It’s getting cold. Time to wrap up your tea set. Seen at coming B - décoration d’intérieur. Teapot for 6,51 EUR, cup for 3,99 EUR.

Here is my latest snowflake (number 10), still in it’s voodoo phase. Considering my latest posts, you might think, I’m either crocheting snoflakes or recieveing presents. Well, I would love to, but the truth is, I’m working on some secret projects, that I can’t post yet.

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It’s monday, time to show you my snowflak output so far, finally.
I couldn’t get the “99 Snowflakes” book in germany and so I bought “60 Crocheted Snowflakes (Dover Needlework Series)” instead. Ria’s “Stiffen Stuff” works very well for getting these little shriveling beasts in shape. It looks like I’m getting used to the fine thread at last. By now I’ve 9 snowflakes all toghether - Tadaaaaa!

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Most of the patterns can be found in this book:

I WISH YOU ALL A VERY
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2006!

It is a strange tradition to spoil the new year for oneself with new year’s resolutions when it has just begun, but I can’t help it. I’ve joined the “Snowflake Monday” webring and I hereby pledge that I will crochet one snowflake every monday in 2006. Whether it is january or august, 2006 is going to be the year of the snowflakes! It is going to be hard, because thin thread and skinny hooks are not my strong point at all. By the way, if you know a good method for stiffening those little bastards, please let me know. So far I’ve tried sugared whater with the result that my little son now thinks they are goodies. Thank You Sou from the Good Yarns blog, your article has exposed me to the Snowflake Monday. Sue, where did you get that “99 Snowflakes” Book? I wanted to put it on my amazon wishlist, but I didn’t find it among the amazon products.

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X-Mas is near but no snow in sight, not in Berlin at any rate. Far from it, it’s raining - even worse - it’s mizzling! Lucky the person, who crochets and is able to create their own white christmas in this way. You even might want to make this a sport and join the Flake Race at crochetville. I would like to, but some unfinished christmas presents begin to gnaw my conscience finally.

For all those, who completed their christmas presents already:

Ch 7, join with sl st to first ch to create ring.

(Or: work Row 1 in adjustable ring)

Row 1: Ch 3, 2 dc in ring, (ch 3, 3 dc in ring) 5 times, ch 3, sl st in top of beg ch 3.

Row 2: Sl st in next 2 dc and in ch 3 sp, (ch 3, dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in same sp, ch 3, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc, ch3) in next ch 3 sp 5 times, sl st in top of beg ch 3.

Row 3: Ch 1, sc in next dc, *sc in ch 2 sp, dc picot, sc in same ch 2 space, sc in next 2 dc, 1 sc in next ch 3 sp, ch 2, dc in same sp, ch 4, hdc picot, tr picot, hdc picot, sl st in next ch (last of the ch 4 chain), sl st in next 3 ch, dc in same sp, ch 2, sc in same sp, sc in each of next 2 dc** repeat around and sl st in first ch to join. fasten off.

dc picot:
ch 3, dc in 3rd ch from hook, ch 3, sl st in same st as dc

hdc picot:
ch 2, hdc in 2nd ch from hook, ch 2, sl st in same st as hdc

tr picot:
ch 4, tr in 4th ch from hook, ch 4, sl st in same st as tr

Stiffen the snowflake.

More snowflakes at this sites:

Picot Snowflake Ornament
Snowflakes and Thread Crochet
Snowflakes Directory of Crochet Pattern Central