Snowflake with a Red Nose crochet pattern (free PDF)

R1with white: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3(1 sc, inc) ×6(18)
R41 sc, (inc, 2 sc) ×5, inc, 1 sc(24)
R5(3 sc, inc) ×6(30)
R62 sc, (inc, 4 sc) ×5, inc, 2 sc(36)
R7–936 sc(36)
R102 sc, (dec, 4 sc) ×5, dec, 2 sc(30)
R11(3 sc, dec) ×6(24)
R121 sc, (dec, 2 sc) ×5, dec, 1 sc(18)
R13(1 sc, dec) ×6(12)
R14dec ×6(6)
Size before assembly: about 4.6 cm at the widest, 3.2 cm long; 14 rounds.
→ Insert the safety eyes and the safety nose now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Press the piece flat to about 3.7 cm thick (oval cross-section). Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

R1with white: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2(1 sc, inc) ×3(9)
R3(2 sc, inc) ×3(12)
R4–1112 sc(12)
Of these: top — 1; side — 2 (left and right); lower — 2 (left and right); bottom — 1. Size before assembly: about 1.6 cm at the widest, 3.9 cm long; 11 rounds.
Change to light blue (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R2).
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly, then press the piece slightly flat (oval cross-section; flattened 20 %).

R1with light blue: 4 sc in MR(4)
R2(1 sc, inc) ×2(6)
R3–56 sc(6)
Of these: top — 2 (left and right); top, mid — 2 (left and right); side — 2 (left and right); side — 2 (left and right); side, mid — 2 (left and right); side, mid — 2 (left and right); lower — 2 (left and right); lower — 2 (left and right); lower, mid — 2 (left and right); lower, mid — 2 (left and right); bottom — 2 (left and right); bottom, mid — 2 (left and right). Size before assembly: about 0.8 cm at the widest, 1.6 cm long; 5 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly, then press the piece slightly flat (oval cross-section; flattened 20 %).

Safety eyes and noses go in before the piece is stuffed and closed (see the pieces above); embroidery is easier before the piece is sewn on.

Safety eyes with a printed glint 9 mm (on the snowflake centre): between rounds 12 and 13, 4 st apart (count along round 12: about 1.8 st each side of the centre top line).
Safety nose, oval, 8×8 mm (on the snowflake centre): in round 14, on the centre bottom line . Colour red #e03a3e.
Embroidery in navy thread (on the snowflake centre), straight stitches through: (in round 14, 2 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 13, 1 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 12 and 13, on the centre bottom line) → (in round 13, 1 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 14, 2 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's right ).
Satin stitch (on the snowflake centre): in dark pink thread, a oval about 6 mm wide and 4 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 12, on the centre bottom line .