Snowflake Patterns

[sheryljak]

I'm working on snowflakes. I love making them. I only do the six point (or multiple of 6) snowflake patterns. I have so many pattern books but a lot of the patterns are 8 or 10 pt snowflakes.

Isn't a natural snowflake 6 pts or multiples of 6 pts?

 

Am I wierd?

 

Sheryl

[Tampa Doll]

Last I heard no two snowflakes were alike. But, truthfully I have never seen one.

[Cocoa Cream]

I've been a bit curious about that myself, for no apparent reason, so I Googled it! The link below is somewhat scientific in nature, but it does explain how snowflakes form...and yes, natural snowflakes are built in a hexagonal structure, meaning they do have 6 sides! And if you want to see some cool pictures of real snowflakes, there are links in the sidebar of the page to snowflake "galleries". Very cool!

http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/primer/primer.htm

[LaurieE]

Great link about snowflakes, Cocoa Cream! Thanks for sharing that.

 

sheryljak - Check out the snowflake page at Crochet Pattern Central.

[Katchkan]

I will only do 6 sided for snowflakes also. Otherwise it truly isn't a snowflake shape.

[Krakovianka]

If you're weird, I'm weird, too. I will only make 6-pointed/sided snow flakes.

 

Because that's the way they ARE. :yes

 

Circles with 8 or 10 points may be pretty, but they are not snowflakes!

[Selune]

I'm not a purist. If it will make a pretty ornament, I don't care how many sides it has.

[sheryljak]

Thanks for the input. I will continue skipping over the ones with more than six sides. If I really feel the need to make them with more than six sides I will call them coasters or mini doilies.

 

Sheryl

[sheryljak]

Laurie, thanks for that link. It's amazing.

 

Sheryl

[sheryljak]

Cocoa, It took me a while to got through that website. I am facinated by all those photos. I can live without all scientific stuff but it was really very informative Thank you for sharing the link.

 

Sheryl