Catch a falling winter snowflake and keep it forever with this lovely crochet ornament! This delicate project brings the peaceful beauty of a snowy day right into your home. You can hang it on your Christmas tree, wrap it around gifts, or use it to decorate festive windows. With clear steps and simple stitches, this friendly tutorial shows you how to turn basic yarn into a bright, shining winter keepsake.
Crochet Boho-Style Lacy Snowflake Tree Hanging
You begin by making a magic ring and filling it with single crochets. Next, you crochet tall treble stitches and chains to build the open star base. The third round shapes the points with climbing stitches from single to double crochet. Finally, you work small chain loops and picot tips in sparkly gold or white yarn. Weave in your ends, add a loop, and your lovely handmade snowflake is complete.
Difficulty Level
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Level: Easy to Advanced Beginner
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Why: The pattern is worked in just four quick circular rounds using common stitches (single, half double, double, and treble crochet). The only steps requiring gentle patience are keeping your tension neat around the open chain arches and forming the tiny picot loops on each tip.
Pattern Abbreviations
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MR: magic ring
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ch: chain
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sc: single crochet
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hdc: half double crochet
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dc: double crochet
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tr: treble (triple) crochet
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sl st: slip stitch
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st / sts: stitch / stitches
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spc: space
Materials
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50% cotton, 50% acrylic yarn in white
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Optional metallic / sparkly gold yarn (for the outer round)
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2.20 mm crochet hook (Tulip 3/0)
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Tapestry / yarn needle
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Scissors
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Steam iron or blocking pins (optional, to stiffen and shape the points)
Special Stitch Tutorial: Chain Picot (Pointed Tip)
The delicate snowflake points get their sharp, frosty look from chain picot clusters:
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Side Picot (Chain-4 Picot):
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Work a single crochet into the space.
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Chain 4.
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Insert your hook from top to bottom through the front loop and front vertical strand of the single crochet you just made.
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Yarn over and pull through all loops to complete a slip stitch, locking the loop into a pointed bump.
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Top Triple Picot (Crown Tip):
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After working your treble crochet at the peak, chain 5.
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Insert your hook into the back loop of the first chain made, then slip stitch.
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Repeat this (chain 5, slip stitch into the base) two more times in the exact same spot to create a three-leaf clover tip.
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