Crochet Christmas Stars

These crochet stars will make your christmas tree shine! Make each of them unique by varying the color and the yarn type.

Pattern in Swedish >>

MATERIAL

Yarn used : Järbo 8/4 (Mercerised cotton, 4 ply, fingering weight) in white, light grey and red. Järbo Glittra (effect yarn) in red and silver.

Hook: 2,5 mm

ABBREVIATIONS, US CROCHET TERMS

st - stitch

sl st - sling stitch

ch - chain

sc - single crochet
hdc - half double crochet
dc - double crochet
tr -  treble crochet

DESCRIPTION

(Crochet diagram below)

Start with a magic ring.

Round 1:
10 sc in the magic ring. Join round with a sl st in first sc.

Round 2:
ch 3 (counts as 1 hdc and 1 ch) ,  (1 hdc in next sc, ch 1)  repeat 9 times.
Join round with 1 sc in 2:nd ch of the first ch 3.

Round 3: 
(1 sc in next ch-1 space, 1 sc in next hdc, 2 sc in next ch-1 space, 1 sc in next hdc)
(There should now be 25 sc.)

Round 4: 
(ch 3, sk next sc, 1 sl st in next sc, ch 4, sk next 2 sc, 1 sl st in next sc) repeat 5 times.

Round 5:  
1 sl st in next ch-3 space, (ch 5, 1 tr in next ch-4 space, ch 5, 1 sl st in next ch 3 space) repeat 5 times.

Round 6:
ch 2 (4 hdc in next ch-5 space, ch 1, [1 dc, ch 3, 1 dc] in next tr, ch 1, 4 hdc in next ch-5 space, 1 hdc i next ch-3 space from round 4) repeat 5 times.
Join round with a sl st in 2:nd ch of first ch 2.

Fasten off and weave in the ends.

STARCH AND BLOCK

Your stars need to be starched and blocked. I have used white glue mixed with water to make them stiff.

Mix glue and water in equal proportions and soak your star in it. Pin it in desired shape on to a blocking board or whatever blocking device that you use, let it dry.

Attach a thread to one of the star tips and you're done! :)

CROCHET DIAGRAM

If you've got questions, or find any errors in this pattern, please tell me!
It would be very nice to see your stars, so please tag images with #intheyarngarden or feel free to leave a comment with a link to your picture.  :)

Happy crocheting!

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