2022 VVCAL
Published on March 4, 2022

2022 VVCAL: Stella Motif

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Hello, and a huge welcome to Week 1 of the 2022 Vibrant Vintage Crochet-A-Long (VVCAL)! I’m so glad you’re here!

Attention!

If you have not yet seen the Week 1 Instruction post, please head there first and see the instructions for the version that you are working. Below, you will find the Stella Motif pattern, in US, and UK Terms, Chart, Video, and Step by step photos.

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Stella Motif

Find the Ravelry Page for this motif here and add your project!

The Cosmos: Stella

Stella is Latin for “star.” Here are some fun star facts!

  • Stars are huge celestial bodies made mostly of hydrogen and helium that produce light and heat from the churning nuclear forges inside their cores. Aside from our sun, the dots of light we see in the sky are all light-years from Earth. They are the building blocks of galaxies, of which there are billions in the universe. [More]
  • It might look like all the stars are out there, all by themselves, but many come in pairs. These are binary stars, where two stars orbit a common center of gravity. And there are other systems out there with 3, 4 and even more stars. [More]
  • Every star you see in the night sky is bigger and brighter than our sun. Of the brightest 50 stars visible to the human eye from Earth, the least intrinsically bright is Alpha Centauri, which is still more than 1.5 times more luminous than our sun, and cannot be easily seen from most of the Northern Hemisphere. [More]
  • Astronomers estimate there are about 300 billion to 1 trillion stars in the Milky Way Galaxy, but there are 9,096 stars visible to the naked eye in the entire sky, and on a very dark night, you can only see about 2,000 stars with the naked eye from any given place on Earth. [More]
  • Why do stars look pointy in our eyes and in photos? Our eyes have “suture lines” in the lens which bends the light, and in the Hubble Space Telescope, the light passes through mirrors, which bends the light. This gives stars their characteristic “points” even though they are not actually pointed. [More]

Stella Motif Pattern

Reference

Chart

Note: Chart is meant as a visual guide to the written instruction and might not be able to stand alone due to special stitches.

Special Stitches Key

Video

Note: Video is spoken in US Terms. Watch on mute to avoid confusion for UK Terms.

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Stitch Guide (US Terms)

Note: Scroll down for UK Terms.

  • pc popcorn 4dc in st/sp, release lp from hook, insert hook front to back through first dc, grab lp, pull through to front of work to close popcorn
  • beg beginning
  • beg dc (sc, ch1) – counts as 1 dc
  • chN chain N number of times
  • dc double crochet
  • lp loop
  • MR make ring: slip knot, ch3, ss in third ch from hook
  • sc single crochet
  • sp space (ch-sp = chain space)
  • ss slip stitch
  • st stitch
  • yoh yarn over hook

Written Instructions & Step-by-step Photos (US Terms)

Rnd 1 MR, beg dc, 11dc, ss in beg dc. [12 dc]

Rnd 2 2sc in next st, 2sc in 11 sts, ss in first sc. [24 sc]

Rnd 3 Beg dc in next st, [2dc in same st, ch3, sk3, 1dc in next st] 6 times omitting final st, ss in beg dc. [18 dc, 6 sps]

Rnd 4 (Beg dc, 1dc) in same st as ss, 2dc in next 2 sts, remove lp from hook, insert hook front to back in beg dc, grab lp, pull lp through st to close – beg special pc made, [ch4, 1sc in next ch-sp, ch4, 2dc in next 3 dc, remove lp from hook, insert hook in first of 6dc, grab lp, pull lp through st to close – special pc made] 5 times, ch4, 1sc in next ch-sp, ch4, ss in beg special pc. [6 special pc, 6 sc, 12 sps]

Rnd 5 Ss in 1 ch, 1sc in ch-sp, [ch4, 1sc in next ch-sp] 11 times, ch4, ss in first sc. [12 sc, 12 sps]

Rnd 6 Ss in 1 ch, 1sc in ch-sp, [ch3, (1sc, ch3, 1sc) in next ch-sp, ch3, 1sc in next ch-sp] 6 times omitting final sc, ss in first sc. [18 sc, 18 sps]

