I’ve also been making good progress on my Tessellation Nation since my redesign effort. I’ve made my first five petal flower and set it in, and started on the bottom right hand corner, which has a new frame color - purple! The outlines for two Mandalas are emerging. I also ripped out the stars that I had done and redid them, as I didn’t like the center construction on them. The pattern has you do a round of single crochets (14 plus a slip stitch join, for 15 stitches) and then a round of 30 half-double crochets, two per single crochet, which was just unwieldy. First I tried working twenty triple crochets in 5 sets of four with a chain between each set, and that fit, but I wasn’t crazy about the look. I pondered the problem on our daily walk and when I came back I checked to see if the first two rounds of the pentagon 1 would work, and it did. So now that is how I work my stars. I did change the beginning of round 2 so I start with chain three and a double crochet into the same stitch. That way when I finish the round I am ready to work into the chain space for the first join and the first star point. I work a single crochet into the chain space, join and then work another single crochet into the chain space before working the star point. I always use a magic ring for my centers, which allows me to cinch up the piece to fit the space nicely.
Pattern: Tessellation Nation by Sue Maton
Yarn: Scheepjes Terrazzo
Hook: 3.75 mm (F), 3.5 mm (E)
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