Crochet Pentacle

[Katy_Ravensong]

These patterns have been available on my Yahoo blog and at Crochet Pattern Central for quite some time but the links keep messing up. So rather than wrestle with Yahoo again, I am posting them here.

CROCHETED PENTACLE, Katy’s design



Materials:



Small amount of J&P Coats Knit-Cro-Sheen


Or size 10 bedspread cotton


Size 1 steel crochet hook (2.75 mm)



(Note: crocheted holding two strands together throughout. Nice if done with one strand of crochet cotton and one strand of silver or gold filament. The filament makes it a bit stiffer.)

Abbreviations:

sl st slip stitch
ch chain
dc double crochet
w/ with
tr triple crochet
sk skip
beg beginning
lp loop
rnd round
rep repeat


Directions:

Ch 12. sl st in 1st ch to form loop.
Rnd 1: ch 3, 2 dc, ch 3, (5 dc, ch 3) 4 times, 2 dc, join w/ sl st to top of ch 3.

Rnd 2: ch 3, dc in ea of nxt 2 dc, *(2 tr, ch 3, 2 tr) in nxt ch 3, dc in ea of nxt 5 dc. Repeat from * 4 times, dc in last 2 dc. Join w/ sl st to top of ch 3.

Rnd 3: *(sk 1 dc, dc in nxt st, ch 3) twice, (tr, ch 3, tr) in nxt ch 3 lp. Ch 3. (dc in nxt dc, ch 3, sk 1 dc) twice, sc in nxt dc, ch 3. repeat from * around but do not sc in last sc. Join as before.

Rnd 4: *(ch 2, dc in same st, sl st in nxt dc) 3 times, (ch 2, dc in same st, sl in 2nd ch of nxt ch 3 lp), ch 2, dc in same ch as sl st, sl st in nxt dc, (ch 2, dc in same st, sl st in nxt dc) 3 times, ch 2, dc in same st, sl st in nxt sc. Repeat from * around. Join as before.

Rnd 5: sl st up to the top of the first point, ch 1, *sc in dc at top of point, ch 22. repeat from * around. Join w/ sl st to 1st sc.

Rnd 6: ch 1, sc in same st, sc in ea ch around. Join w/ sl st to ch 1. (for a slightly different look, you can make 22 sc in the ch-22 loop instead of making the sc’s in the chains. Be sure to sc in the top of each point also.)

Rnd 7: ch 2, dc in nxt sc and in ea sc around. Join w/ sl st to ch 2.

Rnd 8: repeat Rnd 7.

Rnd 9: ch 1, sc in ea st. round.

For altar pentacle, break off and fasten here. For a hanging pentacle, before you break off, ch 12 for hanging loop and sl st in same st at the base of ch-12 and then break off and fasten.

Copyright © ~ May, 2006 Katydid

[Peggy85225]

Very nice.