Contents of pattern: recommended hooks, starting with floss, working with floss, stuffing floss items, finishing stuffed floss items, finishing flat floss items, magic chain, stars, ornament balls, pine cones.

Stitches and techniques assumed: double magic ring, slip knot, chain, slip stitch, single crochet and its decrease or invisible decrease, stitching in back loop only, weaving in ends

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Note that if you crochet left-handed, you should make a small adjustment to the pattern instructions: when you add the chain-loop branches, begin at the base of the tree instead of the top. Your hook should still enter the stitch pointing toward the base of the tree, as written.

Provided the bottom is stitched before the sides, there is no sewing in this pattern. It requires about 1.5 oz (43 g) worsted weight yarn, 2/3 of which is for the branches, an F/5 hook (3.75mm), and a small amount of stuffing. It adapts well to other weights of yarn, and I have made trees with the same method using sport weight (class 3) and fine (class 2) yarn, the latter with a D/3 hook (3.25mm).

Stitches and techniques assumed: magic ring, chain, single crochet and its decrease, stitching in back loop only, weaving in ends, slip knot, slip stitch, attaching new yarn with slip stitch.

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Stitches and techniques assumed: magic ring, slip knot, chain, slip stitch, stitching into chain ring, single crochet, chaining out and stitching back along chain, skipping stitches.

If you want to stiffen your snowflakes, I recommend visiting this page on stiffening options.

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