At long last, Readers! We finally have a snowflake pattern!
I've been playing around with the idea of incorporating a "feather" kind of design into one of my snowflakes for a while now, ever since I saw the movie "Black Swan". While I did have a great appreciation for the film's dark and horrifyingly accurate exploration into the head of a poor woman suffering from schizophrenia, my inner five-year-old squealed with delight and was FAR more interested in the beautiful costumes.
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| Oh my word that HEADPIECE! |
The feathers, the beading, the little "coronets" in the center, are all an homage to the graceful (non-schizophrenic) Swan Queen character.
Worked with:
DMC cebelia, size 20 crochet thread (white)
Steel hook size 8 (.9 mm)
12 small glass beads
String all beads onto your thread.
Round 1: Ch 6, join to form ring
Round 2: Ch 3 (counts as first dc), 11 dc in ring. Join with sl st to third ch of beginning ch 3. 12 dc.
Round 3: Ch 3, dc in next dc. (Ch 3, dc in next 2 dc) around, ch 1, hdc in first dc worked. 6 ch-3 spaces.
Round 4: Ch 4, in same sp work (dc, hdc).*Ch 5, dc in 4th and 5th ch from hook. double-treble crochet (yo three times) in next dc. Ch 4, sc in fourth ch from hook. ch 1, slide bead up, (or picot), ch 1. sl st in sc. ch three, sl st in sc. dtc in next dc. Ch 5, dc in fourth and fifth ch from hook.^ In next sp work hdc, dc, tr, ch 3, tr, dc, hdc. Repeat from * four times, then from * to ^ once. In next sp work hdc, dc, tr, ch 1 and hdc into 4th chain of beginning ch 4. 6 "Coronets" and 6 ch 3 spaces.
Round 5: Chain 1, sc in same sp.
*Ch 12, sl st in next 6 ch from hook.
Ch 10, sl st in next 7 ch from hook.
Ch 11, sl st in next 8 ch from hook;
Ch 12, sl st in next 9 ch from hook,
Ch 13, sl st in next 10 ch from hook,
Ch 14, sl st in next 11 ch from hook.
Ch 14, sl st in next 13 ch from hool
Ch 12, sl st in next 11 ch from hook.
working on the other side of the "feather", sl st in next three chains.
Ch 11, sl st in next 10 ch from hook.
sl st in next 3 ch.
Ch 10, sl st in next 9 ch from hook.
sl st in next 3 ch.
Ch 9, sl st in next 8 ch from hook.
sl st in next three ch.
Ch 8, sl st in next 7 ch from hook.
sl st in next 3 ch.
Ch 7, sl st in next 6 ch from hook.
sl st in next 6 ch,
sc in same sp.
Ch 10, slide bead up, ch 11. sc in next ch-3 sp. Repeat from * around, join with sl st to first sc.
Pin and starch, using a 6-point pattern for reference.
Crocheters, you may use the flakes you make from this pattern in any way you like, but please do not sell or republish the pattern. Thanks!
