2022 VVCAL
Published on May 13, 2022

2022 VVCAL: Porpoise 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!

Attention!

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 Porpoise Galaxy Motif pattern, in US, and UK Terms, Chart, Video, and Step by step photos.

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Porpoise Galaxy Motif

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

The Cosmos: Porpoise Galaxy

The Porpoise Galaxy is an interacting spiral galaxy just like the Antennae Galaxy. It is interacting with the elliptical galaxy located just beneath it. Here are some interesting Porpoise Galaxy facts!

  • The Porpoise Galaxy looks just like a dolphin, or a penguin protecting an egg, but in reality this is a system of two galaxies. The “dolphin” shape used to be a spiral galaxy, similar to our own Milky Way, but immense gravitational forces of the denser galaxy below (the “egg”) contorted its shape significantly. The dolphin’s “eye” was previously the spiral galaxy’s core within the Hydra constellation. In about a billion years, the pair will merge into one. [More]
  • The stars in the Penguin Galaxy are mainly new and young stars evidenced by the presence of blue stars where as in the egg, the stars are mainly old, red stars and not much new stars are being formed. Some of the blue stars may be old but because of the interaction of galaxies, they may have got a new lease of life and become hotter. After the collision, a new series of star forming will begin. [More]
  • Both parts of the Porpoise Galaxy were discovered by Albert Marth on Mar 3, 1864. On 20 June 2013, the Hubble Space Telescope examined and photographed the galaxy. [More]
  • This galaxy is physics become art. Even though it resembles a dolphin, it is in fact a galactic merger, with the “eye” of the dolphin being the core of a large spiral galaxy that is being distorted by the tidal influence of an even larger galaxy below it. The area to the left of the “eye” that looks like the nose of the dolphin, is in fact a huge star forming region, in which young, hot new stars illuminate the surrounding gas and dust clouds. It is expected that in about a billion or so years, the dolphin shape will have transformed itself into a regular galaxy as the merger runs its course. [More]
The Porpoise Galaxy

Porpoise Galaxy Motif Pattern

Scroll down past written instruction for chart and video.

Reference

Stitch Guide (US Terms)

Note: Scroll down for UK Terms.

  • 2dccl 2 dc cluster: [yoh, insert hook in st/sp, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps on hook] 2 times, yoh, draw yarn through all 3 lps
  • beg beginning
  • beg dc (1sc, ch1) – counts as 1 dc
  • beg dc5tog beg dc, (yoh insert hook into next st/sp, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps) 4 times, yoh, draw yarn through 5 lps on hook – join in full decrease to finish round
  • beg 2dccl (beg dc, 1dc) in st/sp – counts as 1 2dccl
  • chN chain N number of times
  • dc double crochet
  • dc5tog (yoh insert hook into next st/sp, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps) 5 times, yoh, draw yarn through 6 lps on hook
  • 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] 7 times, ch2, ss in beg 2dccl. [8 2dccl, 2 sp]

Rnd 2 Beg dc in ch-sp, [4dc in same ch-sp, 1dc in next ch-sp] 8 times omt final dc, ss in beg dc. [40 dc]

Rnd 3 Beg dc5tog over first 5 sts, (ch5, dc5tog) 7 times, ch5, ss in beg dc5tog. [8 dc5tog, 8 sp]

Rnd 4 Beg dc in ch-sp, [7dc in same ch-sp, ch1, 1dc in next ch-sp] 8 times omt final dc, ss in beg dc. [64 dc, 8 sp]

Rnd 5 Ss in 1 st, * 1sc in next st/sp, ch3, sk2, [1sc in next st/sp, ch2, sk2] 3 times, rep from * 5 times, ss in first sc. [24 sc, 24 sp]

Rnd 6 [5sc in next ch-sp, 3sc in next 3 ch-sps] 6 times, ss in first sc, cut yarn and weave ends. [84 sc]

Stitch Guide (UK Terms)

  • 2trcl 2 tr cluster: [yoh, insert hook in st/sp, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps on hook] 2 times, yoh, draw yarn through all 3 lps
  • beg beginning
  • beg tr (1dc, ch1) – counts as 1 tr
  • beg tr5tog beg tr, (yoh insert hook into next st/sp, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps) 4 times, yoh, draw yarn through 5 lps on hook – join in full decrease to finish round
  • beg 2trcl (beg tr, 1tr) in st/sp – counts as 1 2trcl
  • chN chain N number of times
  • dc double crochet
  • tr5tog (yoh insert hook into next st/sp, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps) 5 times, yoh, draw yarn through 6 lps on hook
  • 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] 7 times, ch2, ss in beg 2trcl. [8 2trcl, 2 sp]

Rnd 2 Beg tr in ch-sp, [4tr in same ch-sp, 1tr in next ch-sp] 8 times omt final tr, ss in beg tr. [40 tr]

Rnd 3 Beg tr5tog over first 5 sts, (ch5, tr5tog) 7 times, ch5, ss in beg tr5tog. [8 tr5tog, 8 sp]

Rnd 4 Beg tr in ch-sp, [7tr in same ch-sp, ch1, 1tr in next ch-sp] 8 times omt final tr, ss in beg tr. [64 tr, 8 sp]

Rnd 5 Ss in 1 st, * 1dc in next st/sp, ch3, sk2, [1dc in next st/sp, ch2, sk2] 3 times, rep from * 5 times, ss in first dc. [24 dc, 24 sp]

Rnd 6 [5dc in next ch-sp, 3dc in next 3 ch-sps] 6 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

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

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