Rnd 7 Ss in 1 ch, beg dc in ch-sp, [1dc in same ch-sp, (2dc, ch2, 2dc) in corner sp, 2dc in next ch-sp, ch1, pc in next sc, ch1, 1dc in next ch-sp] 6 times omitting final dc, ss in beg dc. [6 pc, 48 dc, 18 sps]

Rnd 8 [1sc in next st, 2sc, 3sc in corner sp, 8sc] 6 times, ss in first sc, cut yarn and weave ends. [84 sc]

Stitch Guide (UK Terms)

  • pc popcorn 4tr in st/sp, release lp from hook, insert hook front to back through first tr, grab lp, pull through to front of work to close popcorn
  • beg beginning
  • beg tr (dc, ch1) – counts as 1 tr
  • chN chain N number of times
  • dc double crochet
  • lp loop
  • MR make ring: slip knot, ch3, ss in third ch from hook
  • sp space (ch-sp = chain space)
  • ss slip stitch
  • st stitch
  • tr treble crochet
  • yoh yarn over hook

Written Instructions & Step-by-step Photos (UK Terms)

Rnd 1 MR, beg tr, 11tr, ss in beg tr. [12 tr]

Rnd 2 2dc in next st, 2dc in 11 sts, ss in first dc. [24 dc]

Rnd 3 Beg tr in next st, [2tr in same st, ch3, sk3, 1tr in next st] 6 times omitting final tr, ss in beg tr. [18 tr, 6 sps]

Rnd 4 (Beg tr, 1tr) in same st as ss, 2tr in next 2 sts, remove lp from hook, insert hook front to back in beg tr, grab lp, pull lp through st to close – beg special pc made, [ch4, 1dc in next ch-sp, ch4, 2tr in next 3 tr, remove lp from hook, insert hook in first of 6tr, grab lp, pull lp through st to close – special pc made] 5 times, ch4, 1dc in next ch-sp, ch4, ss in beg special pc. [6 special pc, 6 sc, 12 sps]

Rnd 5 Ss in 1 ch, 1dc in ch-sp, [ch4, 1dc in next ch-sp] 11 times, ch4, ss in first dc. [12 dc, 12 sps]

Rnd 6 Ss in 1 ch, 1dc in ch-sp, [ch3, (1dc, ch3, 1dc) in next ch-sp, ch3, 1dc in next ch-sp] 6 times omitting final dc, ss in first dc. [18 dc, 18 sps]

Rnd 7 Ss in 1 ch, beg tr in ch-sp, [1tr in same ch-sp, (2tr, ch2, 2tr) in corner sp, 2tr in next ch-sp, ch1, pc in next dc, ch1, 1tr in next ch-sp] 6 times omitting final tr, ss in beg tr. [6 pc, 48 tr, 18 sps]

Rnd 8 [1dc in next st, 2dc, 3dc in corner sp, 8dc] 6 times, ss in first dc, cut yarn and weave ends. [84 dc]

Links to Weekly Instruction Posts

Quick Links to Each Week: 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/20

Links to Published Hexagon Patterns

  • Plain Hexie A
  • Plain Hexie B
  • Half Hexie A
  • Half Hexie B
  • Stella (You are here!)
  • Solis
  • Sirius
  • Betelgeuse
  • Vega
  • Tabby’s Star
  • Supernova
  • Eclipse
  • Pulsar
  • Quasar
  • Uranus
  • Pluto
  • Kepler
  • Exoplanet
  • Gliese
  • Saturn
  • Planet Nine
  • Milky Way Galaxy
  • Andromeda Galaxy
  • Evil Eye Galaxy
  • Antennae Galaxy
  • Porpoise Galaxy
  • Sunflower Galaxy
  • Whirlpool Galaxy
  • Aurora Borealis
  • Nebula
  • Halley’s Comet
  • Meteor
  • Orionis
  • Leonis
  • Galaxia
  • Gravity
  • Night Sky
  • Universe

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