Honeycreeper & Sabrewing Snowflakes; Snowfall 2023 CAL a Rainbow, Day 6

Today’s snowflakes for the Crochet along are the Honeycreeper Snowflake and the Sabrewing Snowflake. The Honeycreeper snowflake pattern is free below. The Sabrewing Snowflake pattern is exclusive to the eBook available on Ravelry.

I have my snowflakes out of Scheepjes Maxi Sweet Treat and Scheepjes Catona 146 Vivid Blue and 282 Ultra Violet, as well as 105 Bridal White.

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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.

Honeycreeper Snowflake Instructions

Approximately 2.5 inches in Thread OR 5 inches in Catona

Make a Double Magic Ring

Round 1: Ch1 [does not count as st], in magic ring: * 1sc, ch 2; repeat from * 5 more times, ss in first sc. Pull Magic Ring tight. 

(6 sc, 6 ch2- sps)

Round 2: 1sc in next ch-sp, ch2, 1tr in same ch-sp [counts as first 2tr- cl], * ch2, 2tr-cl in same ch-sp, ch5, 2tr-cl in next ch-sp; repeat from * 5 more times omitting last 2tr- cl, ss in first 2tr- cl.

(12 2tr- cl, 6 ch2- sps, 6 ch5- sps)

Round 3: Ch1 [does not count as st], * {1sc, 1hdc, ch3, 1hdc, 1sc} in ch2- sp, ch7, {3tr- cl, ch7, 3tr- cl} in ch5- sp, ch7; repeat from * 5 more times, ss in first sc.

(12 3tr- cl, 12 sc, 12 hdc, 6 ch3- sps, 18 ch7-sps)

Fasten off and sew in ends.   Stiffen Snowflake using instructions in this post.

Thank you! For more snowflake patterns visit my snowflake index.

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4 responses to “Honeycreeper & Sabrewing Snowflakes; Snowfall 2023 CAL a Rainbow, Day 6”

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    fastlane421

    Will these all be in an eBook eventually? I’ve had trouble keeping up with them all, unlike last years.

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      They are already available in an eBook. Links to the book at both Etsy and Ravelry are listed in the post under “related Links”

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