crafts for christmas: Snowflake Monday

This is yet another flake that reminds me a little of bicycle spokes. It is one of seven variations I worked trying to duplicate an etched snowflake on a glass. I often keep doing the same flake over and over and over when I'm designing, with minor changes each time, until I get the pattern just right.

You may do whatever you'd like with snowflakes you make from this pattern, but you may not sell the pattern. Thanks, and enjoy!

Starry Night head band

Introduction

This is the VERY first thing I have ever posted and made without much of a pattern...with that said,
I was inspired by Kat Von D's head band in one episode of L.A. Ink.  I Had to have a similar design, so I whipped out my crochet hook and looked up some patterns for stars and away I went
Special thanks to Chezcrochet.com for the star patterns.

Materials List

White yarn or various textures (fuzzy, 4 ply, etc)
Red thread/yarn (or any colour you want, I used red)
Black or navy blue yarn (for the head band)
5.5mm or I crochet hook (this is what I used, feel free to use any hook)
1.75mm crochet hook (this is what i had on hand, use any hook you want, but make sure its smaller then the original)
yarn needle/threading needle
some extra pins - optional
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