Today’s snowflakes for the Crochet A-Long / Make A-long are the Attitude and Appreciation Snowflakes. The Attitude snowflake pattern is free below. The Appreciation Snowflake pattern is exclusive to the eBook available on Ravelry and Etsy.
If you purchase the eBook you will get all 12 patterns right away.
Related Links
- Visit the Ravelry page for the Attitude Snowflake and add it to your queue.
- Visit the Ravelry page for the Appreciation Snowflake and purchase the eBook.
- Visit the Etsy Shop to purchase the eBook.
- Main information Page Snowfall CAL 2025: Contemplations
Pattern Support
Video Tutorials: Complete video tutorials will be available on my YouTube Channel for Strength, Respect, Attitude, Health, and Self-Control. They will be available when they are ready.
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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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 3.25-5 inches (5-12.5 cm).
The Contemplations
Each snowflake in this set is named after a life skill or attribute. Today’s snowflakes and today’s contemplations are Attitude and Appreciation.
Attitude is how you think and feel. Having a positive attitude is really helpful in basically everything. If you have never heard of the CBT triangle it is worth looking up. In short, how you think about things effects how you feel which effects how you behave. (If you have kids Ninjas Know the CBT Triangle *affiliate link is a great little book about this).
I originally had a different name for the Attitude snowflake, but my kids told me that one of the snowflakes had to be named Attitude because “it’s really important” and I agree, so now this one is Attitude. I think it fits because this snowflake can look very different depending on how you pin it when stiffening, a bit like your Attitude changes how you see the world.
Originally the Appreciation snowflake was called Gratitude, which is one of the life skills taught in the Taekwondo class, but there is already a lovely snowflake of that name. However, I really wanted to include this concept, so I looked up Appreciation vs. Gratitude. Both involve thankfulness but there are slight differences. Generally, appreciation is more specific and external. I like this Quote from Happier Humans:
Gratitude is something we should learn to live in a state of every day… while appreciation gives others specific recognition for their part in your happiness or success at the moment they occur.
Appreciation the snowflake has stacks of circles, like good things building on each other. When we express our appreciation for someone or something, it builds on the happiness around us.
I paired Attitude and Appreciation because they are both about mindset. A positive attitude helps us face both challenges and the mundane with resilience. Appreciation reminds us to notice the good and value others. Together they build on each other and increase the joy in the world.
Crochet Abbreviations
US terms used throughout.
- 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)
- ss slip stitch(es)
- sc single crochet
- hdc half double crochet
- dc double crochet
- 2dc-cl 2 treble crochet cluster: * YO, insert hook in st/sp indicated, YO, pull up loop, YO, draw through 2 loops; repeat from * once more in same st/sp (3 loops on hook), YO, draw through all loops
- tr treble crochet
- 2tr-cl 2 treble crochet cluster: * YO twice, insert hook in st/sp indicated, YO, pull up loop, (YO, draw through 2 loops) two times; repeat from * once more in same st/sp (3 loops on hook), YO, draw through all loops
- dtr double treble crochet: YO 3 times, insert hook in st/sp indicated, YO, pull up loop, (YO, draw through 2 loops) 4 times
- dtrtr double triple treble crochet: YO 5 times, insert hook in st/sp indicated, YO, pull up loop, (YO, draw through 2 loops) 6 times
- sk skip(ped)
- st(s) stitch(es)
- YO yarn over
Repeat Formats
*…….; rep from * once more/twice more/3 more times
Work instructions after * and then repeat that section as specified.
(…….) twice/3 times
Work instructions between brackets the total number of times stated.
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 are available on my YouTube Channel for Strength, Respect, Attitude, Health, and Self-Control.
Jessica Wifall’s Crochet Studio: come join my Facebook group to ask questions, share your work and get extra information.
Copyright
Copyright © 2025 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.
Attitude Snowflake Instructions
Approximately 5in/12.5cm
Make a double magic ring
Round 1: ch1, in magic ring: (1sc, ch2) 6 times, ch2, ss in first sc. Pull magic ring tight.
(6 sc, 6 ch2- sps)
Round 2: ch1, 1sc in next ch-sp, ch1 [counts as first dc], * [make long wiggle branch], ch21, working back down the ch in the back bump, sk 2 ch, 2dc, 1hdc, 16ss
continuing down the chain in the near loop,
[Stacked circles] Ch8, 2tr-cl in fourth ch from hook [first 2tr-picot made],
Ch8, 1dtr in seventh ch from hook [first dtr-picot made],
Ch5, 2tr-cl in fourth ch from hook [second 2tr-picot made],
Ch9, ss in ninth ch from hook [9-ch loop made],
Ch4, 2tr-cl in fourth ch from hook [third 2tr-picot made],
Ss in ch between second 2tr-picot and first 1dtr-picot, ch7, 1dtr in
seventh ch from hook [second dtr-picot made],
Ss in ch between first 1dtr-picot and first 2tr-picot, ch4, 2tr-cl in
fourth ch from hook [fourth 2tr-picot made],
Ss in ch just before first 2tr-picot, ch3, [Stacked circles complete]
[make long wiggle branch], ch21, working back down the ch in the back bump, sk 2 ch, 2dc, 1hdc, 16ss continuing down the chain in the near loop,
1dc in same ch-sp, 1dc in next ch-sp; repeat from * 5 more times, ss to ch of first dc. Fasten off and sew in ends.
(12 dc, 12 long wiggle branches, 24 2tr-picots, 12 dtr-picots, 6 9-ch loops)
Fasten off and sew in ends. Stiffen Snowflake using instructions in this post.
Depending on how you stiffen this snowflake it can have a very different look.
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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