.  

Sew snowflake to ch-5-sp at top of necklace.  

To fasten the necklace, sew a small button (I find the spares that come with dress shirts work well for this) onto the non-looped end of the necklace and button it into the loop end.