It has been a while since I spotted this beautiful crochet stitch on Pinterest for the first time (I know it sounds a bit like a love story…) I finally found recently the opportunity to try this new technique and guess what... I love this stitch! In fact it is much simpler than it looks and the finish is stunning.
I thought it would make a nice potholder using a thick and colourful cotton yarn. So that's what I tried and I am really pleased with the result.
Follow me to learn this great crochet stitch in this step by step tutorial to make these stylish potholders in autumnal colours. They will be the perfect accessory both useful and decorative for your kitchen this fall.

This post was originally published for perlesandco.com

Supplies needed:

• Cotton Natura XL
• Crochet 7mm
• Scissors
• Needle

The star stitch is base on two rows: the first one will create the bottom of the star. The upper one will form the top part.

Abbreviations

Ch: chain
Hdc: half double crochet
Sc: single crochet
Hdc: yarn over, insert hook in stitch and pull up a loop, yarn over again and pull through the 3 loops on hook.

Foundation Chain

Chain 28

Row 1

We will create the bottom of the first star by pulling 5 loops that will form the spikes of the star.
Insert hook in the 2nd ch from the hook (see drop marker) and pull up a loop.

Repeat in each of the next 4 ch (you should have now 6 loops on the hook),

You will now form the bottom of the first star.
Yarn over and pull through all loops on hook,

then ch1 to form the “eye” of the star.

We will now create the bottom of the second star.
*insert hook and pull  up a loop in the eye of last star

insert hook and pull  up a loop through the last loop of previous star,

insert hook and pull  up a loop through same ch as last loop of previous star,

insert hook and pull  up a loop in each of next 2 ch (you should have now 6 loops on hook),


yarn over and pull through all 6 loops, chain 1. We get the second half star.


Repeat from * across, until you have only one chain remaining from the foundation chain.

end the row with 1 hdc in last chain, and turn.


When you turn, it should look like this:

Row 2

We will now form the top part of the stars.
Chain 1, make 1 sc in the hdc,



1 sc in the eye of the next star stitch,

2 sc in the eye of each star stitch across,


End with 1 sc in the top of the turning chain and turn. The drop marker shows in which stitch you should insert the hook.

Row 3

We are back to the front side.

Chain 2,


Insert hook and pull up a loop in front strand of the 2nd chain from the hook,

then insert hook and pull up a loop in the back strand of the same chain,

insert hook and pull up a loop in each of the next 3 sc (as marked by the drops),


yarn over and pull through all the 6 loops, chain 1,


Then, repeat as per row 1.
*insert hook and pull  up a loop in the eye of the last star,
insert hook and pull  up a loop in back of last loop of the star,
insert hook and pull  up a loop in the same sc as last loop of the star,
insert hook and pull  up a loop in each of the next 2 sc,

yarn over and pull through all 6 loops, ch 1, repeat from * across,

end with hdc in last sc (same sc as last loop of the last star stitch).

Repeat rows 2 and 3 until you have reached 7 or 8 rows of stars (depending of the tension you apply=> stop when you obtain a square).

Chain 10,

and slip stitch in the first chain to close the chain loop created (this will be your hanging loop).


Single crochet all around and once you reached the starting corner, fasten off and weave in the end thread using your big needle.

Now you have learned the star stitch!

You can make variations of this potholder using different colours to decorate your kitchen following your cravings of the season!

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