Snowflake Monday

I wasn't sure we would ever get to travel again. Lizard has just been too miserable being couped up in the car. But he braved the road to Durango with me last week, and we attended the open house of the Farmington (New Mexico) Temple.

Every temple I've been to (36 so far, and hopefully still counting...) has inspired quilt block designs, although I've not pieced any of my ideas yet. I did once make a temple quilt for my friend Shonna, and I'm hoping to have enough photographs to make another similar to hers one day.

The Farmington Temple had so much quilt inspiration, I'm itching to sit down to my sewing machine again. SOON! For now, though, the motif on the ceiling of the bridal room provided perfect snowflake inspiration. No photography is allowed inside the temple, so you'll have to use your imagination. Or visit the temple yourself!

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I immediately began working on today's snowflake when we got back home. I thought it would be much easier to create than it was. I ended up frogging all but the first two rounds at least seven times because none of my ideas formed the shape I visualized in my head. What I finally used came to me that night in my sleep, and when I tried again the next day, it worked on my first attempt. I had worked out even the stitch count in my head during my sleep!

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: 4.75 inches from point to point
Materials: 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

Bridal Snowflake Instructions

SPECIAL STITCHES:

Popcorn Stitch (pc)

Work 5 dc in designated st, take loop off hook, insert hook through top loop of 1st dc and replace loop on hook, pull loop through top of 1st dc.

Make magic ring.

Round 1: [1 pc in ring, ch 3] 5 times; 1 pc in ring, ch 1, 1 dc in starting pc to form 6th ch 3 tip of Round. Don't pull magic circle too tight.

Round 2: Ch 2 (counts as 1 dc), 4 dc over post of dc directly below, 7 dc in each of next 5 ch 3 sp, 2 dc in next ch 3 sp, sl st in 2nd ch of starting ch 2.

Round 3: Ch 2 (counts as 1 dc), [5 dc in next dc, 1 dc in each of next 6 dc] 6 times, omitting last dc of final repeat; sl st in 2nd ch of starting ch 2.
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Round 4: [Ch 3, 1 dc in each of next 2 dc, ch 3, in next dc work (2 tr, ch 3, 3 trtr, ch 3, 2 tr, ch 3), 1 dc in each of next 2 dc, ch 3, sl st in next dc, 1 sc in each of next 4 dc, sl st in next dc] 6 times; bind off. Weave in ends.

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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