Merry and Bright Crochet Star Pattern Free

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Looking for a small, versatile project that adds a beautiful handmade touch to your home or gifts? This crochet star pattern is perfect!

Use it as a festive ornament, string several together for a charming garland, or sew it onto a blanket or bag as a cute applique. Quick to make and endlessly adaptable, it’s also a wonderful last-minute gift idea for friends and family.

Grab your hook and yarn and get ready because with only six quick rounds, you can make this gorgeous crochet star. Keep reading for all the pattern details and the free pattern, or you can purchase the ad-free PDF version, which also includes a stitch diagram.

Stitches

The square starts with single crochets worked in a magic circle. You’ll then work a round of puff stitches and chain stitches. The rest of the star uses combinations of single crochets and chains or chains to make each unique round.

The stitches are fairly basic, but the pattern is rated at an intermediate skill level since it isn’t a beginner pattern and is just a bit above an easy pattern. Once you’ve done a few stars, they will be easy, and you can whip them up quickly.

Related: Simple Crochet Star

Yarn

Minikins by Premier Yarns is a great fine-weight yarn for quick, small crochet projects. It is a cotton and acrylic blend that is tightly wound, gives great stitch definition, and is available in 42 different colors.

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Related: Granny Square Christmas Tree Ornament

Skill Level

The pattern is marked as an intermediate skill level since it requires stitch placements and stitches that aren’t just basic stitches at a beginner/easy level.

Related: Flat Crochet Christmas Tree Pattern

Merry and Bright Star Crochet Pattern

Skill Level: Intermediate

Gauge: Gauge is not critical

Finished Size: Approx. 4” across at widest point

Supplies

US size D/3, 3.25 mm crochet hook

Minikins by Premier Yarns (Category 2, Fine weight, 50% cotton, 50% acrylic blend, 158 yds/145 m, 1.75 oz/50 g)

• Samples used approx. 13 yds (0.14 oz)

Large Eye Yarn Needle

Scissors

Abbreviations

ch: chain
sl st: slip stitch
beg: beginning
st(s): stitch(es)
puff: puff stitch (see special stitches)
sp(s): space(s)
sc: single crochet
sc2tog: single crochet two together

Notes

Brackets [ ] are used to indicate the instructions within the brackets will be repeated the specified number of times.

The ch 1 at the beginning of a round does not count as a stitch.

Special Stitches

puff stitch: [yo, pull up a loop] 3 times in indicated st or sp (7 loops on the hooks), yo, pull through all 7 loops on the hook.

Pattern Instructions

Begin with a Magic Circle

Round 1: Ch 1 (does not count as a st here and throughout), 6 sc in magic circle, tighten to close, join with a sl st to beg sc. (6 sc)

Round 2: Ch 1, [puff, ch 3 puff, ch 1] in each st around, join with a sl st to beg puff. (12 puff sts, 6 ch-3 sp, 6 ch-1 sp)

Round 3: [Sl st to ch-3 sp, (3 sc, ch 3, 3 sc) in ch-3 sp, sl st in ch-1 sp between next 2 puff sts] 6 times. (36 sc, 6 ch-3 sps)

Round 4: [Ch 9, sl st between next 2 puff sts of Round 2 by working over sl st from round 3] 6 times. (6 ch-9 sps)

Round 5: [Sl st to next ch-9 sp, (5 sc, ch 3, 5 sc) in ch-9 sp] 6 times, join with a sl st to beg sc. (60 sc, 6 ch-3 sps)

Round 6: Ch 1, sc in next 5 sts, (2 sc, ch 3, 2 sc) in ch-3 sp, sc in next 4 sts, [sc2tog, sc in next 4 sts, (2 sc, ch 3, 2 sc) in ch-3 sp, sc in next 4 sts] 5 times, sk st, join with sl st to beg sc. (78 sc, 6 ch-3 sps)

Fasten off and weave in ends. Block if desired.