2022 VVCAL
Published on April 1, 2022

2022 VVCAL: Quasar Motif

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Hello, and a huge welcome to Week 5 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 5 Instruction post, please head there first and see the instructions for the version that you are working. Below, you will find the Pulsar Motif pattern, in US, and UK Terms, Chart, Video, and Step by step photos.

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Quasar Motif

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

The Cosmos: Quasar

A Quasar (or Quasi-Stellar object) is the extremely luminous center of a galaxy in its infancy. Here are some fun Quasar facts!

  • Theoretically, the intense radiation released by a quasar powers a supermassive black hole at its center. The inward spiral of matter in a supermassive black hole at the center of a quasar is the result of particles colliding and bouncing against each other and losing momentum. That material came from the enormous clouds of gas which filled the universe in the era shortly after the Big Bang. Thus, positioned as they were in the early universe, quasars had a vast supply of matter to feed on.
  • Quasars are very far away. They’re so far from us that we only observe the active nucleus, or core, of the galaxy in which they reside. We see nothing of the galaxy apart from its bright center. It’s like seeing a distant car headlight at night: you have no idea of which type of car you are looking at, as everything apart from the headlight is in darkness. [More]
  • Quasars are the brightest and most distant recorded objects in the visible Universe. The light emitted comes from the accretion disk around supermassive black holes. Most Quasars are at least 100 times more luminous than our Milky Way galaxy. Because of their great brightness, they tend to outshine the ancient galaxies in which they reside. [More]
  • These emerging galaxies emit energies of millions, billions, or even trillions of electron volts. This energy exceeds the total of the light of all the stars within a galaxy. The brightest objects in the universe, they shine anywhere from 10 to 100,000 times brighter than the Milky Way. [More]
  • Quasars were identified relatively recent and our journey of understanding them has just begun. The first quasars were identified in the 1950s as sources of radio-wave emission of unknown origin. When they were identified in photographic images at visible wavelengths, they appeared as faint star-like points of light. As the technology evolved, the Hubble Space Telescope captured many high-resolution images of quasars. This helped to demonstrate that quasars occur in the centers of galaxies or the merging of galaxies. [More]
Artist rendition of a Quasar

Quasar 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.

  • 3trcl 3 treble cluster: * yoh 2 times, insert hook in st, yoh pull through, (yoh, pull through 2 lps on hook) 2 times, rep from * 2 times, yoh and pull through all 4 lps
  • beg beginning
  • beg 3trcl (beg tr, * yoh 2 times, insert hook in st, yoh pull through, (yoh, pull through 2 lps on hook) 2 times, rep from * once, yoh and pull through all 3 lps
  • beg dc (1sc, ch1) – counts as 1 dc
  • beg pc beginning popcorn: (beg dc, 3dc) in st/sp, remove lp from hook, insert hook front to back through beg dc, grab lp, pull lp to front of work to close beg pc
  • chN chain N number of times
  • dc double crochet
  • lp loop
  • MR make ring: slip knot, ch3, ss in third ch from hook
  • pc popcorn: 4dc in st/sp indicated, remove lp from hook, insert hook front to back through first dc, grab lp, pull to front of work to close pc
  • Picot ch3, sc in top side of previous st to close picot
  • puff st yoh, (insert hook in indicated st/sp, yoh, pull up loop) 3 times, yoh pull yarn through all loops
  • sc single crochet
  • sp space (ch-sp = chain space)
  • ss slip stitch
  • st stitch
  • tr treble crochet
  • 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 Elongate lp to height of puff st, [puff st, ch2] 12 times, ss in first puff st. [12 puff st, 12 sp]

Rnd 3 Beg 2dccl in first ch-sp, [ch2, 2dccl in same ch-sp, ch2, 1sc in next ch-sp, ch2, 2dccl in next ch-sp] 6 times omitting final 2dccl, ss in beg 2dccl. [12 2dccl, 6 sc, 18 sp]

Rnd 4 [1sc in next ch-sp, 5dc in next ch-sp, picot, 5dc in next ch-sp] 6 times, ss in first sc. [6 picot, 60 dc, 6 sc]

Rnd 5 1sc in same st as ss, [ch3, sk 2 dc, 1sc around back bars of next dc, ch3, sk 4 dc, 1sc around back bars of next dc, ch3, 1sc in next sc] 6 times omitting final sc, ss in first sc. [18 sc, 18 sp]

