December 7th

what is THE thing that every winter makes a winter?

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snow!

I made a few crocheted snowflakes:

the one on the upper left is made from this pattern and the one on the upper right from this pattern. I especially liked the one on the left, it's super quick and very pretty. I made several from different yarn weights and also with two strands held together to get a few different sizes.

the next two are made from scratch and I wrote down the pattern as I went:

abbreviations:
sc - single crochet
hdc - half double crochet
dc - double crochet
ch6 - chain as many stitches as the number says, it this exp it's 6
tr - treble crochet
slst - slip stitch
P2 - chain2, slst into 2nd chain from hook
P4 - chain 4, slst into 4th chain from hook

5-point-star

chain 5, join with a slst to form a ring
1__ chain6 (counts as dc and ch3), [1dc in ring, chain3] 9 times, join with slst to 3rd ch of ch6
2__ slst in ch3sp, chain1, [(sc1, ch7, sc1) in ch3sp, sc2 in next ch3sp] x5, join with slst to 1st slst
3__ ch1, [miss next sc, (sc2, p4, dc3, tr2, p4, tr2, dc3, p4, sc2) all in ch7sp. miss next sc, sc2] x5, join with a slst to first chain
BO

6-point-snowflake

chain 6, join with a slst to form a ring
1__ ch4, (dc1, ch2) x5, join with a slst into 2nd chain of beginning ch4
2__ ch1, sc1 into next sp, [(ch4, sc1, ch1, sc1) into next sp] x5, ch4, sc1 into beginninh ch1 and join with a slst
3__ ch1, sc1 into next st, [(sc2, P2, sc1, P2, sc1, P2, sc2) into ch4sp, sc1 into ch1sp] x6, BO with a slst

let it snow!
Diana ♥

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{little disclaimer: please be a nice boy or girl and don't copy this pattern or parts of it, you can make as many snowflakes as you want for yourself and family and friends, but please always link to this page}