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Last Christmas I decided to crochet some decorations when I saw Attic 24's lovely Bauble Decorations. I loved the look of them but really wanted a five pointed star so after scouring the internet and not finding anything exactly as I wanted it, I decided to create my own pattern. Using Lucy's 'point', I recalculated the number of stitched to allow me to have just five points instead of 6. Having bought a couple of brilliant patterns from ATERGcrochet, I love her use of the decorative surface chain stitch so it inspired me to use it on these stars.
This is my first pattern so please let me know if it is not clear or hard to read.
*Edited to add- As the photo patern was not clear to everyone I have typed it up to add it. In doing so I noticed there was a mistake on the pattern in row 3. It should read '*sl, double crochet(dc) in next stitch, then (half treble(htr),tr, 2 ch, sl into 2nd ch, tr, htr) in the same stitch*. Sorry and thanks for the feed back!
Star Pattern
Magic ring
Row 1- chain(ch)3
then 9 treble(tr) into ring. Slip stitch (sl) to join and fasten off (10).
Row 2- Join
2nd colour. Ch3 and 1tr in same stitch, then 2tr in each stitch. Sl
to join and fasten off (20).
Row 3- Join
3rd colour with a *sl, double crochet(dc) in next stitch, then (half
treble(htr),tr, 2 ch, sl into 2nd ch, tr, htr) in the same stitch*
repeat between * four more times. Fasten off.
If not sure about the ‘sl into 2nd
ch’ then see link to Attic24’s photo tutorial of this.
Row 4-
Surface slip stitch between the tr in row 2. Fasten off.
To finish-
Make two of the stars then with the wrong sides facing, whip stitch around the
edges of the stars. If you catch only of the sides of the v of the crochet
stitch then it will create a ridge
around the outline. Finish on one of the points and cut a 20cm tail. Chain
stitch the tail then sew the end to the point to create a loop.
If the description of the point is not clear then Lucy's tutorial has a great photo description of how to do it. When I am making the stars I usually finish the round using the invisible join then tie the ends together behind as when the two stars are ties together you cannot see the ends, any excuse not to darn in the ends! Leaving the ends also gives the star a little padding which I like.
As a slight variation, here, I left off the surface slip stitch on row 4 and replaced it with a row in between row 2 and 3 of;
*3 dc and then a long dc running in between rows 1 and 2* repeated 4 more times then finish with row 3.
Here I did it in a single colour in Aran weight yarn, leaving off row 4 again.
I hope you enjoy the pattern and have fun creating your own versions.
Jo x
