2026 VVCAL
Published on June 5, 2026

2026 VVCAL: Feather Star Motif

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Hello, and a huge welcome to this week of the 2026 Vibrant Vintage Crochet-A-Long (VVCAL)! I’m so glad you’re here! I love spending this time with the VVCAL community. We are going to have so much fun relaxingly working through these motifs each week.

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If you have not yet seen the Week 10 Instruction post, please head there first and see the instructions for the version that you are working. Below, you will find the Motif pattern, in US, and UK Terms, Chart, Video, and Step by step photos.

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  • 36 hexies to mix and match
  • 3 Joining methods
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  • US and UK Terms included

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Feather Star Motif

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

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Enjoy a small reflection on one of this week’s featured sea creatures.

Feather Star Animal Facts - Comatulida - A-Z Animals

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Feather stars are the closest thing we have to walking plants - Australian Geographic

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pink feather star

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Five Fun Facts

The feather star, also popularly known as a sea lily, belongs to the Crinoid species of the Echinoderm family, which comprises starfish, sea urchins, brittle stars, and sea cucumbers.

While some crinoids are characterized by a stalk that anchors them to a fixed structure, like rock or coral, feather stars have more of a root ball than a stalk, allowing them freedom of movement on the reef and through the water column, each arm moving in graceful locomotion as it travels.

There are approximately 625 different species of feather stars found in almost all the oceans and at all depths. They are found in the tropics, temperate and polar zones often found sheltering by day under coral ledges or overhangs with their feathers rolled up. When night falls, these filter feeders migrate to the top of the reef and extend their arms into the currents, where they trap fine particles and planktonic food using their net-like arms.

These animals are suspension feeders, trapping small particles with their mucous-tipped tube feet before routing them through a complex series of grooves and into the mouth on the central disk. They feed for several hours daily and in such copious amounts that they are difficult to maintain in captivity, requiring continuous high concentrations of the correct types of plankton in order to survive.

Feather stars are well known for attaching to floating driftwood and decaying over time. This process creates hardened fossils that then move along gentle currents underwater. Researchers have used these fossils to locate areas with high population densities of crinoids.

Feather Star Motif Pattern

Reference

Scroll for chart and video instruction.

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
  • beg beginning
  • beg 2dccl (beg dc, dc) in st/sp indicated – when joining rnd, ss into full dc st
  • beg dc (1sc, ch1) – counts as 1 dc
  • chN chain N number of times
  • dc double crochet
  • 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
  • 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, 17dc, ss in beg dc. [18 dc]

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Rnd 2 Beg dc in next st, [ch1, 1dc] 17 times, ch1, ss in beg dc. [18 dc, 18 sp]

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Rnd 3 Beg 2dccl in ch-sp, [ch2, 2dccl in same ch-sp, ch2, sk 1 dc, 3dccl in next dc, ch2, sk 1 ch-sp, 2dccl in next ch-sp] 6 times omitting final 2dccl on sixth rep, ss in beg 2dccl. [6 3dccl, 12 2dccl, 18 sp]

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Rnd 4 Beg 2dccl in ch-sp, [ch2, 2dccl in same sp, ch1, 4dc in 3dccl, ch1, sk 1 ch-sp, 2dccl in next ch-sp] 6 times omitting final 2dccl on sixth rep, ss in beg 2dccl. [12 2dccl, 24 dc, 18 sp]

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Rnd 5 Beg 2dccl in ch-sp, [ch2, 2dccl in same sp, ch4, dc4tog over 4 dc, ch4, 2dccl in next ch-2 sp] 6 times omitting final 2dccl on sixth rep, ss in beg 2dccl. [6 dc4tog, 12 2dccl, 18 sp]

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Rnd 6 [5sc in ch-2 sp, 4sc in next ch-sp, 1sc in dc4tog, 4sc in next sp] 6 times, ss in first sc, cut yarn. [84 sc]

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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
  • beg beginning
  • beg 2trcl (beg tr, tr) in st/sp indicated – when joining rnd, ss into full tr st
  • beg tr (1dc, ch1) – counts as 1 tr
  • chN chain N number of times
  • dc double crochet
  • 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
  • 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, 17tr, ss in beg tr. [18 tr]

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Rnd 2 Beg tr in next st, [ch1, 1tr] 17 times, ch1, ss in beg tr. [18 tr, 18 sp]

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Rnd 3 Beg 2trcl in ch-sp, [ch2, 2trcl in same ch-sp, ch2, sk 1 tr, 3trcl in next tr, ch2, sk 1 ch-sp, 2trcl in next ch-sp] 6 times omitting final 2trcl on sixth rep, ss in beg 2trcl. [6 3trcl, 12 2trcl, 18 sp]

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Rnd 4 Beg 2trcl in ch-sp, [ch2, 2trcl in same sp, ch1, 4tr in 3trcl, ch1, sk 1 ch-sp, 2trcl in next ch-sp] 6 times omitting final 2trcl on sixth rep, ss in beg 2trcl. [12 2trcl, 24 tr, 18 sp]

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Rnd 5 Beg 2trcl in ch-sp, [ch2, 2trcl in same sp, ch4, tr4tog over 4 tr, ch4, 2trcl in next ch-2 sp] 6 times omitting final 2trcl on sixth rep, ss in beg 2trcl. [6 tr4tog, 12 2trcl, 18 sp]

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Rnd 6 [5dc in ch-2 sp, 4dc in next ch-sp, 1dc in tr4tog, 4dc in next sp] 6 times, ss in first dc, cut yarn. [84 dc]

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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.

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Video

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Note: Video is spoken in US Terms.

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Links to Weekly Instruction Posts

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Rachele C.

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