Closed start Star afghan

[laughlovehook]

 

Picture by Peggy85225

Closed Start Star-ghan by

Megan Wright is licensed under a

Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

 

Supplies:

Yarn and matching Hook

 

Special stitches:

Begining cluster - ch2 2dc ch2 3dc all in the same ch2 space

Cluster - 3dc ch2 3dc in same ch2 space

 

Ch 3, sl st to form ring.

 

1. Ch 2 *counts as 1st dc through-out pattern* 14 dc in ring. sl st to top of ch2 (15)

 

2. Sl st into next st. ch2 2dc ch2 3dc in same stitch. dc in next 2 st. *cluster in next st, dc in next 2st Repeat from * around. Sl st to ch2

 

3. sl st into ch2 space. beginning cluster in ch2 space. dc in next 3 st. sk 2 st, dc in next 3. *Cluster in ch2 space, dc in next 3st, sk 2st, dc in next 3. Repeat from * around, sl st to ch2

 

4. sl st into ch2 space. beginning cluster in ch2 space. dc in next 5 st. sk 2 st, dc in next 5. *Cluster in ch2 space. dc in next 5st, sk2 dc in next 5 Repeat from * around, sl st to ch2.

 

Repeat row 4, increasing 20 stitches each row, to desired length/width. *Row increases will be odd numbered. 7,9,11,13,15 before and after each cluster*

 

I want to thank all my testers who helped/are helping me test this pattern. If you find any mistakes, please let me know so I can correct them.

[Coffeywoman]

Thanks. Can't wait to get started!

[misssmaggie]

Can't wait to see the pictures !!! Thanks for sharing!

[siminsc]

Thankyou for sharing your pattern. I've already started one. It's a very nice pattern and easy to remember.

[misssmaggie]

Oh how cool...you got the picture up...I think this will be close to the top of my "list" !!! Thanks for sharing!

[lizc]

very pretty!

[laughlovehook]

I'm glad everyone seems to like this so much. I'm hard at work on a few other patterns. Hopefully I'll get those up here soon too.