I have found it so difficult to crochet with hooks that small. This is amazing and really impressive!

Thanks! It’s alternating single crochet and chain stitch, working single crochets into the chain stitches of the previous row.

I tried Tunisian crochet a few years ago and haven’t picked it back up - this is encouraging me to do so! Lovely work

I don’t know enough about beading! But I really like the idea of adding beads to these and I bet it wouldn’t be too hard. Maybe that’s what I’ll try next year!

This ring is 4 inches. I’ve been trying to find smaller ones but my local craft stores don’t carry any.

Thanks for passing that along! I’ll definitely pull from that next year. And I would definitely recommend starch!

This snowflake is a modified version of this pattern: https://www.etsy.com/listing/903188791/lorewoven-snowflakes-crochet-pattern-3

I really like her patterns in general. I’ve also found many textured or 3D snowflake diagrams on Pinterest. Those are often a bit harder to interpret and you may have to take some creative liberty with them.

They stay on the ring as an extra element of decoration. If I don’t use a ring, I would starch them when I’m done to keep them flat and in form.

Millennial here. I got a degree in Classics so I learned both in college. I continued to take Latin in grad school. Unfortunately I never used them, because, you know, there are no jobs in Classics, so I realistically have lost both. I could probably identify nouns/verbs/articles/etc and some vocabulary in a sentence. But that’s it. Plus, I’m learning Dutch now, and that has kicked out all other languages rattling around in my head.

I really enjoyed learning both! And doing so taught me a lot about grammar, linguistics, and etymology that I’ve carried with me through life even if the languages themselves didn’t stick. Would recommend if you have the time.

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