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RED HEART® “Super Saver®”: 1 Skein 311 White will make 4 to 5 garlands.
Crochet Hooks: 3.75mm [US F-5].
Split lock stitch marker; yarn needle.
GAUGES: Snowflake measures 3 ¼” across with smaller hook. 16 sts = 4”; 16 rnds = 4” in sc with larger hook.
CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size hooks to obtain the gauges.
First Snowflake: Ch 5; join with a slip st to form a ring.
Rnd 1: Ch 1, [2 sc in ring, ch 3] 6 times; join with a slip st in first sc – 6 ch-3 loops.
Rnd 2: Slip st in next sc, ch 1, [(2 sc, ch 3, 2 sc) all in ch-3 loop] 6 times; join.
Rnd 3: Slip st in next sc, ch 1, [(sc, ch 3, sc, ch 5, sc, ch 3, sc) all in ch-3 loop, ch 2] 6 times; join. Fasten off.
2nd Snowflake: Work same as First Snowflake through Rnd 2.
Joining Rnd 3: Slip st in next sc, ch 1, (sc, ch 3, sc, ch 2) all in next ch-3 loop, with wrong sides together, slip st in any ch-5 loop of First Snowflake, (ch 2, sc, ch 3, sc) all in same ch-3 loop, ch 2, [(sc, ch 3, sc, ch 5, sc, ch 3, sc) all in next ch-3 loop, ch 2] 5 times; join. Fasten off. Mark 3rd ch-5 loop from joining.
3rd-15th Snowflakes: Work same as First Snowflake through Rnd 2.
Joining Rnd 3: Slip st in next sc, ch 1, (sc, ch 3, sc, ch 2) all in next ch-3 loop, with wrong sides together, slip st in the marked ch-5 loop of last snowflake made, (ch 2, sc, ch 3, sc) all in same ch-3 loop, ch 2, [(sc, ch 3, sc, ch 5, sc, ch 3, sc) all in next ch-3 loop, ch 2] 5 times; join. Fasten off. Mark 3rd ch-5 loop from joining.
FINISHING: Weave in ends.
RED HEART® “Super Saver®”, Art. E300 available in solid color – 7oz (198g), 364yd (333m) or multi or fleck color – 5oz (141g), 244yd (223m) skeins.
ABBREVIATIONS
Ch = chain;
mm = millimeters;
rnd = round;
sc = single crochet;
st(s) = stitch (es);
tog = together;
[ ] = work directions in brackets the number of times specified.