If you’ve been looking for a crochet snowflake pattern that’s gorgeous and genuinely beginner friendly, then I have you covered. The Winter Wonderland Snowflake is one of my prettiest designs to date—and honestly, I think it might be my favourite of all my snowflakes so far. It’s delicate, crisp, and wonderfully wintry without leaning too far into anything overly festive. Just pure snowy magic!

What makes this crochet snowflake pattern such a joy is how simple it is: you’ll use only slip stitches, chains, and double crochets, and the whole design is worked in just three short rounds. That means you can whip one up in around 15–20 minutes, making it perfect for last-minute decorating or quick handmade touches.

And the uses? Endless. Try your Winter Wonderland Snowflake as:

• appliqués for hats, scarves, blankets, or bags
• window decorations
• winter garlands or wreaths
• gift tags
• bookmarks
• framed wall art
• festive table accents
• or scattered across your mantel for a snowy-day vibe

(See? Once you start, you’ll be making a whole flurry of them.)

To make things even easier, I’ve included a full video tutorial for both left-handed and right-handed crocheters, guiding you stitch by stitch through the pattern. If you’re brand new to crochet or just love clear visual instructions, this crochet snowflake pattern has your back.

The written pattern is free right here in this post (see below), and there’s also a neatly formatted PDF available in my shops if you prefer a printable version.

Let’s dive into making something beautiful!

Similar Crochet Patterns You Might Love

If you enjoy this crochet snowflake pattern, you’ll likely love these other wintery projects too. They follow a similar vibe—beginner friendly, relaxing to make, and perfect for seasonal decorating or gift giving.

• Set of 2 snowflakes – another easy, quick snowflake option for pairing (and both are free on the blog post).
• Robin Mug Cozy – a cosy textured design that works beautifully in winter colour palettes.
• Hive Beanie – perfect for those brisk walks and one of my favourite hat designs.
• Relaxing Waves Scarf  – perfect for beginner crocheters as it only uses the basic stitches. Not snowflake themed, but ideal for chilly days and makes a lovely handmade gift.

Feel free to mix and match your favourites to create a whole coordinating winter collection.

This Pattern in the From Us to You Event

I’m delighted that the Winter Wonderland Snowflake is one of the featured designs in the From Us to You event this December. This event is all about spreading creativity, inspiration, and warm fibre-arts joy during the winter season. Each month brings two new free crochet patterns from myself or Sandra Stitches, and I’m thrilled to have this crochet snowflake pattern included.

If you’re following the event, you can find the special feature for the Winter Wonderland Snowflake on the round up post. If you’re new to the event, it’s a great way to discover beautiful patterns and try new techniques without pressure. A perfect excuse to stock up your project queue for the coming months! Most months have been a complimentary hat and scarf pattern, but for December we went a little off track and designed a couple of snowflakes!

You can grab this snowflake pattern as a free pdf download until 11:59pm EST on Friday 12th December 2025 only as part of this event.

Get the Printable PDF

If you prefer a clean, ad-free, printable version of the Winter Wonderland Snowflake crochet snowflake pattern, you can grab the PDF in any of my shops:

**If you are here for the From Us to You Event click the special event button above – the shop buttons WILL NOT get you the free pdf **

The PDF is formatted for easy reading—ideal if you like to crochet away from screens or keep all your winter patterns neatly organised.

Pattern Specifics

Materials: 

·      any weight yarn of choice – I used scrap amounts of 3 and 4 weight yarns for my snowflakes. 

·      Appropriate sized hook for your yarn hook

·      Scissors

·      Tapestry needle

Gauge:

Gauge is not important for this project as long as it is consistent.

Sizing:

This pattern is written in one size, but by changing the yarn weight and hook size to that recommended for your yarn you will be able to very easily make your snowflake bigger or smaller.

For reference I used 3 weight yarn and a 4mm hook for my smaller snowflakes and they turned out to be approximately 3”. In 4 weight yarn with a 5mm hook my snowflake was 4.5”

Abbreviations used:

·      Ch(s) – chain(s)

·      St(s) – stitch(es)

·      Ss – slip stitch

·      SK – skip

·      sc – single crochet

·      hdc – half double crochet

·      dc – double crochet

·      YO – yarn over

·      FO – Fasten Off

·      Rep – repeat

Pattern Notes:

·      Written in US terms

·      CH1 at the beginning of the row does not count as a stitch unless specifically stated.

·      Do not work your slip stitches too tight as you will be working into them in the next round.

·      These snowflakes are worked in 3 rounds from the center out.

·      You can also work this pattern in any size yarn with an appropriate sized hook.

Special stitches:

Picot –  Ch3, ss into the first of the 3rd chain from hook.

Video Tutorials

I have both left and right handed video tutorials that takes you through each stitch of this snowflake.

You can find them here:

Right handed – https://youtu.be/uw6-xOJHgaU

Left Handed – https://youtu.be/eGnscwbr7js

Free Crochet Snowflake Pattern

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Round 1: Into a magic ring ch3, dc, ch3 [2dc, ch3] four more times. SS to top of first Ch3 to join. (10 dc, 5 ch3 sps) Pull magic ring tightly closed

OR

Ch4, ss into first chain to create a circle. Into the centre of the circle, ch3, dc, ch3 [2dc, ch3] four more times. SS to top of first Ch3 to join. (10 dc, 5 ch3 sps)

Round 2: Ch1, *ss between the posts of the 2 dc from row 1, Ch1^ [hdc, dc, ch2, dc, hdc] in next ch3 sp, ch1* Rep from * to * around ending the final repeat at ^. SS to first ss to join. (10 ch1 sps, 5 ss (plus 1 ss to join which doesn’t count as a st), 10 hdc, 10 dc, 5 ch2 sps)

Round 3: Ch3, ss into same st, *Ch4, ss into next ch2 sp, picot, ss to same ch2 sp, ch6, ss to the first of your ch6 to create a loop, picot, ss to same c2 sp, ch4, ss to next ss from previous round^, picot, ss to same st* Rep from * to * ending the last repeat at ^. (15 picots, 20 ss, 5 Ch6, 10 ch4 sps).

FO and weave in ends.

Starch if required.