Friday, December 16, 2011

Christmas Star Ornament - free pattern



Christmas Star Ornament
by Mimi Alelis, copyright 2011

Hang this star on your Christmas tree, or attach it on a present with your gift card.
This is my original design which was first made as a coaster in 2007.   

Materials:
Cotton thread, size 10, light yellow
Cotton thread, (about 3 yds), gold
Crochet hook size 1.5mm
Finished Measurement: Approximately 3 1/2 inches across at widest point

Star
Ch 4, join with sl st to form a ring.
Rnd 1: Ch 3 (counts as dc), 14 dc in ring, join with sl st to beginning ch 3. (15 dc)


Rnd 2: Ch 3, dc in same st, 2 dc in each dc around, join. (30 dc)


Rnd 3: Ch 4 (counts as dc and ch 1), dc in same st, *skip 1 dc, (dc, ch 1, dc) in next dc, repeat from * around, join. (45 dc)



Rnd 4: Ch 3, 3 dc in ch-1 space, * dc in next two dc, 3 dc in ch-1 space, repeat from * around, dc on last dc, join. (75 dc)



Rnd 5: * Ch 1, skip two sts, sc in next st, 2 sc in next, hdc in next, 2 dc in next, dc and tr in next, tr and dc in next, 2 dc in next, hdc in next, 2 sc in next, sc in next, ch 1, skip 2 sts, sl st in next st, repeat from * around.




Rnd 6: Ch 1, * sc in each of the next 3 sc, hdc in next st, 2 dc in next st, dc and tr in next, tr in next two sts, ch 2, tr in next two sts, tr and dc in next, 2 dc in next, hdc in next, sc in next 3 sts, sl st on sl st of previous rnd, repeat from * around. Fasten off light yellow. Attach gold thread in same st.




Rnd 7: With gold thread, * sl st in each of the 10 sts up one point, (2 sc, ch 2, 2 sc) in ch-2 space, sl st across each of the 10 sts down the point, sl st in between points, repeat from * around. Fasten off and weave in ends. Dampen and iron to shape. Attach thread for hanging on ch-2 sp at the tip.


Christmas Star Ornament

pattern and photos are original and copyrighted by 
Mimi Alelis



9 comments:

  1. I like this pattern. Thank you for sharing it.

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  2. You're welcome, glad you liked it!

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  3. You are so creative, Mimi!! It's so cute.

    I just read about a typhoon somewhere in the Philippines on Friday. I hope that since you posted this on Friday, that you are safe! And everyone in your family, too.

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  4. Thank you Tina :)
    The typhoon is way down South, far from us. It is so unfortunate that they were not prepared for the worst, and so many died.

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  5. I read that they were asleep when it happened. So sad. I looked at a map after I posted this message, and saw it was far south of you. (The news article I read started out "Manila, Philippines"... So I thought at first that it happened there... Then I read the rest of the article.)

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  6. I love the gold border!!! Thanks for the pattern!

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  7. Congratulations for such a professional tutorial, dear Mimi. I agree with Lucy, I love the touch of the gold border.

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  8. Thanks Lucy and Vik, glad you liked it :)))

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  9. What a lovely idea of a hand crochet gift tag.

    Thankyou for sharing

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