2022 VVCAL
Published on June 10, 2022

2022 VVCAL: Leonis Motif

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Hello, and a huge welcome to Week 15 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 15 Instruction post, please head there first and see the instructions for the version that you are working. Below, you will find the Leonis Motif pattern, in US, and UK Terms, Chart, Video, and Step by step photos.

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Leonis Motif

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

The Cosmos: Leonis

CW Leonis is a well-studied carbon star (its atmosphere contains more carbon than oxygen) that is embedded in a thick dust envelope. Here are some interesting CW Leonis facts!

  • CW Leonis is located in the constellation Leo. Leo the Lion is one of the earliest recognized constellations. The Mesopotamians are known to have documented the “lion” constellation. The Persians called it Ser or Shir; the Turks, Artan; the Syrians, Aryo; the Jewish, Arye; the Indians, Simha. These are all translated as “lion.” In Greek mythology, Leo is the Nemean Lion, which terrorized the citizens and had a hide that could not punctured by iron, bronze or stone. Killing the lion was one of Hercules’ 12 labors, which he had to perform as penance for killing his family. Having broken all of his weapons fighting the man-eating lion, Hercules finally strangled it to death and placed it in the heavens as one of his conquests. [More]
  • CW Leonis is known as a cosmic Eye of Sauron, because it is a luminous type of red giant star with a carbon-rich atmosphere. The dense clouds of sooty gas and dust engulfing this dying star were created as the outer layers of CW Leonis itself were thrown out into the void. When small to intermediate-mass stars run out of hydrogen fuel in their cores, the outwards pressure that balances the crush of gravity within their cores falls out of equilibrium, causing the star to start collapsing. As the core collapses, the shell of plasma surrounding the core becomes hot enough to begin fusing hydrogen, generating enough heat to dramatically expand the outer layers of the star and turn it into a bloated red giant. Stars in that phase of life eject huge amounts of gas and dust outwards into space, eventually jettisoning their outer layers. In the case of the carbon star CW Leonis, this process has surrounded the star with a dense pall of sooty dust. [More]
  • At a distance of 400 light-years from Earth, CW Leonis is the closest carbon star. This gives astronomers the chance to understand the interplay between the star and its surrounding, turbulent envelope. The complex inner structure of shells and arcs may be shaped by the star’s magnetic field. Detailed Hubble observations of CW Leonis taken over the last two decades also show the expansion of threads of ejected material around the star. The bright beams of light radiating outwards from CW Leonis are one of the star’s most intriguing features. They’ve changed in brightness within a 15-year period — an incredibly short timespan in astronomical terms. Astronomers speculate that gaps in the dust shrouding CW Leonis may allow beams of starlight to pierce through and illuminate dust, like searchlight beacons through a cloudy sky. However, the exact cause of the dramatic changes in their brightness is as yet unexplained. [More]
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope celebrates Halloween this year with a striking observation of the carbon star CW Leonis, which resembles a baleful orange eye glaring from behind a shroud of smoke. CW Leonis glowers from deep within a thick shroud of dust in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Lying roughly 400 light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo, CW Leonis is a carbon star — a luminous type of red giant star with a carbon-rich atmosphere. The dense clouds of sooty gas and dust engulfing this dying star were created as the outer layers of CW Leonis itself were thrown out into the void.

Leonis 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
  • 2trcl 2tr cluster: * yoh twice, insert hook in st/sp, yoh, pull up lp, (yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps) twice, rep from * once, yoh, draw yarn through 3 lps
  • 3dcpc 3dc in st/sp, release lp from hook, insert hook front to back through first dc, grab lp, pull through to front of work to close popcorn
  • beg beginning
  • beg 2dccl (beg dc, dc) in st/sp indicated – when joining rnd, ss into full dc st
  • beg 2trcl (beg tr, 1tr) in st/sp – Counts as 1 2trcl
  • beg dc OR beg hdc (1sc, ch1) – counts as 1 dc or 1 hdc
  • chN chain N number of times
  • dc double crochet
  • hdc half 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
  • tr treble crochet
  • yoh yarn over hook

