Versions 2, 3, 4

I carried on working on the new snowflake.  It needed more space around the tips and I also wanted to add space in the centre after the initial rings (just as there is a tiny gap in the real snowflake). However, I went slightly wrong and ended up needing an extra round of chains to get to the tips and I don't think I like the "heaviness" of the three rounds. But here is version 2:

I thought the tips were now too far apart but if you look at the snowflake photo below, the proportions are actually not bad!  But the centre would need to be bigger relative to the tips I think...

So I started another one thinking I wanted only two rows of chains after the centre rings... but went wrong again! I mean it's never completely wrong but just not what I had in mind or what I was thinking I wanted to do.  So this next one, I missed an element but decided to run with it anyway and complete the snowflake and this is how it came out...  Version 3:

It looks completely different, doesn't it?!  But I rather like it.  It's not so much like the snowflake photograph I'm trying to reproduce but as a snowflake, I still like it!

Anyway, onwards with the real snowflake design, I got going with version 4.  This time only two rounds of chains after the centre rings and I shortened the tips a tiny bit.  Obviously my tatted version is never going to be exactly like the real snowflake but I do try to get as close as possible.  Especially as tatting is all round and curves and snowflakes are angular and spiky!

I think I'm getting close to happy with this design... what do you think?  All comments welcome, good or bad! :-).   Do you prefer 3 rounds of chains or better with just two?  I think I like the look better with two but maybe three makes it look more like the real snowflake?  I might also try making the centre bigger so it's more in proportion with the real snowflake.  More work to be done!

Best wishes,

Frivole