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4 Festive Plastic Canvas Snowflake Patterns

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Snowflake designs are some of the most stunning winter patterns and they are perfect to decorate your home with during the holiday season. You can easily capture the beauty of snowflakes with plastic canvas, making it possible to create these intricate designs in no time.

There are a lot of different ways to create a snowflake design with plastic canvas, but these four patterns that can be purchased on Annie’s Craft Store and Leisure Arts, make it easier for you to get started.

One of the great things about these patterns is that you can customize them to your liking. You can use different colors of yarn to match your home decor, or you can stick with traditional white for a classic winter look.

You can also change the size of the snowflakes depending on what you want to use them for. If you want a small snowflake to hang on your tree, you can make the design smaller. If you want a large snowflake to be the centerpiece of your room, you can make the design larger.

Plastic canvas is easy to work with and the snowflake designs are perfect for both beginners and experienced stitchers. The plastic canvas gives the designs a sturdy base, making them perfect for ornaments, decorations, and even coasters.

So, if you’re looking for a fun winter project, why not try your hand at making some snowflakes out of plastic canvas? You’ll love how easy it is to create these beautiful designs and you’ll love the look of them in your home.

Don’t forget to check out the links to Annie’s Craft Store and Leisure Arts to get started on your snowflake designs today!

From Annie’s Craft Stores:

  1. These delicate-looking snowflake ornaments don’t even look like they are made with plastic canvas.
  2. Make this beautiful set of coasters and their storage box with this pattern.

From Leisure Arts

  1. More beautiful plastic canvas ornaments that don’t look like they were made with plastic canvas can be found in these patterns from Leisure Arts.
  2. This beautiful keepsake box has a snowflake motif and lovely beading to make it extra special.

 

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Blankets are generally a really good way to use up those bits, but in this case, I think you’re going to want to plan it out a bit better.

Looking at photos of the Color Study Blanket from Purl Soho, it looks like it’s made with two yarns held together, and that block in the center is worked with one of each color from the adjoining sides to make a mixed up color.

But that’s not actually how it’s done. This is three separate colors (four, really, with the neutrals in the corners) chosen form a yarn with an expansive palette so they play off each other. The project calls for a worsted weight superwash wool, which is a great choice for a blanket that’s both warm and washable.

This pattern was originally designed by Laura Ferguson and was updated by Hiromi Glover. It is worked in one piece in garter stitch intarsia, which is a great way to learn the intarsia technique if you don’t already know it. It comes in crib or throw sizes.

Despite the introduction to this post, I am going to go ahead and say that, yes, of course you could do this blanket with scraps or odd balls or even just choose five colors that don’t blend together so easily. But I really do love the look of the color play, and I think it would be worth your time to find colors that play well together to get a similar effect.

This pattern is available for free from Purl Soho.

[Photo: Purl Soho]