Today’s snowflakes for the Crochet A-Long / Make A-long are the Cottonwood and Pine Snowflakes. The Cottonwood snowflake pattern is free below. The Pine Snowflake pattern is exclusive to the eBook available on Ravelry and Etsy.
Related Links
- Visit the Ravelry page for the Cottonwood Snowflake and add it to your queue.
- Visit the Ravelry page for the Pine Snowflake and purchase the eBook.
- Visit the Etsy Shop to purchase the eBook.
- Watch the Tutorial On YouTube Right-handed / Left-handed
- Snowfall CAL 2024: In the Forest Information Post.
Pattern Support
Video Tutorials: Complete video tutorials will be available on my YouTube Channel for Honey Mesquite, Breadfruit, Cottonwood, and Teak.
Jessica Wifall’s Crochet Studio: This is the group where I will be hosting this year’s Snowflake CAL/MAL. Joining the group is not required to participate but it is a great place to ask questions of me and the community and share your creations and works in progress.
Materials
1.2-3.5g per snowflake of Scheepjes Maxi Sweet Treat (100% Mercerised Cotton; 25g/140m)
OR Scheepjes Maxi Sugar Rush (100% Mercerised Cotton; 100g/560m)
Sweet Treats and Sugar Rush are the same thread just in different quantities. I have the larger quantity in white.
1.5mm crochet hook for thread or the crochet hook size that works best for you and your materials
Materials to stiffen snowflakes (See Instructions Here)
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Scheepjes Maxi Sugar Rush/Maxi Sweet Treats at Yarn Addicted and Co on Etsy (US shipping only)
Gauge and Measurements
Gauge is not critical for this project, the size of your snowflakes will be affected by your thread size, crochet hook, and tension. The samples I made with the listed materials are between 3.5-6 inches (8.5-15 cm).
Mini or “Bonsai” Snowflakes
You can get more variety from a snowflake pattern by stopping a round early, this will make a slightly smaller snowflake.
This it the “bonsai” version of Pine.
The Trees
Each snowflake in this set is named after a tree. Pine is the snowflake that gave me the idea to name the snowflakes after trees, I refer to parts of it as branches.
The Cottonwood snowflake is intentionally very similar to the pine snowflake but a little less branch-y. I designed this snowflake to make a video tutorial showing how to make branches. I think that it will be helpful to follow along and make prior to Pine or any of my other snowflakes with branches.
Crochet Abbreviations
US terms used throughout.
- 2trtr-cl 2 triple treble crochet cluster: * YO four times, insert hook in st/sp indicated, YO, pull up loop, (YO, draw through 2 loops) 4 times; rep from * once more in same st/sp (3 loops on hook), YO, draw through all loops
- BLO Back Loop Only
- 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 indicated, 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
- trtr triple treble crochet: YO 4 times, insert hook in st/sp indicated, YO, pull up loop, (YO, draw through 2 loops) 5 times
- 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: just like a normal Magic Ring with the exception of wrapping the yarn twice at the beginning instead of once. If preferred, a standard Magic Ring can be used instead.
Back Bump: the back bump is behind the front and back loop of the chain. This is sometimes referred to as the third loop.
Stiffening Snowflakes: these have been designed to be firmly stiffened, instructions are included on pages 10-13.
Pattern Support
Video Tutorials: Complete video tutorials will be available on my YouTube Channel for Honey Mesquite, Breadfruit, Cottonwood, and Teak.
Jessica Wifall’s Crochet Studio: come join my Facebook group to ask questions, share your work and get extra information.
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.
Tips for Reading these Patterns
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.
Cottonwood Snowflake Instructions
Approximately 4.25in/10.5cm
Make a Double Magic Ring
Round 1: Ch1, in magic ring: 1sc, ch3 [counts as first tr], 1tr, * ch4, 2tr; repeat from * 4 more times, ch4, ss in third ch of first tr. Pull Magic Ring tight.
(12 tr, 6 ch4- sps)
Note: while forming the branches work the number chains indicated then work back down along the chain just made. For example: “ch5, sk 1 ch, 4ss” means to ch5 then ss in second ch from hook and continue working in each of the next 3 chs. Slip stitches may continue down chains made previously.
For symmetry, I recommend working in the back bump of chains when forming branches.
Round 2: 1sc between next 2-tr, ch3 [counts as first tr] * ch5, sk 1 ch, 4ss [4ss-branch made], ch11, sk 1 ch, 3ss, ch5, sk 1 ch, 7ss, ch8, sk 1 ch, 5ss, ch7, sk 1 ch, 6ss, ch6, sk 1 ch, 7ss, ch8, sk 1 ch, 4ss, ch4, sk 1 ch, 8ss [large multi-branch], ch7, sk 1 ch, 4ss [4ss-branch made], 1tr between same 2-tr, ch2, 1sc in next ch-sp, ch2, 1tr between next 2-tr; repeat from * 5 more times omitting last tr, ss in third ch of first tr.
(6 sc, 12 tr, 12 4ss-branches, 6 large multi-branches)
Fasten off and sew in ends. Stiffen Snowflake using instructions in this post.
Need More Snowflakes?
If you want more snowflakes or just can’t wait to get started, please visit my Snowflake Pattern Index for more patterns.
Happy Crafting!
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