Great Flake Race! Over!!

[natalie058]

Awesome button, Kari!! I was hoping someone would make one.

[Country_Bumpkin]

my lame attempt at a button for it

 

 

 

Oh it's not lame at all! I was thining last night I was going to make one for the group too but you beat me to it. I'll probably make an 88x31 too cause that is the size I use for my buttons on my site unless you want to make one that size hehehe

[Julie]

my lame attempt at a button for it

 

 

 

Very good Kari! I was pondering one in the back of my head but hadn't had time to think about it very much. That's great!

[luckygrrl]

Well, I'm not a part of this CAL but I just wanted to say I was inspired by this thread to try my hand at a few snowflakes in worsted weight cotton. I now have three under my belt that came out pretty nice, with no intention of making any more in the near future, mostly due to lack of time and not having any more white cotton yarn.

[yarnjunkie]

I thought I had seen all that the internet had to offer for free snowflake patterns. I did find these tonight and thought they were really pretty. Just wanted to share.

 

A note of warning...I typed in "crochet snowflakes" and clicked on a result that sent me to a weird site. I thought it seemed a little weird and then a bunch of pages for porn popped up and also I was left with a ton of sites saved in my "favorites" that I hadn't put there. I think the name of the page I landed on was "Christmas Carosel" or something like it. Just be careful. My fingers are crossed that when I restart my computer after this post that I will be able to get online again...we'll see.

 

Snowflake progress...I've gotten all 15 done that I had planned on doing, but now I'm hooked and I'm going for more! You can never have enough, right?

[Kimberly]

I think that I am burning out on snowflakes.... I sat down last night with my pile of patterns and a brand new super duper jumbo ball of size 10 thread....I looked at my patterns...looked at the thread...looked at the hooks...contemplated it all for about 15 seconds and set it all down next to the bed and picked up my....oh goodness....knitting needles instead! !! Okay, I have a scarf on the needles that I have to get done before I go home, but I need to finish the snowflakes as well and last night there was not a single ounce of ambition or willpower in me that could have convinced me to make a single flake...is this a bad sign?????

[natalie058]

Maybe you shouldn't make anymore til the race begins?

[kariholtz]

Here's another button.

 

 

[Sepha]

Hello all

 

Could someone please suggest a product I could use to stiffen my snowflakes. Thanks in advance

[Sepha]

Has anyone tried Stiffen Stuff fabric spray for their snowflakes. Just trying to find something that will hold up over the years

[Julie]

Hello all

 

Could someone please suggest a product I could use to stiffen my snowflakes. Thanks in advance

 

I posted a couple of links earlier to some discussion about different stiffeners:

 

stiffeners

stiffeners again

 

We also talked about different products we like to use at the same time, if you read back through this thread.

[Seneca and Scooch]

Hello all

 

Could someone please suggest a product I could use to stiffen my snowflakes. Thanks in advance

 

I have used Stiffy. But,,,,,this year, on a whim I tried some Aleene's Paper Glaze that my sister sent me and they turned out so pretty! I pinned them on a piece of cardboard with plastic wrap and then put a little of the Paper Glaze on my index finger and just patted it on each snowflake. It's expensive but you only use a little. Our Christmas tree only has snowflakes on it, each year I add more.

 

Coralie

[Pepper]

Hmmm, I think I will give this a try. I have never made a snowflake before. I think I will "warm up" on one tonight, well, actually, since it is after midnight, it is the 11th, so if I can make one I will be one up....LOL!

[earthwhisper]

I am going to make one right now too...12:12 AM, here. :flake

 

I know I have to work on lots of other projects tomorrow, I just miss crocheting.

[earthwhisper]

Okay, I just finished my first . I used the 99 Snowflake (Liesure Arts) book, cebelia DMC 10 thread, size 6 steel hook and pattern #2 of the book. Took me about 20 minutes to make it. WOOT!

[crochetlady]

I know its not the 12th yet but I so wanted to try one and made one from Priscillas site . I wanted to add beads but they didn't turn out nice so I removed them:) I made mine with size 20 anchor white thread. Haven't stifened it yet but wanted to posta bout it:)

 

hugs

vims

[Pepper]

Well, I made one last night, very simple and quick. I used ww and made a picot snowflake. It is very pretty.

[Jimmie Lu]

I am up to #7 I want to make 50:manyheart

[natalie058]

The Race is ON!!!

 

You guys are speedy!!

 

So far, I have one snowflake half completed - but I did block some others I'd made before last night, so that's good. I've come to realize I hate blocking. I did buy more pins last night - I got the ones with the colored balls, which "they" tell you not to get because the balls pop off and they get stuck. But, the T-pins were leaving holes in between my stitches, and the straight pins w/o heads weren't even too hard to get out, so I bought them anyways. We'll see how they worked when I pull them off the board in a few minutes.

 

I also bought some more shiny thread at JoAnns last night, since all their thread was half off... It's by Sulky in the color "Sliver Metallic," and no, that's not a typo... I'm fairly positive the stuff's just like lurex, but I haven't tried it out yet, since the one I have going is with the blending filament. I'm excited about sparkles, though!!

 

Guess I should go finish that one up...

[earthwhisper]

I have done 3:flake total. They are all only about 2 inches in diameter. I would like to do more today, but I am knitting a sock and Tony will nag me if he sees me crocheting snowflakes. Maybe tonight I can sneak another one.

[Country_Bumpkin]

Here's another button.

 

 

 

Thankyou thank you thankyou hon!!! I have been sick all weekend and I just recovering in time to start the race!!!

{{squishy hugs to Kari}}

[kariholtz]

I have 2 and 3/4 of another one done. Will have it done by bedtime maybe partially another one, we'll see.

[donnalynn2]

Kariholtz, thanks for the button! I'm adding it to my website tomorrow!!!

 

Ok, I have been busy trying to clean up my office/2nd bedroom which is a mess... So far I have 3 big boxes of yarn and WIPs... UGH! We are planning on having company for New Years so I need to have this room liveable by then... Anyway, after working on my room almost all day, I finally took a break and started on the snowflakes!

 

I'm going through the 99 Snowflakes booklet and started at 1... I have 3 done so far! They are working up so fast!!! I decided to use 4 Ply Cotton Thread... When I get to the more advanced ones then I will probably switch to size 10 thread but these are turning out pretty good so far!!!

[natalie058]

Well, I finished up the half-made one and did four more little ones... For five, total. The smallest is just over an inch, not blocked, and the rest are about 2", also not blocked. I did two with the blending filament and three with the Sulky thread... and the sparkle effect is very similar, perhaps a little more subtle with the Sulky. I really love the way they look, though.

 

Right now they're soaking in detergent, I hope to have them out to stiffen tonight!!

[Julie]

I've got a round and a half left to finish on a doily (tonight, I hope!) and then I will start on flakes tomorrow. You can bet I was going super fast today trying to get the doily done since it's a Christmas gift. I am sooo eager to get started on flakes!! I'm jealous of you guys.