2022 VVCAL
Published on March 18, 2022

2022 VVCAL: Tabby’s Star Motif

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Hello, and a huge welcome to Week 3 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 3 Instruction post, please head there first and see the instructions for the version that you are working. Below, you will find the Betelgeuse Motif pattern, in US, and UK Terms, Chart, Video, and Step by step photos.

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Tabby’s Star Motif

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

The Cosmos: Tabby’s Star

Tabby’s star is known as the “most mysterious star in the universe” because it appears to dim and brighten at a constant rate. Here are some fun Tabby’s Star facts.

  • Its variability (consistently fluctuating, up to a 22% dimming in brightness) and periods of darkness has interested astronomers from around the world. One explanation is that an “uneven ring of dust” orbits Tabby’s Star, which could cause the visual disruption. But a new study offers another suggestion. Astronomers at Columbia University and the University of California, Berkeley suggest that the pattern of light could be explained if the star had eaten up one of more of its planets. [More]
  • The gravitational energy released as these planetary bodies spiraled into the star would have caused a temporary brightening, from which the star is now recovering – hence the observed dimming. Meanwhile, this cataclysmic event could have created clouds of debris as the planet was torn apart, or had its moons ripped away. This debris would go into orbit, causing the observed dips in starlight as it passed between us and the star.[More]
  • Astronomers believe that Tabby’s Star stole an exomoon from a nearby planet that no longer exists and pulled it into orbit. The star’s strong radiation has lashed the exomoon’s outer layer, which is comprised of ice, gas and rock.
  • Tabby’s star is A Main Sequence Star is a star that is fusing hydrogen into helium, just like our Sun. When a star is referred to as a Dwarf Star, it usually refers to a Main Sequence star. [More]
  • Being called Tabby’s star is a lot easier to say and pronounce than its other more official name, KIC 8462852. It gets its name from the lead author of the initial study of the star, Tabetha S. Boyajian, a American female astronomer. [More]

Tabby’s Star 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.

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.

  • 2dccl 2dc cluster: (yoh, insert hook in st/sp, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps) 2 times, yoh, draw yarn through 3 lps
  • beg beginning
  • beg dc (1sc, ch1) – counts as 1 dc
  • beg 2dccl (beg dc, dc) in st/sp indicated – when joining rnd, ss into full dc st
  • 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 2dccl, [ch2, 2dccl] 5 times, ch2, ss in beg 2dccl. [6 2dccl, 6 sps]

Rnd 2 Ss in 1 ch, beg dc in ch-sp, [ch1, 2dc in same ch-sp, ch1, 2dc in next ch-sp] 6 times omitting final dc, ss in beg dc. [24 dc, 12 sp]

Rnd 3 [(1sc, ch3, 1sc) in next ch-sp, ch3, 1sc in next ch-sp, ch3] 6 times, ss in first sc. [18 sc, 18 sps]

Rnd 4 Ss in 1 ch, 1sc in ch-sp, [ch3, 1sc in next ch-sp] 17 times, ch3, ss in first sc. [18 sc, 18 sps]

Rnd 5 Rep Rnd 4 [18 sc, 18 sps]

Rnd 6 Ss in 1 ch, 1sc in ch-sp, [ch3, 1sc in next 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. [24 sc, 24 sps]

Rnd 7 3sc in each ch-sp around, ss in first sc. [72 sc]

Rnd 8 [6sc, 3sc in next st, 5sc] 6 times, ss in first sc cut yarn and weave ends. [84 sc]

Stitch Guide (UK Terms)

  • 2trcl 2tr cluster: (yoh, insert hook in st/sp, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps) 2 times, yoh, draw yarn through 3 lps
  • beg beginning
  • beg tr (1dc, ch1) – counts as 1 tr
  • beg 2trcl (beg tr, tr) in st/sp indicated – when joining rnd, ss into full tr st
  • 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 2trcl, [ch2, 2trcl] 5 times, ch2, ss in beg 2trcl. [6 2trcl, 6 sps]

Rnd 2 Ss in 1 ch, beg tr in ch-sp, [ch1, 2tr in same ch-sp, ch1, 2tr in next ch-sp] 6 times omitting final tr, ss in beg tr. [24 tr, 12 sp]

Rnd 3 [(1dc, ch3, 1dc) in next ch-sp, ch3, 1dc in next ch-sp, ch3] 6 times, ss in first dc. [18 dc, 18 sps]

Rnd 4 Ss in 1 ch, 1dc in ch-sp, [ch3, 1dc in next ch-sp] 17 times, ch3, ss in first dc. [18 dc, 18 sps]

Rnd 5 Rep Rnd 4 [18 dc, 18 sps]

Rnd 6 Ss in 1 ch, 1dc in ch-sp, [ch3, 1dc in next 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. [24 dc, 24 sps]

Rnd 7 3dc in each ch-sp around, ss in first dc. [72 dc]

Rnd 8 [6dc, 3dc in next st, 5dc] 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
  • Solis
  • Sirius
  • Betelgeuse
  • Vega
  • Tabby’s Star (You are here!)
  • 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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