All of these are done in the same manner, you can do them with eight rings and chains or seven. And with as many picots as you desire. R 2ds p 2ds p 2ds p 2ds p 2ds p 2ds Cl RW
Ch 3ds p 3ds p 3ds p 3ds RW
Repeat around attaching each 2nd picot to next to last picot of prev ring until desired amount.
Remember if you change the picot amount, to have equal ds on each side.
For the last snowflake I made a center ring first, of 1ds p 2ds p 2ds p 2ds p 2ds p 2ds p 2ds p 1ds Cl and tie ends. If your doing 8 rings around adjust and make another 2ds p 1ds.
Then working around attach third picot made on each ring, to the center ring picot.