Knitting snowflakes - schemes, tips for choosing and peculiarities of creation

Knitting enthusiasts know the benefits of owning a crochet hook. Unlike the techniques of knitting with spokes, crochet provides more opportunities for creativity. Crochet can knit very creative, interesting things, complex patterns. If you want to create unusual napkins, you can try crocheting snowflakes by crochet for beginners.

The technique of crocheting openwork napkins is not complicated, it will appreciate even the inexperienced master. But the options for the realization of fantasy abound. You can experiment with color, size, ornaments, create whole garlands of snowflakes. Air napkins are a decoration of the house, the interior, especially snowflakes look good on New Year's and Christmas holidays.

Knitting snowflakes

Snowflakes knit on the basis of the air loops with a column, with or without a stitch. You can take any thread thickness, but if you want to create a fragile, weightless snowflake, it is better to take as much thread as possible thinner.

The first few rows should be knit with airy, loose loops. The width of the future product depends on the number of rows. For the effect of fragility, refinement it is worth taking a thin thread brand "snowflake". But simple sewing threads will do. They will need an appropriate thin hook.

You can create products not only in the traditional white palette. It is worth trying different combinations of colors, experiment with lurex, take threads with metallic luster, gold or silver inclusions. Bright colors, by the way, create a festive mood more than simple white snowflakes.

Starching

For the finished product, it is important to perform starching, so that the snowflake held its shape. Basically, for this, take PVA glue and food starch.

The method with PVA glue:

Glue is diluted with clean water in equal proportion, 1:1.
It is necessary to immerse the product in the solution, wait until it is completely saturated.
Then you need to take out the product, gently smooth out, fix the ends of the napkin pins (on a wooden board, clean cloth).
Leave until the final drying.

The method with starch:

In a glass of water, dilute 1 tablespoon of potato starch.
Over low heat, the mixture is heated until it thickens, stirring constantly.
Cool the solution, soak the knitting well.
Squeeze out, flatten.
Smooth with an iron, wait for the final drying.

Method with a special composition:

On sale you can buy special sprays for starching. It's enough to sprinkle the cloth or soak it in a solution, dry it, and it's done.

Yarn snowflakes for the Christmas tree

A classic crocheted decoration made by crochet is a winter snowflake for the Christmas tree. Unusual, elegant patterns always attract the eye, look very impressive.

1. For more originality, you can combine yarn with fluffy felt. From the cloth make two circles, between them - a cotton layer. Above glue or sew a snowflake - and you can hang the product on the tree.

Tip: you can take felt in a contrasting color. If the snowflake is white, the layer of felt is better to take a red or blue.

2. You can lay out the knitting on colored paper, in the shape of a Christmas tree. The combination is fixed with glue, inserted into a frame. This panel looks very smart, you can put it on a nightstand - will be a great holiday decoration for the room.

3. a lot of snowflakes, different colors, combine in a garland and hang on the wall.

In magazines on knitting, on thematic sites you will find a variety of crochet snowflakes, schemes and descriptions of the process. These schemes can become the basis for creating the most unexpected models of the New Year and not only.

Creating three-dimensional napkins

Especially interesting look volumetric compositions. You can find threads thicker, fluffy, preferably wider in size. The main thing is that the hook corresponded to the size of the threads and easily binds the desired shapes.

Knitting is done similarly, as with thin yarns. The only difference will be the volume.

To decorate the product you can take different materials:

beads of all colors and sizes;
stones with holes;
buttons of all colors;
Ribbons, feathers and more.

Tip: Very interesting looking snowflake, which is located in the center of the animal face, funny smiley face or doll face.

If the volume is not enough, you can combine several products into one. The result is a multidimensional toy that looks equally beautiful on all sides. Also a good decorating option is to thread beads on the thread while knitting the piece.

The decoration of the holiday table will be especially original, if you combine a lot of large napkins in one canvas. Similarly make blankets for sofas and beds, but it is quite a long, laborious work. The result is worth it!

Instructions for knitting a classic snowflake

Consider the step-by-step technology using snowflake thread for crochet:

Knit a ring, and knit a loop for the lifting of the crochet.
Next, you need to knit 8 columns without a stitch. Connect the rings, make a connection column, passing the hook into the very first column.
Now 3 air loops are needed, raising the rows. Add another 2 air loops, for a total of 5. Now do a single stitch in the next stitch plus 2 stitches, a single stitch again, 2 stitches - and so on until the row is complete.
Now from the resulting arch you can make a connection of 2 lifting loops, then 3 columns with a stitch. Then 5 loops into the next arch, 4 columns to join and 5 loops.
Continue working until the row is complete.
Now you need 1 loop on the rise, 1 no-tap stitch, 3 loops, 1 stitch again, 5 loops, 1 no-tap stitch. Repeat until the end of the row.
Then make a closed circle. To do this, knit row as the last, close the connecting column.

Technology is not complicated at all, the main thing is to be careful and not to miss any stitches. When the principle of work will be clear, then you can as much as you want to decorate the house, create stunning, large-scale paintings and patterns of snowflakes of all types.

For example, you can make entire "Happy New Year" inscriptions out of snowflakes, and not only. The letters are attached to each other, they are knitted from small snowflakes. Such a composition is always impressive. And also small snowflakes are great to decorate any Christmas tree, house or office.