2022 VVCAL
Published on May 13, 2022

2022 VVCAL: Antennae Galaxy Motif

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Hello, and a huge welcome to Week 11 of the 2022 Vibrant Vintage Crochet-A-Long (VVCAL)! I can’t believe we are almost halfway! Today the PDF is released! I will post a link below when it is posted in my shops!

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If you have not yet seen the Week 11 Instruction post, please head there first and see the instructions for the version that you are working. Below, you will find the Antennae Galaxy Motif pattern, in US, and UK Terms, Chart, Video, and Step by step photos.

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Antennae Galaxy Motif

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The Cosmos: Antennae Galaxy

The Antennae Galaxy is a perfect example of 2 galaxies colliding! Here are some interesting Andromeda Galaxy facts!

  • There is a constellation in the Southern Hemisphere that has been hiding an incredible secret for over 200 million years. The two Spiral galaxies are being destroyed by each other and creating thousands of new stars at the same time. NASA says that this galaxy is in a state of “starburst,” whereby all the gasses are being used up to create new stars.
  • When the Chandra X-Ray Observatory first discovered many bright points in Antennae Galaxy, it sparked a new wave of research into what these stars could be. After carefully examining and analyzing their data for years, scientists concluded that they were either super star clusters or neutron stars because black holes emit no light. Super Star Clusters are a group of young stars that have been bound together by gravity. Neutron Stars, which are the core remains of a star that has collapsed due to its own weight, can be found in these clusters as well.
  • The black holes that secretly exist in Antennae Galaxy are bright since what is actually being observed is the hot gas from the stars within galaxies. The Antenna Galaxy is also known as the galaxy with a bright pink core. The Chandra X-ray Observatory discovered that iron, magnesium, silicon, and neon are present in large quantities within its central area. Scientists have found that two supernovas occurred in the colliding galaxies, back in 2004 and 2007. The confirmation of this event was confirmed by images from Hubble Telescope which confirms Chandra observations. The Hubble has taken at least three images of the Antennae Galaxy, in 1997, 2006 and 2013 respectively. [More]
  • British astronomer William Herschel discovered the colliding galaxies in 1785. This was four years after he discovered that the planet Uranus was not a star. William’s sister, Caroline, was his assistant for many of his deep space observations. William built more than 400 telescopes, though he is remembered most for the one that was forty feet (12 m) long, made of iron and perched upon a mount that was fully moveable. It was surrounded by a wooden frame that would not be dismantled until 1839. A 10 foot section of it still resides in the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. [More]
  • The two spiral galaxies started to interact a few hundred million years ago, making the Antennae galaxies one of the nearest and youngest examples of a pair of colliding galaxies. Nearly half of the faint objects in the Antennae image are young clusters containing tens of thousands of stars. The orange blobs to the left and right of image center are the two cores of the original galaxies and consist mainly of old stars criss-crossed by filaments of dust, which appears brown in the image. The two galaxies are dotted with brilliant blue star-forming regions surrounded by glowing hydrogen gas, appearing in the image in pink. See image below [More]
The Antennae Galaxy

Antennae Galaxy Motif Pattern

Scroll down past written instruction for chart and video.

Reference

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
  • 3dccl 3dc cluster: (yoh, insert hook in st/sp, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps) 3 times, yoh, draw yarn through 4 lps
  • beg beginning
  • beg dc (1sc, ch1) – counts as 1 dc
  • beg 3dccl (beg dc, 2dccl) in same st/sp – counts as 1 3dccl
  • beg 2dccl (beg dc, 1dc) in st/sp – counts as 1 2dccl
  • 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 Beg dc in next st, [2dc in same st, ch2, sk1, 1dc in next st] 6 times omt final dc, ss in beg dc. [18 dc, 6 sp]

Rnd 3 Beg 3dccl in next st, [ch3, 3dccl in same st, ch3, 1sc in next ch-sp, ch3, sk 1 dc, 3dccl in next st] 6 times omt final 3dccl, ss in beg 3dccl. [12 3dccl, 6 sc, 18 sp]

Rnd 4 Beg 2dccl in first ch-sp, [(ch2, 2dccl in same ch-sp) 3 times, ch3, sk 2 ch-sps, 2dccl in next ch-sp] 6 times omt final 2dccl, ss in beg 2dccl. [24 2dccl, 24 sp]

Rnd 5 Ss in 1 ch, 1sc in same ch-sp, * ch2, (1sc, ch2, 1sc) in next ch-sp, [ch2, 1sc in next ch-sp] 2 times, ch2, 1sc in same ch-sp, ch2, 1sc in next ch-sp, rep from * 5 times omt final sc, ss in first sc. [36 sc, 36 sp]

Rnd 6 [2sc in next ch-sp, 3sc in next ch-sp, 2sc in next ch-sp] 12 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
  • 3trcl 3tr cluster: (yoh, insert hook in st/sp, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps) 3 times, yoh, draw yarn through 4 lps
  • beg beginning
  • beg tr (1dc, ch1) – counts as 1 tr
  • beg 3trcl (beg tr, 2trcl) in same st/sp – counts as 1 3trcl
  • beg 2trcl (beg tr, 1tr) in st/sp – counts as 1 2trcl
  • 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 Beg tr in next st, [2tr in same st, ch2, sk1, 1tr in next st] 6 times omt final tr, ss in beg tr. [18 tr, 6 sp]

Rnd 3 Beg 3trcl in next st, [ch3, 3trcl in same st, ch3, 1dc in next ch-sp, ch3, sk 1 tr, 3trcl in next st] 6 times omt final 3trcl, ss in beg 3trcl. [12 3trcl, 6 dc, 18 sp]

Rnd 4 Beg 2trcl in first ch-sp, [(ch2, 2trcl in same ch-sp) 3 times, ch3, sk 2 ch-sps, 2trcl in next ch-sp] 6 times omt final 2trcl, ss in beg 2trcl. [24 2trcl, 24 sp]

Rnd 5 Ss in 1 ch, 1dc in same ch-sp, * ch2, (1dc, ch2, 1dc) in next ch-sp, [ch2, 1dc in next ch-sp] 2 times, ch2, 1dc in same ch-sp, ch2, 1dc in next ch-sp, rep from * 5 times omt final dc, ss in first dc. [36 dc, 36 sp]

Rnd 6 [2dc in next ch-sp, 3dc in next ch-sp, 2dc in next ch-sp] 12 times, ss in first dc, cut yarn and weave ends. [84 dc]

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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Links to Weekly Instruction Posts

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