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

Rnd 1 MR, 6sc, ss in first sc. [6 sc]

Rnd 2 Beg pc, [ch3, pc] 5 times, ch3, ss in beg pc. [6 pc, 6 sp]

Rnd 3 Ss in 1ch, [1sc in ch-sp, ch7] 6 times, ss in first sc. [6 sc, 6 sp]

Rnd 4 Beg 3dccl in same st, [ch3, 1sc in next ch-sp, ch3, 3dccl in next sc] 6 times omt final 3dccl, ss in beg 3dccl. [6 3dccl, 6 sc, 12 sp]

Rnd 5 [4sc in next ch-sp, 1sc in next sc, 4sc in next ch-sp] 6 times, ss in first sc, turn. [54 sc]

Rnd 6 1sc in same st, [ch3, 1sc in next, ch3, sk2, 1sc, bobble in next st, 1sc, ch3, sk2, 1sc] 6 times omt final sc, ss in first sc, turn. [6 bobble, 24 sc, 18 sp]

Rnd 7 Ss in 1ch, 1sc in same ch-sp, [ch3, 1sc in next ch-sp, 2dccl in next ch-sp, (ch2, 2dccl in same ch-sp) 2 times, 1sc in next ch-sp] 6 times omt final sc, ss in first sc. [18 2dccl, 12 sc, 18 sp]

Rnd 8 [3sc in next ch-sp, 1sc in next sc, 1sc in next 2dccl, 2sc in next ch-sp, 3sc in 2dccl, 2sc in next ch-sp, 1sc in next 2dccl, 1sc in next sc] 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
  • 2dtrcl 2dtr cluster: * yoh twice, insert hook in st/sp, yoh, pull up lp, (yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps) twice, rep from * once, yoh, draw yarn through 3 lps
  • 3trpc 3tr in st/sp, release lp from hook, insert hook front to back through first tr, grab lp, pull through to front of work to close popcorn
  • beg beginning
  • beg 2trcl (beg tr, 1tr) in st/sp indicated – when joining rnd, ss into full tr st
  • beg 2dtrcl (beg dtr, 1dtr) in st/sp – Counts as 1 2dtrcl
  • beg tr OR beg htr (1dc, ch1) – counts as 1 tr or 1 htr
  • chN chain N number of times
  • dc double crochet
  • dtr double treble crochet
  • htr half treble 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, 6dc, ss in first dc. [6 dc]

Rnd 2 MR, beg pc, [ch3, pc] 5 times, ch3, ss in beg pc. [6 pc, 6 sp]

Rnd 3 Ss in 1ch, [1dc in ch-sp, ch7] 6 times, ss in first dc. [6 dc, 6 sp]

Rnd 4 Beg 3trcl in same st, [ch3, 1dc in next ch-sp, ch3, 3trcl in next dc] 6 times omt final 3trcl, ss in beg 3trcl. [6 3trcl, 6 dc, 12 sp]

Rnd 5 [4dc in next ch-sp, 1dc in next dc, 4dc in next ch-sp] 6 times, ss in first dc, turn. [54 dc]

Rnd 6 1dc in same st, [ch3, 1dc in next, ch3, sk2, 1dc, bobble in next st, 1dc, ch3, sk2, 1dc] 6 times omt final dc, ss in first dc, turn. [6 bobble, 24 dc, 18 sp]

Rnd 7 Ss in 1ch, 1dc in same ch-sp, [ch3, 1dc in next ch-sp, 2trcl in next ch-sp, (ch2, 2trcl in same ch-sp) 2 times, 1dc in next ch-sp] 6 times omt final dc, ss in first dc. [18 2trcl, 12 dc, 18 sp]

Rnd 8 [3dc in next ch-sp, 1dc in next dc, 1dc in next 2trcl, 2dc in next ch-sp, 3dc in 2trcl, 2dc in next ch-sp, 1dc in next 2trcl, 1dc in next dc] 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

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