Star Ornament (for a Christmas Tree)
South Maid #10 thread.
Size 7 Steel crochet hook.
Approx. 5" across.
Rnd. 1: Ch 8, dc in ring, work (5 ch, dc in ring) 4 times: ch 5, join
with sl st in 3rd ch of beg. ch 8. (6 ch, 5 sps).
Rnd 2: Ch 1, *work (3 sc, ch 23, 3 sc) in next sp; rep from * 5 times
more, join with sl st in beg. sc. (6 ch, 23 lps with 6 sc between each
lp).
Rnd 3: Ch 1, sc in same st, sc in each of next 2 sc; * now work across
sts of next ch 23 lps as follows: *ch 3, sk next 2 chs, dc in next ch*;
rep from * to * twice more, ch 3, sk next 2 ch, work (dc, ch 6, dc) in
next ch (ch at centre top of lp); rep from * to * 3 times, ch 3, sk next
2 chs, (last chs of lp), sc in each of next 6 sc (sts between lps); rep
from * around, ending last rep with working sc in each of last 3 sc (instead
of sc in each of next 6 sc), join with sl st in beg. sc.
Rnd 4: Sl st in each of next 2 sc, ch 1, **work 2 sc in next ch 3 sp;
ch 6, sl st in 6th ch from hook (for picot) *; rep from * to * 3 times
more, work 3 sc in next ch 6 sp (at tip of point); ch 6, sl st in 6th ch
from hook (for picot), work 3 more sc in same sp (sp at tip of point);
ch 6, sl st in 6th ch from hook (for picot); rep from * to * 3 times, work
2 sc in next ch 3 sp, sk next 6 sc (between points); rep from * around,
join with sl st in beg sc.. Finish off.