When I dug out my old ocean colorway Red Heart crochet thread to work up last week's Snowbike Rock Wrapper, I was surprised and shocked to see the beginning of a snowflake, long, long forgotten. I have no clue when I started this thing, other than when I was on my Six-Sides-From-Three kick, making snowflakes out of triangles. My guess would be sometime no later than 2018, when I crafted my Butterfly Pyramid Snowflake, but probably MUCH earlier because I was using my own hand-dyed thread for most color projects by 2018.
I have no idea how I intended the original snowflake to look, so I just quickly made up an ending and wrote a pattern. Then made a white version, and then, because this is Week 4 of my Snowflake Rock crochet-a-long, a rock, with instructions! I put the rock out in our garden the day the world got to witness the northern (or southern) lights.
You may do whatever you'd like with snowflakes you make from this pattern, but you may not sell or republish the pattern. Thanks, and enjoy!
Finished Size: 4.5 inches from point to point
Materials: For snowflake: size 10 crochet thread, size 7 crochet hook, empty pizza box, wax paper or plastic wrap, cellophane tape, water soluble school glue or desired stiffener, water, glitter, small container for glue/water mixture, paintbrush, stick pins that won't be used later for sewing, clear thread or fishing line. For rock: size 10 crochet thread, size 7 crochet hook, 5- to 6-inch round flatish river rock.
Aurora Snowflake Instructions
Make magic ring.
Round 1: 9 sc in magic ring; sl st in starting sc. Don't pull magic ring too tight.
Round 2: Ch 7 (counts as 1 dc and [ch 5), sk next 2 sc, 1 dc in next sc] 3 times, omitting last dc of final repeat; sl st in 2nd ch of starting ch 7.
Round 3: Ch 7 (counts as 1 fpdc and [ch 5), 3 dc in next ch 5 sp, ch 5, 1 fpdc around next dc] 3 times, omitting last fpdc of final repeat; sl st in 2nd ch of starting ch 7.
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Round 4: Ch 9 (counts as 1 fpdc and [ch 7), 2 dc cluster in middle dc of next 3/dc group, ch 7, 1 fpdc around post of next fpdc] 3 times, omitting last fpdc of final repeat; sl st in 2nd ch of starting ch 9.
Round 5: Ch 11 (counts as 1 fpdc and [ch 9), 1 dc in top of next dc cluster, ch 9, 1 fpdc around next fpdc] 3 times, omitting last fpdc of final repeat; sl st in 2nd ch of starting ch 11.
Round 6, Snowflake: [Ch 7, sk next 4 ch, in next ch work (1 dc, ch 3, sl st in 3rd ch from hook, 1 dc), ch 7, sk next 4 ch, sl st in next dc] 6 times; bind off. Weave in ends.
Round 6, Rock Covering: [Ch 7, sk next 4 ch, in next ch work (1 dc, ch 3, sl st in 3rd ch from hook, 1 dc), ch 7, sk next 4 ch, sl st in next dc] 6 times.
Round 7: Ch 10 (counts as 1 trtr and [ch 5), in next ch 3 picot work (1 dc, ch 5, 1 dc), ch 5, sk over next ch 7 sp, 1 trtr in next sl st] 6 times, omitting last trtr and last 3 ch of final repeat; 1 tr in 5th ch of starting ch 10 to form 18th ch 5 sp of Round.
Rounds 8-?: Ch 7 (counts as 1 dc and [ch 5), 1 dc in next ch 5 sp] 18 times, omitting last dc and last 3 ch of final repeat; 1 tr in 2nd ch of starting ch 7 to form 18th ch 5 sp of Round. Continue with Round 8 until snowflake fits snugly around rock, leaving about a 1- to 2-inch opening on the back or bottom side.
Final Round, Rock Covering:Ch 2 (counts as 1 dc), 1 dc in each ch 5 sp around, inserting rock after about 2/3rds of Round, gently stitching while finishing Round and closing up hole so as not to damage crochet hook; sl st in 2nd ch of starting ch 2; bind off, leaving 4- to 5-inch tail. Weave end through final Round of dc and pull tight. Bind off again, weave in end. Place in garden!
Finish: I've been stiffening my flakes with undiluted, full-strength water soluble school glue for quite a while now, and I've been squishing the glue onto and throughout each flake with my fingers (yucky mess!!!) instead of gingerly painting the flakes with glue. Yes, it's a mess. But it's faster. And stiffer.
Tape wax paper or plastic wrap to top of empty pizza box. Pin snowflake to box on top of wax paper or plastic wrap.
If using glue, mix a few drops of water with a teaspoon of glue in small washable container. Paint snowflake with glue mixture or desired stiffener. Sprinkle lightly with glitter. Wash paintbrush and container thoroughly. Allow snowflake to dry at least 24 hours. Remove pins. Gently peel snowflake from wax paper or plastic wrap. Attach 10-inch clear thread to one spoke, weaving in end. Wrap fishing line around tree branch (or tape to ceiling or any overhead surface) and watch snowflake twirl freely whenever you walk by! Snowflake also may be taped to window or tied to doorknob or cabinet handle.
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