Twine Christmas Stars

I was browsing through Pinterest this morning looking for a last minute gift, and ran across the following pin:

"Cool" I thought to myself. However, when I dug a little further, I noted that these twine stars were for sale, and I was not able to find a pattern when I "Googled" it. (BTW, if you would like to purchase these stars you can find them here.) Being so cheap, broke, crafty, I decided to come up with a homemade twine star. I found a pattern for a 5 pointed star that I thought would work, and set out to rework it to use with twine. Here's what I came up with:

STAR
Hook Size: I used 3 different hooks to make the different size stars. H, K and N.

Using twine, chain 5; join with slip to form ring. (You'll want to keep your stitches loose)
Round 1: Ch 1, work 10 sc in ring, join with slip to first sc—10 sc.
Round 2: * Ch 6, skip next sc, slip st in next sc; repeat from * 4 times, join with a slip st in base of beginning ch-6—five ch-6 spaces.
Round 3: Ch 1, work [3 sc (4 for larger hooks), ch 5 (3 for larger hooks), 3 (4) sc] in each ch- 6 space, join with slip to first sc—five ch-5 corner spaces.  Slip Stitch in next 5 sc to reach the top of the star point. In top sc, 1sc, stretching the loop to make a hanger:

 Tie loop to twine's tail to fasten off and form hanger:

Leave a tail when you cut the twine, and weave it in (I used a #4, 2mm hook because I found a yarn needle was nearly impossible to use).

At this point, to keep the star flat, I wet them down and stretched them into the desired shapes, then left them to dry.

You could place a heavy book on top, but since I need to give these as gifts tonight, I want to be sure they dry quickly. I added some dollar store rusty bells to complete the country feel.

Not bad! While they are not quite as "perfect" as my original inspiration photo, I was able to complete all 3 stars in about 45 minutes. So with a time investment of only 15 minutes each (plus a couple minutes for the bells) this makes very quick, really cute country ornaments!

Happy crocheting! And have a wonderful week before Christmas!

Tina

And the angel said unto them, "Fear not!

  Behold I bring you good tidings of great joy

which will be to all people,

Unto you is born this day

a Saviour which is Christ the Lord."

Luke 2:11