Crochet Star Ornament | Crochet Pattern Review

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I’m so excited that I’ve updated my blog. Lately, I’ve been lucky enough to have a few holiday orders and as a gesture, I thought it would be nice to include a complimentary star ornament in conjunction with my blog update.

When I first started blogging a couple of months ago I was nervous and went with a basic setup. But after a few posts, I noticed how limiting it was and because I’ve enjoyed this new venture I wanted more flexibility and a more professional look. I’m hoping that this blog thing takes off and to anyone reading this right now, I hope you know how much I appreciate you checking this out.

So I finally got my WordPress blog moved over. There are undoubtedly a few things to work out so please bear with me while I iron them out, but I am really happy with this new look.

Crochet Star Ornament Pattern

I wanted a pattern that was easy to follow and would work up fast. I settled upon the Persia Lou pattern found here.  This pattern is a basic, 5 pointed star that takes minutes to work up. I used a worsted weight yarn in a cream colour, as well as a 5mm hook. The finished star comes out looking like a flower, but the blog suggests spraying it with fabric stiffener.

I didn’t want to go out and purchase fabric stiffener – I figured there must be some sort of homemade concoction that would work. After researching several blogs, I came across the Bren Did blog with recipes for 3 liquid spray starch recipes. You can find it here.

I opted for the cooked cornstarch mixture. It was easy to cook up as I have cornstarch in my kitchen and I put it into a spray bottle.

I pinned the stars down onto a piece of cardboard, covered in saran wrap and sprayed them – damp, but not soaking. Then I let it dry for a few hours.

Now I know there are other concoctions out there – some made with sugar water, some made out of thinned-out glue. I wanted my star to keep its shape, but I didn’t want it hard and crusty feeling. The cornstarch mixture was just the trick to do that. That said, you can still feel the cornstarch mixture hardened when you touch the ornament. In order to alleviate that, with my second batch, I pinned them faced down, so that the backsides were sprayed (not the front side) and so any crustiness is on the back, not the front of the star. This left the star soft and nice.

I just threaded a bit of jute twine through one of the star tips and it’s ready to hang on the tree.

I’m really happy with how the star ornaments turned out and I hope they are a nice, little surprise to those who ordered from me this holiday season. I’ve also been using them to decorate Christmas presents for friends.

For me, the Christmas star represents new hope in the birth of Jesus and reminds us to look towards the Light. Happy Holidays!

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