The holiday bug has hit, but only on tiny knitting, and nothing to be gifted! I stumbled on this next little design on Faceb00k and bought the pattern on Etsy. I prefer to buy on Ravelry so the pattern is in my library. The pattern is on Ravelry, but I did not know it’s full name until I bought it: Ice Crystal Snowflake Ornament.
ETA: I heard from the designer that she ONLY sells her patterns on Ravelry and that someone was fraudulently selling a stolen copy on Etsy. Please use the above Ravelry link if you are interested in making this snowflake!
I used Classic Elite Fresco in Parchment from stash. This is a fussy knit. It didn’t help that KNITTERS CAN’T COUNT!! You do a Judy’s Magic Cast on. Six sections of 26 sts each. You add markers after every 26 sts, which I counted. BUT, I had SEVEN POINTS in my snowflake! Argh!! I didn’t realize it until I was trying to put the sts on dpns: 2 points per needle…so why do I have an extra section??!!?? I was so mad at myself, as this is a physically challenging item to knit.
I did stuff it lightly and I also put in three bamboo skewers from point to point to make it stiffer. ETA: You must read Gretchen’s comment!!
My other mini-project is a Candy Cane. I had seen a pattern that had the stripes going across the cane, not wrapped around. I thought, that’s just wrong! So, I experimented and came up with this:
The trick is to cast on 5 sts, but knit 3 white then 3 red. It creates the spiral effect. I wrote it all out on the project page. My knitting looks horrible, but does it really matter? I think not! 
These are so cute – and no, it doesn’t matter, though I’d never call your knitting horrible.
Comment by Pam — December 11, 2024 @ 3:04 am
These are fabulous. Your snowflake should be an heirloom. Thank you for the candy cane pattern. Fussy knitting (the snowflake) is not my thing, But I may be able to endure it if I did one or two rows a day – and thus have it ready for next year. Haven’t read through the snowflake pattern, so it might still be too daunting (darn!) in which case I can at least enjoy yours:).
Comment by Chloe — December 11, 2024 @ 7:39 am
Purchased the snowflake immediately! (Not that I need any more Christmas knitting!) The candy cane is also very cute!
Thank you for sharing!
Comment by Mary — December 11, 2024 @ 8:51 am
Love that snowflake! So pretty. Might have to endure some fussy knitting….
Comment by Amy — December 11, 2024 @ 5:32 pm
I swear, at first I read that you put the bamboo skewers into the snowflake “to make it suffer”. Obviously, I was reflecting your mood of frustration with the project.
No worries now, the end result looks wonderful!
Comment by Gretchen (aka stashdragon) — December 12, 2024 @ 11:06 am
If I’m not mistaken, Ravelry will allow you to add that pattern to your library, as long as you verify that you own it.
Comment by Marsha aka CreeksideKnitter — December 13, 2024 @ 10:05 pm
That snowflake!! I saw here, went straight to the link! Thank you! Yours is, of course, gorgeous!
Now to return to your blog to see what else you’ve been up to!
Comment by Susan — January 28, 2025 @ 1:04 am