Lazy daisy snowflake hand embroidery pattern

Easy · 1 color · 3 kinds of stitch

Lazy daisy snowflake: preview of the stitched design

A snowflake is made mostly of loops: six petals round the middle knot, and on each arm two pairs of loops with a knot between them and one more loop at the tip. The straight lines are back stitch, the 36 loops are lazy daisy stitches, and there are 7 French knots, all in navy thread. One arm is repeated six times.

Size and details

Easy. Simple stitches in one color.

1 color of floss and 3 kinds of stitch:

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 336 Navy BlueSnowflake lines, loops, center 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
Lazy daisy stitch 2 strandsLoops
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.