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Christmas Snowflakes Afghan – Free Crochet Pattern

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Christmas is just around the corner and I have a quick and easy blanket pattern for you to make this holiday season: Christmas Snowflakes Afghan.

You can adjust the size of this afghan and turn it into a bedspread or baby blanket by simply crocheting more or fewer hexagons.

For this pattern, I used the granny snowflake hexagon for the blanket and a modified version of the dot border.

I designed the blanket using aran (worsted) yarn and so it works up in no time. Change the colors to match any theme or color palette.

Scroll down for the step-by-step pattern.

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Turn This Blanket Into A 3in1 Reindeer Baby Blanket

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I used this pattern to create a 3in1 Reindeer Baby Blanket. You can purchase the pattern in my Etsy and Ravelry shops.

Video Resources

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How To Crochet The Granny Snowflake Hexagon

How To Crochet The Dot Border

Pattern Notes

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Abbreviations

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Written in US terms.

Christmas Snowflakes Afghan – Written Pattern

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The afghan is made out of 33 granny snowflake hexagons which are sewed in strips and then each strip is sewed to each other.

The Hexagons

• ch3 at the beginning of each row counts as a dc stitch
• ch2 at the beginning of the round counts as an incomplete double crochet
• stitches contained within ** are the repeat section for that row
• stitches contained within ( ) are made in the same chain space
• TIP: To make the hexagon larger, repeat round 6 as many times as you like.

Start your blanket with white yarn and a 5mm crochet hook

Round 1: With white yarn. Make a magic ring, in the magic ring ch2, dc, ch2, * dc cl, ch2* x 5, sl st to close the round. Pull the magic ring and close the hole shut.

Round 2: Sl st in the next ch2 space, *(ch2, dc, ch2, dc cl) in the same ch2 space, * ( dc cl, ch2, dc cl, ch2) in the next ch2 space* x 5, sl st to close the round.

Round 3: Sl st in the next ch2 space, (ch2, dc, ch3, dc cl, ch3) in the same ch2 space, sc in next ch2 space, ch3, * ( dc cl, ch3, dc cl, ch3) in next ch2 space, sc in next ch2 space, ch3* x 5, sl st to close the round.

Round 4: sl st in the next ch3 space, (ch2, dc, ch1, dc cl, pst, ch1, dc cl, ch3) in the same ch3 space, * ( sc, ch3) in the next ch3 space* x 2, * (dc cl, ch1, dc cl, pst, ch1, dc cl, ch3) in the next ch3 space, ( sc, ch3) in the next ch3 space, ( sc, ch3) in the next ch3 space * x 5, sl st to close the round.

Change colors to red.

Round 5: *2Sc in the next ch1 space, push the picot in front and 2sc in next ch1 space, 2dc in next ch3 space, (dc, Ldc, dc) in next ch3 space, 2dc in next ch3 space * x 6, sl st to close the round.

Round 6: Sl st in next stitch, sl st in between the 2 lots of 2sc (right behind the picot), (work between the cluster of stitches from this point on), (ch3,dc, ch3, 2dc) in the same space behind the picot and between the 2 clusters of sc, 2dc in the next 4 spaces between the clusters of dc stitches, *( 2dc, ch3, 2dc) in the next space behind the picot and between the 2 clusters of sc, 2dc in the next 4 spaces between the clusters of dc stitches * x 5, fasten off and weave in the ends.

Joining The Hexagons Together

With a tapestry needle and red yarn, use the invisible seamless join technique to join the hexagons in strips as follows:

• 3 strips of 7 hexagons
• 2 strips of 6 hexagons

Using the same technique, join the strips to each other in the below order:

• strip of 7
• strip of 6
• strip of 7
• strip of 6
• strip of 7

Weave in all the ends before continuing with the border

The Border

The border is crocheted using a 5mm crochet hook and white yarn. Work in the round without turning.

Join in any of the corners around the afghan with a slip stitch.

Round 1: sc in every stitch around the border following the below rules:

• 1sc in each stitch
• 3sc in every corner of the hexagon
• 2sc in the ch3 spaces of the hexagons (the dip where 2 hexagons meet)

When you reached the end of the round, sl st in the very first sc you’ve made.

Round 2: sl st into the next st (the 2nd of the 3sc made in the corner of the hexagon), * ch4, (yo twice, insert hook in the 4th ch from hook, yo and pull up a loop, yo and pull through 2 loops, yo and pull through 2 loops again, leave the incomplete treble stitch on the hook) x 5, yo and pull through all 6 loops on the hook, sl st into the same stitch you sl st last, sl st into the next 8sts*, repeat from * all around the blanket.

For more details on how to close and what to do if you don’t have the exact stitch count to sk2 at the end of the round, check out the video tutorial.

Buy This Pattern

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Get the detailed pattern with step-by-step photos and tutorials in PDF format from the links below.

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