Santa Claus Star

Materials Required: AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY
STAR” PEARL COTTON, Article 90, Size 5
2-balls Bright Red
1-ball White
1-ball Black
Steel crochet hook No. 7

With Red ch 2, 5 sc in 2nd st from hook. Join all rounds and ch 1 to turn each round.

2nd Round-2 sc in each sc.

3rd Round-* 1 sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc, repeat from * all around.

4th Round-Working in sc, increase in every 3rd st .

5th Round-Increase in every 4th st. Continue working in same manner until there are 8 sts between increasing points.

11th Round-Increase in every 5th st (60 sc).

Next Row. ARM POINT -1 sc in each of the next 12 sc, ch 1, turn.

2nd Row-Decrease 1 sc at the beginning and end of row (to decrease: * insert hook in next st, pull loop through, repeat from * once, thread over and work off all loops at one time).

3rd and 4th Rows-l sc in each sc. Repeat the last 3 rows once.

8th Row-Same as 2nd row, cut Red, turn.

9th and 10th Rows-Attach White and work 1 sc in each sc.

11th Row-Same as 2nd row, cut White, turn.

12th and 13th Rows-Attach Black and work 1 sc in each sc.

14th Row-Same as 2nd row.