2022 VVCAL
Published on May 27, 2022

2022 VVCAL: Nebula Motif

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Hello, and a huge welcome to Week 13 of the 2022 Vibrant Vintage Crochet-A-Long (VVCAL)! The PDF is released! Enjoy!

PDF Version

Announcement! The 2022 VVCAL full PDF is now available to purchase from Etsy and Ravelry.

  • 42-Page PDF of the entire 2022 VVCAL
  • 36 full mix-and-match hexagons plus 2 half hexagons
  • 2 joining options plus border
  • All motifs have charted and written instructions
  • 2.5 pages of tips and tricks
  • Full layouts, motif progress tracker checklist, and yarn information for Scheepjes Catona Colour Pack, SW/RW Colour Pack (1 or 2 packs), and Metropolis Pack
  • Guidance and blank layout for Colour Crafter and Chunky Monkey stash yarn

Attention!

If you have not yet seen the Week 13 Instruction post, please head there first and see the instructions for the version that you are working. Below, you will find the Nebula Motif pattern, in US, and UK Terms, Chart, Video, and Step by step photos.

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Nebula Motif

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

The Cosmos: Nebula

Nebulae are majestic objects that look like clouds. They are made of hydrogen, helium, interstellar ice, and other gasses. Here are some interesting Nebula facts!

  • The first discovered galaxy, the Andromeda Galaxy, was first thought to be a nebula. Let’s see precisely what a nebula is, how they came to be, and why they are so important. Nebulae are created in the interstellar medium, and they are the result of gasses breakdown. When gas, hydrogen, helium, ions, particles, and electrons particles clump together due to gravity, they form nebulae. The almighty Sun was created in a nebula, the solar nebula, and it is believed that in 5 billion years from now, the Sun itself will become a nebula. [More]
  • Some nebulae come from the gas and dust thrown out by the explosion of a dying star, such as a supernova. Other nebulae are regions where new stars are beginning to form. For this reason, some nebulae are called “star nurseries.” As the gaseous clumps get bigger and bigger, their gravity gets stronger and stronger. Eventually, the clump of dust and gas gets so big that it collapses from its own gravity. The collapse causes the material at the center of the cloud to heat up-and this hot core is the beginning of a star. [More]
  • The biggest Nebula ever discovered is the Tarantula Nebula. At first, it was thought to be a star, but later on, in 1751, it got its proper recognition. The Tarantula Nebula has an apparent magnitude of +8, and it is 160,000 light-years away. It is known for its luminosity and colorfulness. NGC 7027 is one of the tiniest, shiniest, and weird-looking planetary nebulas. It is approximately 600 years old, which makes it very young. It is located in the constellation of Cygnus, around 3.000 light-years from Earth. Our planet is not part of any Nebulae. If we lived inside a nebula, it would be visible every day in the night sky. Also, brighter Auroras would make their presence felt. The closest nebula to Earth is “Helix Nebula,” which is a leftover of a dying star (one similar to the Sun). [More]
  • The Orion Nebula is part of a huge interstellar cloud called the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. It lies about 1,500 light-years away in the direction of the constellation Orion. The Orion Nebula is listed as M42 and NGC 1976, and is a 24-light-year-wide section containing hundreds of newborn stars and brown dwarfs. It lies just below Orion’s three belt stars, and has a young star cluster called the Trapezium at its heart. These stars are roughly two million years old, relatively young for stars.
  • The Eagle Nebula, also known as M16, us more familiarly as the “Pillars of Creation”. It is the site of starbirth regions hidden inside giant pillars of gas and dust. The newborn stars are eating away at the clouds, forming the pillar shapes. Eventually this nebula will also disappear as radiation from its child stars destroys the gas and dust. This gorgeous region lies some 7,000 light-years away from us in the constellation Serpens. It stretches across more than a hundred light-years of space and contains thousands of stars in and among its pillars.
  • The Crab Nebula (M1) is a supernova remnant. It was created when a star around 10 or 11 times the mass of the Sun exploded in what’s called a “core-collapse” supernova. It blasted much of its mass out to space. What was left of the star collapsed to become a neutron star that is spinning 30 times a second. It’s called the “Crab Nebula Pulsar”. The Crab Nebula lies 6,500 light-years away from Earth in the direction of the constellation Taurus, the Bull. [More]
This composite image contains X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the ROSAT telescope (purple), infrared data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope (orange), and optical data from the SuperCOSMOS Sky Survey (blue) made by the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope. (Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/PSU/L.Townsley et al; Optical: UKIRT; Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Nebula Motif Pattern

Scroll down past written instruction for chart and video.

