[header] How to draw the koch snowflake [title] Draw an equilateral triangle. [step] You can draw it with a compass or protractor, or just eyeball it if you don't want to spend too much time drawing the snowflake. [substeps] It's best if the length of the sides are divisible by 3, because of the nature of this fractal. 
This will become clear in the next few steps. [title] Divide each side in three equal parts.