Rnd 6 Ss in 1 ch, [1sc in ch-sp, ch3] 18 times, ss in first sc. [18 sc, 18 sp]

Rnd 7 Rep Rnd 6. [18 sc, 18 sp]

Rnd 8 Ss in 1 ch, make special sc as follows: tilt motif toward you, insert hook through the back lp of the 3rd chain from the picot and insert hook under the ch-3 sp, make 1sc to attach the picot to the ch-sp, * [ch3, 1sc in next ch-sp] 2 times, ch3, make special sc in next ch-sp, rep from * 5 times omitting final special sc, ss in first special sc. [6 special sc, 12 sc, 18 sp]

Rnd 9 Ss in 1 ch, 1sc in ch-sp, * ch3, (1sc, ch3, 1sc) in next ch-sp, [ch3, 1sc in next ch-sp] 2 times, rep from * 5 times omitting final sc, ss in first sc. [24 sc, 24 sp]

Rnd 10 [3sc in next 3 ch-sps, 1sc in next sc, 3sc in next ch-sp, 1sc in next sc] 6 times, cut yarn and weave ends. [84 sc]

Stitch Guide (UK Terms)

  • 3dtrcl 3 double treble cluster: * yoh 2 times, insert hook in st, yoh pull through, (yoh, pull through 2 lps on hook) 2 times, rep from * 2 times, yoh and pull through all 4 lps
  • beg beginning
  • beg 3dtrcl (beg dtr, * yoh 2 times, insert hook in st, yoh pull through, (yoh, pull through 2 lps on hook) 2 times, rep from * once, yoh and pull through all 3 lps
  • beg dtr (1dc, ch2) – counts as 1 dtr
  • beg tr (1dc, ch1) – counts as 1 tr
  • beg pc beginning popcorn: (beg tr, 3tr) in st/sp, remove lp from hook, insert hook front to back through beg tr, grab lp, pull lp to front of work to close beg pc
  • chN chain N number of times
  • dc double crochet
  • dtr double treble crochet
  • lp loop
  • MR make ring: slip knot, ch3, ss in third ch from hook
  • pc popcorn: 4tr in st/sp indicated, remove lp from hook, insert hook front to back through first tr, grab lp, pull to front of work to close pc
  • Picot ch3, sc in top side of previous st to close picot
  • puff st yoh, (insert hook in indicated st/sp, yoh, pull up loop) 3 times, yoh pull yarn through all loops
  • 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 Elongate lp to height of puff st, [puff st, ch2] 12 times, ss in first puff st. [12 puff st, 12 sp]

Rnd 3 Beg 2trcl in first ch-sp, [ch2, 2trcl in same ch-sp, ch2, 1dc in next ch-sp, ch2, 2trcl in next ch-sp] 6 times omitting final 2trcl, ss in beg 2trcl. [12 2trcl, 6 dc, 18 sp]

Rnd 4 [1dc in next ch-sp, 5tr in next ch-sp, picot, 5tr in next ch-sp] 6 times, ss in first dc. [6 picot, 60 tr, 6 dc]

Rnd 5 1dc in same st as ss, [ch3, sk 2 tr, 1dc around back bars of next tr, ch3, sk 4 tr, 1dc around back bars of next tr, ch3, 1dc in next dc] 6 times omitting final dc, ss in first dc. [18 dc, 18 sp]

Rnd 6 Ss in 1 ch, [1dc in ch-sp, ch3] 18 times, ss in first dc. [18 dc, 18 sp]

Rnd 7 Rep Rnd 6. [18 dc, 18 sp]

Rnd 8 Ss in 1 ch, make special dc as follows: tilt motif toward you, insert hook through the back lp of the 3rd chain from the picot and insert hook under the ch-3 sp, make 1dc to attach the picot to the ch-sp, * [ch3, 1dc in next ch-sp] 2 times, ch3, make special dc in next ch-sp, rep from * 5 times omitting final special dc, ss in first special dc. [6 special dc, 12 dc, 18 sp]

Rnd 9 Ss in 1 ch, 1dc in ch-sp, * ch3, (1dc, ch3, 1dc) in next ch-sp, [ch3, 1dc in next ch-sp] 2 times, rep from * 5 times omitting final dc, ss in first dc. [24 dc, 24 sp]

Rnd 10 [3dc in next 3 ch-sps, 1dc in next dc, 3dc in next ch-sp, 1dc in next dc] 6 times, cut yarn and weave ends. [84 dc]

Links to Weekly Instruction Posts

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