Crown snowflake hand embroidery pattern

Easy · 2 colors · 2 kinds of stitch

Crown snowflake: preview of the stitched design

A snowflake whose six arms each end in a crown of three knots, the tip of the arm and a pair of branches below it; lower down, every arm carries an open diamond, and a small hexagon frames the middle knot. Every line is back stitch in teal, and the 19 French knots, one of them in the middle, are navy. One arm is repeated six times.

Size and details

Easy. Simple stitches in two colors.

2 colors of floss and 2 kinds of stitch, all of them line stitches and knots:

The stitched size, by hoop
Hoop	Inches	Centimeters
3 in (8 cm)	1.6 × 1.9 in	4.1 × 4.8 cm
4 in (10 cm)	2.5 × 2.8 in	6.4 × 7.1 cm
5 in (13 cm)	3.3 × 3.8 in	8.4 × 9.7 cm
6 in (15 cm)	4.1 × 4.7 in	10.4 × 11.9 cm
8 in (20 cm)	5.7 × 6.6 in	14.5 × 16.8 cm

In a 3 inch hoop the French knots are drawn smaller than about 2 mm (a little over 1/16 in). Use one strand of floss for them there, or choose a larger hoop.

The pattern is drawn inside a circle about half an inch (1.3 cm) smaller all around than the hoop.

What you need

DMC 3809 Very Dark TurquoiseSnowflake lines
DMC 336 Navy BlueCenter knot and knots

The floss is six-strand cotton; the stitch guide says how many strands to use. You also need a hoop, an embroidery needle (a size 7 to 9 suits two or three strands) and plain cotton or linen fabric. To frame the piece in its hoop, cut a square 3 inches (8 cm) wider than the hoop: a 9 inch (23 cm) square for a 6 inch hoop.

Stitch guide

Back stitch 2 strandsSnowflake lines
French knot 2 strands, two wrapsCenter knot, knots

Getting it onto your fabric

The PDF holds the pattern twice at actual size: once as drawn, and once mirrored for an iron-on transfer pen. Print it at 100% with scaling off and check the one-inch square (25.4 mm) with a ruler before you trace. How to transfer a pattern explains tracing, carbon paper and the other ways. The files are under Downloads.