Crochet Cute Little Snowflakes Faster Than They Can Fall

If you’re looking at your holiday project list and starting to panic, we’ve got you! These crochet snowflakes are fast, easy, cute and totally giftable. Stitch up a flurry and show that list who’s in charge.

Quick Crochet Snowflake Pattern

Materials

Pro Tip: You can use any hook/yarn combination you prefer. If you crochet loosely, use a smaller hook than suggested for the yarn so your snowflake isn’t floppy.

Abbreviations

Instructions

Start with a magic ring.

Rnd 1: Make 6 sc into the ring. Join to the first sc with a sl st. {6 sc}

Rnd 2: Ch 6. (Sl st in the next st, ch 6) 5 times.

To join, sl st into the back of the sl st join from the previous round. {6 ch-6 spaces}

Rnd 3: (3 sc, ch 3, 3 sc) into each ch-6 space. Join to the first sc with a sl st. {36 sc and 6 ch-3 spaces}

Rnd 4: Sl st in the next 2 sts and in the ch-3 space.

(Ch 4, sl st, ch 6, sl st, ch 4, sl st) into the same ch-3 space. 

Sl st in the next 2 sts, then skip the next 2 sts (indicated with arrows in the photo above).

*Sl st in the next 2 sts and in the ch-3 space. (Ch 4, sl st, ch 6, sl st, ch 4, sl st) into the same ch-3 space. Sl st in the next 2 sts and skip the next 2 sts.* Repeat from * to * 4 more times.

Join to the next sl st with a sl st (indicated with an arrow in the photo above). {6 ch-6 spaces and 12 ch-4 spaces}

Fasten off and weave in your ends. If you stitch tightly and use a dense yarn like cotton, you won’t have to block your crochet snowflakes. If you crochet loosely, or you prefer a crisp, pointy snowflake, go ahead and block ’em. Want them even stiffer? Use liquid starch.