Today’s snowflakes for the Crochet along are the Quetzal Snowflake and the Cotinga Snowflake. The Quetzal snowflake pattern is free below. The Cotinga Snowflake pattern is exclusive to the eBook available on Ravelry.
I have my snowflakes out of Scheepjes Maxi Sweet Treat and Scheepjes Catona 514 Jade and 253 Tropic, as well as 105 Bridal White.
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- Snowfall CAL 2023: a Rainbow Information Post.
Materials
0.9-1.3g per snowflake of Scheepjes Maxi Sweet Treat (100% Mercerised Cotton; 25g/140m
OR 3.4-5.2g per snowflake of Scheepjes Catona (100% Mercerised Cotton; 50g/125m)
1.5mm crochet hook for thread
OR 3mm crochet hook for yarn
Materials to stiffen snowflakes (See Instructions Here)
Gauge and Measurements
Tension is not critical for this project, but different measurements may result in different yarn amounts needed.
The size of your snowflakes will be affected by your thread/yarn size, crochet hook and tension. The samples I made with the listed materials are approximately 2.5 inches in Thread OR 4.25 inches in Catona.
Crochet Abbreviations
US terms used throughout.
- 2tr-cl 3 treble crochet cluster: * YO twice, insert hook in st/sp indicated, YO, pull up loop, (YO, draw through 2 loops on hook) twice; rep from * once more in same st/sp (3 loops on hook), YO, draw through all loops
- 3tr-cl 3 treble crochet cluster: * YO twice, insert hook in st/sp indicated, YO, pull up loop, (YO, draw through 2 loops on hook) twice; rep from * twice more in same st/sp (4 loops on hook), YO, draw through all loops
- ch chain
- ch-1 sp(s) chain 1 space(s): number denotes number of chains in chain space
- ch-sp(s) chain space(s)
- dc double crochet
- dtr double treble crochet: YO 3 times, insert hook in st/sp, YO, pull up loop, (YO, draw through 2 loops) 4 times
- hdc half double crochet
- sc single crochet
- sk skip(ped)
- ss slip stitch(es)
- st(s) stitch(es)
- tr treble crochet
- YO yarn over
Repeat Formats
*…….; rep from * once more/twice more/3 more times
Work instructions after * and then repeat that section as specified.
Pattern Notes
Double Magic Ring: I prefer to start all my Snowflakes with a Double Magic Ring, this is executed just like a normal Magic Ring with the exception of wrapping the yarn twice at the beginning instead of once. If you prefer, you may use a standard Magic Ring. I do not recommend replacing the Magic Ring with chains as the Snowflakes have been designed to have a very tightly closed center and the chains will leave a visible hole.
Stiffening Snowflakes: These Snowflakes have been designed to be firmly stiffened and most will not hang properly without stiffening. I have provided instructions at the end of these patterns for how I prefer to stiffen items.
Tip for Reading this Pattern
Where does that stitch go? When the location that the stitch goes is not specified it always goes in the next stitch of the prior round. For example: “3sc” means make 1sc in each of the next 3 stitches.
The next round doesn’t always start where the prior round began. This is written into the pattern so don’t panic. However, it explains why some rounds may end with instructions such as “ch1, 1sc in first hdc [counts as last ch2- sp]”, this is how we are able to start the next round in the middle of a ch-sp without cutting the thread.
Copyright
Copyright © 2023 by Jessica Wifall. All rights reserved.
Please do not sell, redistribute, or edit this pattern in anyway. You may sell the finished products but please credit me as the designer of the pattern.
Quetzal Snowflake Instructions
Note: This snowflake is a little rippled until stiffened
Approximately 2.5 inches in Thread OR 4.25 inches in Catona
Make a Double Magic Ring
Round 1: Ch1, in magic ring: 1sc, ch3 [counts as first tr], 1tr, * ch9, 2tr; repeat from * 4 more times; ch5, 1tr in the third ch of the starting tr [counts as last ch9- sp]. Pull Magic Ring tight.
(12 tr, 6 ch9- sps)
Round 2: 1sc around post of tr below, ch1 [counts as first dc], * {1dc, 2tr} in same ch-sp, ch3, {2tr, 4dc, ch3, 3dc} in next ch-sp; repeat from * 5 more times omitting last dc, ss in ch of first dc.
(48 dc, 24 tr, 12 ch3- sps)
Fasten off and sew in ends. Stiffen Snowflake using instructions in this post.
Thank you! For more snowflake patterns visit my snowflake index.
Happy Crafting!
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Copyright
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Please do not sell, redistribute, or edit this pattern in any way. You may sell the finished products but please credit me as the designer of the pattern.
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