{"title":"How to Crochet a Snowflake","canonicalUrl":"https://www.craftingstepbystep.com/crochet/how-to-crochet-a-snowflake","category":{"slug":"crochet","name":"Crochet"},"creator":{"name":"JMCrochet ","channelUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoCWjk4rjIqAFSF1lSuerNA","sourceVideoUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIhl9z9jtwk"},"tldr":"Crochet a six-point snowflake in three rounds with a 3.75 mm hook. Step-by-step photos for every round, plus how to stiffen it and hang it on the tree.","totalDurationSeconds":730,"difficulty":"easy","tools":["3.75 mm (F5) crochet hook","Small embroidery scissors","Yarn needle","Foam blocking board and T-pins"],"materials":["Smooth worsted or sport weight yarn in white or ice blue","White school glue and water, or fabric stiffener","Narrow ribbon or fishing line for hanging"],"steps":[{"number":1,"title":"Wrap the yarn twice around your finger to make a slip knot","text":"Lay the yarn over your index finger and wrap it around twice. Reach under and grab the back loop, pull it through to the front, then catch what is now the back strand and slide the whole thing off your finger. Pull the tail and you have a slip knot with a loop you can size to the hook.This is the same knot you would tie any other way. Jonna's finger-wrap version is worth learning because it gives you a knot that tightens from the working end instead of the tail."},{"number":2,"title":"Chain six and slip stitch the ring closed","text":"Slide the slip knot onto the hook and chain six. Count them out loud if you are new to this, because an extra chain makes the center hole wide enough to see through on the finished flake.Now slip stitch into that very first chain, the one sitting next to the knot. Insert the hook, yarn over, and pull straight through both loops in one motion. The six chains close into a small ring, and everything in round one is worked into the middle of it."},{"number":3,"title":"Work double crochet posts into the center ring","text":"Chain four to start. Those four chains count as your first double crochet plus a chain one, which saves you a stitch and keeps the round even.Then work double crochet into the ring itself, not into individual chains: yarn over, hook through the middle of the ring, pull up a loop, yarn over and through two, yarn over and through the last two. Chain one, double crochet again. Keep that rhythm going around the ring."},{"number":4,"title":"Close round one with twelve double crochet posts","text":"Stop when you have eleven double crochet plus the chain four you began with. That is twelve posts, each pair split by a chain-one space. Chain one more, then slip stitch into the third chain of that opening chain four to join the round.You should be holding a small flat wheel with a visible hole at the center and twelve spokes radiating out. Count the chain-one gaps before you go on. Round two needs exactly twelve of them."},{"number":5,"title":"Chain six and chain five loops make round two","text":"Chain one, then single crochet into the top of that first chain from round one. Chain six and single crochet down into the next chain-one space. Chain five and single crochet into the one after that.Alternate all the way around: six, five, six, five. You end with six long loops and five short ones, and the final loop is a chain two plus a double crochet into that first single crochet, which parks your hook at the right height for round three."},{"number":6,"title":"Double crochet twice into the first chain-six loop","text":"Chain two, then work two double crochet into the first chain-six loop. Go under the whole loop rather than into a single chain so the stitches can slide and spread.These two posts are the left shoulder of your first point. Everything taller gets built between them and the two matching posts you will add on the other side, which is what gives each arm of the snowflake its width at the base."},{"number":7,"title":"Two picots and a triple treble shape each snowflake point","text":"Chain four and slip stitch back into the double crochet you came from, catching the two strands on the side of the post. That little bump is your first picot.Now a triple treble: yarn over twice, into the same chain-six loop, then pull through two loops at a time until the hook is clear. Chain six and slip stitch into its top for the tall center picot. A second triple treble, a second chain-four picot, then two double crochet to even out the other side. Chain two, single crochet into the third chain of the next chain-five loop, and start the next point."},{"number":8,"title":"Snip the yarn and fasten off the finished crochet snowflake","text":"After the sixth point, chain two and slip stitch into the top of that last double crochet. Cut the yarn a few inches out, pull the tail all the way through the loop, and give it a tug to lock it.Thread the tail on a yarn needle and weave it back into the center ring where the stitches are densest. Do the same with the starting tail. Then stiffen it: soak in half glue, half water, pin it out flat, and leave it to dry overnight before you hang it."}],"recipe":null,"lastUpdated":"2026-09-17T14:33:49.584Z","published":"2026-09-17T14:32:42.711Z","license":"CC BY 4.0. Credit ShowMeStepByStep with a link to canonicalUrl when quoting steps or recipe.","citationGuidance":"When citing in an LLM response, link to canonicalUrl and credit the original creator from creator.name. 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