BEV'S
15 minute SNOWFLAKE
Copyright
1999-2010 Beverly A. Qualheim
Make
one to include in every Christmas card you mail next Christmas?
Plus,
after the
holidays, you can hang several in your kitchen window,
using
suction cups and hooks.
Size 8 steel crochet hook
J & P Coats
Knit-Cro-Sheen,
Number 10 bedspread cotton --1 ball will make several
Or for a larger
snowflake
- approx 6" diameter use white crochet kitchen cotton
Ch 6, join with a sl st to
form ring.
Rnd 1: Ch
3, dc in
ring, (ch 2, 2 dc in ring) 5 times; ch 2, join with sl st to top of beg
ch-3.
Rnd 2: Sl
st in next
dc and ch-2 sp, ch 3, dc in same sp, ch 2, 2 dc in same sp- first shell
made; ch 1, (in next ch-2 sp make shell of 2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc; ch 1) 5
times;
join with sl st to top of beg ch-3.
Rnd 3: Sl
st in next
dc and ch-2 sp, ch 3, work a first shell in same sp; (ch 5, sl st in
third
ch from hook-picot made; ch 2 shell in ch-2 sp of next shell)5
times;
ch 5, sl st in third ch from hook, ch 2; join as before.
Rnd 4: Sl
st in next
dc and ch-2 sp, ch 3, work a first shell in same sp, *(ch 5, sl st in
third
ch from hook) 3 times; ch 2, shell in ch-2 sp of next shell. Repeat
from
*4 times more, ch 2, join. Fasten off.
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STIFFEN with Fabric
stiffener that you can buy at Walmart, any crafts store, or mix equal
parts white glue and water. You can dip the snowflake in this mixture,
gently squeeze, and then pin to shape on a piece of foam, let dry.
