Cute Little Stars

(Copyrights: Elizabeth Pierre)

15-20 minutes

SKILL LEVEL:
Intermediate - a variety of stitches and techniques are used, shaping and finishing, unique cast on variation.

NEEDLE SIZE:
4mm (US 6)

MATERIALS:
Scrap amounts (2-3 yards) of worsted weight yarn. (Example in pictures were made with scraps of Red Heart Super Saver: Purple - ball band details missing)

GAUGE:
Not essential for this project. Blocking optional.

FINISHED DIMENSIONS:
On 4mm needles: about 1 & 1/2 inches  to 2 inches wide.

ABBREVIATIONS:
C/O - cast on; RS - right side; WS - wrong side; P - purl; S1L - slip one leftward; T - turn;
and, special techniques:
CDd - centred double decrease, on the right side of work: with yarn back, slip two stitches together knit wise, knit one and pass the slipped stitches over;
PDd - purlside double decrease, on the wrong side of work: with yarn front, slip one as if to knit, slip the next as if to knit, slip both back to the left needle together knitwise, and purl 3 together.

Long tail cast on with tips, written: 
Cast on 5 stitches and turn work, slip two stitches together knit wise, knit one and pass the slipped stitches over, slip stitch just knit back to left hand needle; turn work and continue cast on with the next 8 and turn again for the next star point's centred double decrease.

(sts)x# - Stitch sets shown inside brackets followed by an x symbol and numeral indicate what is to be repeated and how many times.

PATTERN:

Worked from the outer edge to the centre.

Using long tail method C/O 29 stitches like this:
C/O 5, T-CDd-S1L-T, (C/O 8, T-CDd-S1L-T)x4, C/O2.

RS: P1, (CDd, s1, P2tog)x4, CDd, P1. = 15

WS: (PDd)x5. = 5

FINISHING:
Cut yarn and draw end through remaining stitches twice and weave ends in. Hold centre of star and tweak tips.