I know Snowflake Monday is in trouble if I don't have a new snowflake at least halfway done by Thursday night. I can't remember when I started this flake; it's been that kind of week... By Sunday afternoon, I still hadn't been able to complete the second round. It's pinned and drying on the pizza box as I write this at 8 p.m. Sunday night while listening to a Palm Sunday podcast. The photos may have to be added in later today...
Funny story to go along with today's flake, though. I could not find my ball of crochet thread anywhere. I ended up having to wind a new one. I wind my crochet thread (and thread to be dyed) from one of those big one-mile balls. I began crocheting today's snowflake with the new ball of thread. The next time Lizard and I went for a walk around the block, I found my crochet thread. In one of his shoes!!! Where I've been keeping lavender deodorizers for the last year or so. He'd become confused and thought my thread was one of the deodorizers... Hey, they're both round, right?
Today's snowflake formulated in my head as I edited real snowflake photos from March 6 and ran the fuzziest images through an AI program to improve the focus. I've been having fun trying to improve my out-of-focus snowflakes. I'd always hoped I might be able to draw (or maybe even quilt) my less-than-perfect images to perfect them one day. I guess AI might be the next-best thing for now, especially since I can do my "retouching" on my phone while we are in a doctor's office awaiting appointments...
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: 3.5 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
Palm Sunday Snowflake Instructions
Special Stitches
Popcorn Stitch: 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] 6 times, omitting last 2 ch of final repeat; 1 dc in top of starting pc to create 6th ch 3 sp of Round. Pull magic circle tight.
Round 2: Ch 5 (counts as 1 dc and [ch 3), in next ch 3 sp work (1 dc, ch 3, 1 dc)] 6 times, omitting last dc and last 2 ch of final repeat; 1 dc in 2nd ch of starting ch 5 to form 6th ch 3 point of Round.
Round 3: Ch 1 (counts as 1 sc), 1 sc over post of dc directly below, 3 sc in each of next 11 ch 3 sp around; 1 sc in next ch 3 sp; sl st in starting ch.
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Round 4: Ch 1 (counts as 1 sc), 1 sc in same ch as sl st, [1 sc in each of next 5 sc, 3 sc in next sc] 6 times, omitting last 2 sc of final repeat; sl st in starting ch.
Round 5: Ch 1 (counts as 1 sc), 1 sc in same ch as sl st, [1 sc in each of next 7 sc, 3 sc in next sc] 6 times, omitting last 2 sc of final repeat; sl st in starting ch.
Round 6: Ch 1 (counts as 1 sc), 1 sc in same ch as sl st, [1 sc in each of next 9 sc, 3 sc in next sc] 6 times, omitting last 2 sc of final repeat; sl st in starting ch.
Round 7: Ch 1 (counts as 1 sc), 1 sc in same ch as sl st, [1 sc in each of next 11 sc, 3 sc in next sc] 6 times, omitting last 2 sc of final repeat; sl st in starting ch.
Round 8: Ch 2 (counts as 1 dc), 1 fptr in middle sc of Round 3 point directly below, 1 dc in same ch as previous dc, [ch 13, sk next 13 sc, in next middle sc of 3/sc group work (1 dc, 1 fptr in middle sc of Round 3 point directly below, 1 dc)] 5 times; ch 13, sl st in 2nd ch of starting ch 2; 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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