Beautiful Eight Point crochet Snowflake pattern. It works up quickly using just a small amount of size 10 cotton thread and looks lovely with or without a jewel glued to the center.

materials:
size 10 cotton thread
size 8 steel crochet hook
commercial fabric stiffener
waxed paper
piece of Styrofoam or cardboard
straight pins
1” round faceted jewel and hot glue gun (optional)