CROCHETED PENTACLE, Katys 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.) I have made it with different thread sizes since I first wrote the Pattern. Just choose a hook to go with your choice of yarn/threa Size. Abbreviations: sl st ch dc w/ tr sk beg lp rnd rep slip stitch chain double crochet with triple crochet skip beginning loop round 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 scs 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 (updated 3-2008: It will round out better if you add at least one more round of dc, preferably two, before you finish off with the sc round. )