Today was going to be another No Flake Monday because I didn't have time to work up a new pattern last week. Amidst a plethora of (routine) medical appointments for Lizard last week, I ordered some white glow-in-the-dark yarn from Amazon to crochet a bat for the 7-year-old in my Sunday school class who is turning 8 tomorrow. (I've crocheted bat appliques for her birthdays the last three years because bats are her most beloved animal.) That means she's getting baptized this weekend. Hence the color white. And the glow symbolizes the light of Christ.
The yarn arrived Friday night, and I actually finished the bat before bedtime that night. We had snow on Saturday, and I once again spent way too much time shooting snowflakes I'll likely be editing for the next two or three weeks. :) No complaints. After church on Sunday, I worked up this quick and easy flake because this yarn is so awesome! It isn't too splitty (some of the glow yarn I've tried is darn near unworkable), it really glows, and the snowflake I made doesn't need to be stiffened!!! Oh, and there's enough yarn left in the skein to crochet a snake for my next 8-year-old-to-be in February. (Each of the other kids excitedly told me their favorite animals after they saw the bat, so I will have to order more yarn for March's unicorn, October's rooster and cat, November's polar bear and December's unicorn.) Click the yarn photo if you'd like to check out the yarn. I don't receive any compensation for sharing the link. I've fallen helplessly in love with the yarn, and the kids absolutely love the bat!
You may do whatever you'd like with snowflakes you make from this pattern, but you may not sell or republish the pattern. Thanks, and enjoy! (Yes, I'll share photos of the bat on Thursday, so make sure to come back!)
Finished Size: 2.25 inches from point to point
Materials: Size E (or desired size) crochet hook, fingering or light sport-weight yarn OR glow yarn OR size 3 crochet thread
Nimble Snowflake Instructions
Make magic ring.
Round 1: 6 sc in ring; sl st tightly in starting sc. Pull magic circle tight.
Round 2: Ch 2 (counts as 1 sc and [ch 1), 1 sc in next sc] 5 times; ch 1, sl st tightlyin 1st ch of starting ch 2.
Round 3: Ch 1 (counts as 1 sc), [2 sc in next ch 1 sp, 1 sc in next sc] 5 times; 2 sc in next ch 1 sp, sl st tightly in starting ch 1.
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Round 4: Ch 1 (counts as 1 sc), [2 sc in next sc, 1 sc in each of next 2 sc] 5 times; 2 sc in next sc; sl st tightly in starting ch 1.
Round 5: Ch 1 (counts as 1 sc), [1 sc in next sc, 1 fpdc around post of Round 2 sc directly below, 1 sc in each of next 2 sc] 6 times, omitting last 2 sc of final repeat; sl st tightly in starting ch 1.
Round 6: Ch 2 (counts as 1 sc and ch 1), sl st in 2nd ch from hook, 1 sc in each of next 4 st), in next st work (1 sc, ch 1, sl st in sc just made, 1 sc)] 6 times; sl st tightly into 1st ch of starting ch 2; bind off. Weave in ends.
Finish: This one doesn't have to be stiffened!!!
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