Reference

Stitch Guide (US Terms)

Note: Scroll down for UK Terms.

  • beg beginning
  • beg dc2tog beg dc, 1dc in next st – join in full dc to finish round
  • beg dc4tog beg dc, (yoh insert hook into next st/sp, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps) 3 times, yoh, draw yarn through 4 lps on hook – join in full decrease to finish round
  • beg dc (1sc, ch1) – counts as 1 dc
  • chN chain N number of times
  • dc double crochet
  • dc2tog (yoh insert hook into next st/sp, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps) 2 times, yoh, draw yarn through 3 lps on hook
  • dc4tog (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
  • 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, [1dc in same st, 2dc in next st, ch1, 1dc in next st] 6 times omt first dc, ss in beg dc. [24 dc, 6 sp]

Rnd 3 Beg dc in same st, [1dc in same st, 2dc, 2dc in next st, ch1, 1dc in next st] 6 times omt first dc, ss in beg dc. [36 dc, 6 sp]

Rnd 4 Beg dc2tog over first 2 sts, [2dc, dc2tog, ch3, 1sc in ch-sp, ch3, dc2tog] 6 times omt final dc2tog, ss in beg dc2tog. [12 dc2tog, 12 dc, 6 sc, 12 sp]

Rnd 5 Beg dc4tog over first 4 sts, [ch3, 1sc in next ch-sp] 2 times, ch3, dc4tog] 6 times omt final dc4tog, ss in beg dc4tog. [6 dc4tog, 12 sc, 18 sp]

Rnd 6 Ss in 1 ch, 1sc in same ch-sp, [ch3, 1sc in next ch-sp] 17 times, ch3, ss in first sc. [18 sc, 18 sp]

Rnd 7 * [3sc in next ch-sp, 1sc in next st] 2 times, 5sc in next ch-sp, 1sc in next st, rep from * 5 times, ss in first sc, cut yarn and weave ends. [84 sc] 

Stitch Guide (UK Terms)

  • beg beginning
  • beg tr (1dc, ch1) – counts as 1 tr
  • beg tr2tog beg tr, 1tr in next st – join in full tr to finish round
  • beg tr4tog beg tr, (yoh insert hook into next st/sp, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps) 3 times, yoh, draw yarn through 4 lps on hook – join in full decrease to finish round
  • 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
  • tr2tog (yoh insert hook into next st/sp, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps) 2 times, yoh, draw yarn through 3 lps on hook
  • tr4tog (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
  • yoh yarn over hook

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

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

Rnd 2 Beg tr in next st, [1tr in same st, 2tr in next st, ch1, 1tr in next st] 6 times omt first tr, ss in beg tr. [24 tr, 6 sp]

Rnd 3 Beg tr in same st, [1tr in same st, 2tr, 2tr in next st, ch1, 1tr in next st] 6 times omt first tr, ss in beg tr. [36 tr, 6 sp]

Rnd 4 Beg tr2tog over first 2 sts, [2tr, tr2tog, ch3, 1dc in ch-sp, ch3, tr2tog] 6 times omt final tr2tog, ss in beg tr2tog. [12 tr2tog, 12 tr, 6 dc, 12 sp]

Rnd 5 Beg tr4tog over first 4 sts, [ch3, 1dc in next ch-sp] 2 times, ch3, tr4tog] 6 times omt final tr4tog, ss in beg tr4tog. [6 tr4tog, 12 dc, 18 sp]

Rnd 6 Ss in 1 ch, 1dc in same ch-sp, [ch3, 1dc in next ch-sp] 17 times, ch3, ss in first dc. [18 dc, 18 sp]

Rnd 7 * [3dc in next ch-sp, 1dc in next st] 2 times, 5dc in next ch-sp, 1dc in next st, rep from * 5 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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