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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Crochet These Cute Starfish Bowl Fillers

These crocheted starfish bowl fillers are the perfect gift for the beachaholic in your life.  The stitches closely mimic the texture of a starfish, and they are set off whimsically by pink pearls sprinkled over the top. Wish upon these starfish, and a little bit of summer will stay with you all year round!

Materials
1 skein Vanna’s Choice® yarn by Lion Brand® Yarn in Beige
G/6 crochet hook
Fiber fill
55 8mm glass pearls in pink or color of your choice
Tapestry needle
Sewing needle
Sewing thread to match yarn

Instructions
Make 2 motifs for each starfish.

Rnd 1: With G hook, ch 3, sl st in first ch to join ring, ch 1, 9 sc in ring, sl st in first sc to join. (9 sc).

Rnd 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in each sc, sl st in first sc to join (18 sc).

Rnd 3: *Ch 9, sc in fourth ch from hook, hdc in each of next 2  chs, dc in each of next 3 chs, sk first 3 sts on rnd 2, sl st in next st, repeat from * around, placing last sl st in same stitch as joining sl st of rnd 2. Fasten off.
With tapestry needle, weave in all loose ends.

To join starfish motifs together, working through both thicknesses with wrong sides together, join with sl st between any 2 legs of the starfish motifs. Ch 1, evenly space 79 sc around the outer edges of starfish motifs, gradually filling the starfish with fiber fill as crochet around the edges. Join with sl st in first sc. (79 sc). Fasten off.

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