Maggie's Snowflake 2/Znowu Sniezynka

What can I say? The snowflakes are multiplying.  They're addictive. It's not enough that I have about a gazillion snowflake patterns in my collection already. Nooooo.... I had to go and design another one. Why? Because I can? Not sure.  Anyway, today I am posting a pattern for Maggie's Snowflake 2, with instructions to make 2 other versions of it. The main version is A. Verisions B and C differ from version A only in round 3. I put specific instructions for the different round 3's under their respective sections.

No coz, sniezynki sie mnoza. Trudno im sie oprzec. Chociaz juz i tak mam pelno wzorow na sniezynki w swojej kolekcji, to jakies licho mnie podkusilo i zrobilam nastepna sniezynke po swojemu. A dlaczego by nawet nie? Znowu podaje przepis, ale po angielsku. Nie wiem jeszcze, czy zamieszcze instrukcje po polsku na blogu.

NOTE: This pattern is for your personal use only. Please do not sell it, or snowflake(s) made from this pattern.

Recipe for Maggie's Snowflake 2

I used DMC Cebelia, size 10 crochet thread

Hook size 1.5 mm
Commercially available fabric stiffener

Resulting snowflake is 5 3/8" in diameter.

Abbreviations and additional instructions:

ch - chain(s)
sc - single crochet
dc - double crochet
tr - treble crochet

trtr – triple treble crochet
sk - skip
sl st - slip stitch

***Small Picot = chain 4, slip stitch into 4th chain from the hook

***Medium Picot = chain 5, slip stitch into 5th chain from the hook

***Large Picot = chain 6, slip stitch into 6th chain from the hook


VERSION A (photo above)

Round 1
Make a base adjustable ring. Here are instructions on how to do that, from Stitch Diva Studios. Ch 3 (counts as 1 sc + 2 ch), (1 dc, ch 2, 1 sc, ch 2) 5 times, dc, ch 2, sl st to first ch of ch 3 at the beginning of round 1.

Round 2
Ch 7 (counts as 1 dc + ch 4), small picot, ch 4, (dc in next sc, ch 4, small picot, ch 4) 5 times, sl st to third ch of ch 7 at beginning of round 2.

Round 3 for Version A (instructions for round 3 for Version B and C are in the sections "Version B" and "Version C" respectively)
Ch 11 (counts as 1 tr + ch 7), medium picot, ch 7, (tr in next dc, ch 7, medium picot, ch 7) 5 times, sl st to fourth ch of ch 11 at beginning of round 3.

Round 4
Ch 9 (counts as trtr), * # ch 14, sl st in second ch from hook and in the next 9 ch,
ch 10, sl st in second ch from hook and in the next 6 ch,
ch 8, large picot, 3 dc in the next ch from hook, sl st in fourth ch from hook and in next 3 ch,
ch 8, sl st in second ch from hook and in next 8 ch,
ch 11, sl st in second ch from hook and in next 12 ch,
sc on top of trtr (note: the very first time, you’ll sc on top of ch 9 that began this round),
ch 15, large picot, ch 15 #, trtr in next tr *.

Repeat from * to * 4 times more, then from # to # 1 time. Sl st to ninth ch of ch 9 at beginning of round 4.

Tie off. Cut and secure thread.


Saturate finished snowflake with fabric stiffener of your choice. Block/shape into desired form.



VERSION B

Reminder: Make rounds 1, 2 and 4 as in Version A.
In this version B of round 3, instead of one medium picot following and preceding ch 7, you’ll do a cluster of medium picots. Sorry for the crummy blocking job - I was VERY tired.

Round 3 for Version B
Ch 11 (counts as 1 tr + ch 7), ch 2, (medium picot) 3 times, sl st in the first ch from hook and in the next ch, ch 7, (tr in next dc, ch 7, ch 2, [medium picot]3 times, sl st in the first ch from hook and in the next ch, ch 7) 5 times, sl st to fourth ch of ch 11 at beginning of round 3.



VERSION C

Reminder: Make rounds 1, 2 and 4 as in Version A.
In this version C of round 3, instead of one medium picot following and preceding ch 7, you’ll do a chain loop, which can be blocked to rhomboid shapes. No, this is not a ghastly blocking job on the rhomboids - this is just a sketch version, since I did not have time to crochet version C. However, this does give you an idea of what the rhomboids would look like.

Round 3 for Version C
Ch 11 (counts as 1 tr + ch 7), ch 16, sl st in sixteenth ch from hook, ch 7, (tr in next dc, ch 7, ch 16, sl st in sixteenth ch from hook, ch 7) 5 times, sl st to fourth ch of ch 11 at beginning of round 3.


And that's about it.