Ever since I made these
for my Giveaway I have been obsessed with making more snowflakes and this time instead of Really Easy snowflakes I offer you some Easy Real snowflakes or at least as close to the real things as I can get.
I think maybe I must be a bit crazy, not only have I spent much of the last few days working out how to create patterns for these snowflakes when I could have been knitting my socks but today I so concentrated on putting together a page for these patterns on the blog that I forgot I’d put the washing on, didn’t have any lunch and didn’t notice it was raining. (So maybe it’s just as well I didn’t hang out the washing! :-))
To me snowflakes are these six sided things made of ice that fall from the sky but I have noticed over the years that some people draw or otherwise create snowflakes with eight sides. I have always imagined that his was either a lack of observation on their part or a rather cavalier attitude due to the fact that eight sides are easier to reproduce than six.
However having found this picture of a five sided snowflake in a book on crochet I borrowed from the library, I have decided that in crochet, snowflake just means a multi-pointed motif.
But just as I wanted to draw my inspiration for my Flower Cloth from real flowers, so I have been determined to base my crochet snowflakes on real snowflakes.
So I returned to this website http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/
and put together these photos as ones I should use as inspiration.
All except the top left looked as if they might be possible. And I am still searching for an easy way to do even that one.
I had some white bamboo yarn that I had bought cheaply when it was being sold off by Hobby Craft for only 50p a 50g ball and decided to use it for these new snowflakes. I can’t decide if I like it better than the acrylic or not. It is not such a snowy white but as it is absorbent could be stiffened if I so wished.
So far this is what I have managed to make with this yarn.
I have decided to leave the one that is in the middle of the bottom row, in the picture of snowflakes, at the moment as it has a totally different character to the rest: much more ornate in texture.
And I have yet to work out how to do the one that is top left.
But this gives me seven.
I have now also completed them in acrylic, which gave me a chance to check out the accuracy of the patterns I had written. Acrylic is much easier to work with and I would definitely recommend it or something similar rather than cotton or bamboo for a first attempt.
The Patterns should be available on Ravelry in a few weeks time. (Edited 9th June 2017)
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My first snowflake patterns created snowflakes of different sizes. This time I tried to make them all a similar size.
These snowflakes probably take about 20-30mins each to make.
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Snowflake 1.
Snowflake 2.
Snowflake 3.
Snowflake 4.
Snowflake 5.
Snowflake 6.
Snowflake 7.
Wow, you ARE obsessed, aren’t you!! They are all beautiful, I think my personal favourite is #6. Wonder what a row of those would look like round the bottom of one of my lampshades….?! 🙂
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Well, they work out about 3 inches across. If it was a big lampshade……. Then you could post it on your blog and I could admire. 😀
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Funnily enough, I picked up two HUGE old lampshades at a charity shop this morning…I can feel something (snow)flaky coming on! I’ll try out your #6 tomorrow, but you know me – it’ll probably end up looking more like a flower. 🙂
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I think no. 6 may be one of the better behaved ones 🙂 But it is a little flower like but in white!
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I love these! It makes me feel all Christmassy just looking at them 🙂 I’m definitely going to give them a try at some point – thanks for sharing your lovely patterns!
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I did think I had provided them in plenty of time for people to make for Christmas if they wished!
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These are absolutely exquisite!! Bravo! Fantabulous pictures you found too! 😀 😀
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Glad you liked them. 🙂
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Fantastic stuff! Wow, I wish I had your talent for working out a pattern … they all look great. I’ll have to try these out at some point!
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Well I hope the patterns are easy to follow. 🙂 If you find any mistakes or problems let me know.
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Very impressed at your pattern making skills. Not something I can do. If you used even finer yarn/thread or maybe even wire they might become even more delicate and snowflake like?? Could look gorgeous if there was a collection together all in white but in different fibres for different textures?? You’ve got me thinking now.
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Hope if you make any you’ll do a post. I’m not very confident with fine yarn.
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WOW, they are really special! I can’t believe how intricate they are and oh so beautiful!!!! They make me feel all warm just looking at them, well done!
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So pleased you liked them. 🙂 Intricate perhaps but fairly strightforward.
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I made masses of these too, lol. I have them in a basket and ideas are percolating.. Great blog!!
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Glad you like the blog. I have made a few more snowflakes lately but there are so many things I want to do.
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