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A little something for your Forth of July Cookouts

Stars and Stripes Napkin Ring

Napkin rings of red white and blue.




Make some simple white stars.  It's important to Block your Stars. Otherwise they will curl up like starfish and it will give your napkin rings a whole different effect.

Star

Materials:
White Cotton or White medium weight yarn ( Look for the 4 on the label)

Hook size = 4.00MM / G
To make sure that you have the correct hook size for this project, here is a crochet hook conversion tool for you.

Stitches: 
sc = single crochet; insert your hook into the stitch, yarn over and and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through both loops.

hdc= half double crochet; yarn over and insert your hook into the stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through all three loops at once.

dc = double crochet; yarn over and insert your hook into the stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through the first two, yarn over and pull through the last two loops.

ss = slip stitch; insert your hook into the stitch, yarn over and pull through the loop.

Begin with a magic ring
Round 1: hdc 12x in magic ring

Round 2: Ch 4, sc in second ch from your hook, hdc in 3rd and dc in 4th, skip 1 hdc from first round and slip stitch into the second stitch. (this is your first of five points/corners)
Ch 4, sc in second ch from your hook, hdc in 3rd and dc in 4th, skip 1 hdc and slip stitch into the next (second corner/point)
Ch 4, sc in second ch from your hook, hdc in 3rd and dc in the 4th, skip 1 hdc from previous round and slip stitch into the next (third point)
Ch 4, sc in second ch from your hook, hdc in 3rd and dc in the 4th, skip 1 hdc from previous round and slip st into the next (4th point)
Ch 4, sc in second ch from your hook, hdc in 3rd and dc in the 4th, skip 1 hdc from the previous round and slip stitch into the beginning stitch to connect the star.(5th and finally point on the star)

Napkin Ring

Materials:

5.00MM hook
Blue worsted weight weight yarn (look for the 4 on the label)
Red Caron simply soft yarn or other medium weight yarn (look for the 4 on the label)

Stitches: 
hdc = half double crochet; yarn over and insert your hook into the stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through all three loops at once.

dc = double crochet; yarn over and insert your hook into the stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through the first two, yarn over and pull through the last two loops.

sc = single crochet; insert your hook into the stitch, yarn over and and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through both loops.

Chain 21

Row 1:  Hdc in 3rd ch from the hook and hdc across (19)

Row 2:  Ch 1 and turn, hdc across (19)

Do not turn, -hdc at the end in the middle of the two rows.  Make two dcs in the same space and then hdc in that space as well, sl st at the first row and sc across
find the point at the end in the middle of the two rows (hdc, dc, dc, hdc )  sl st at the end.

Row 3:  attach red yarn and sc, sc across in all hdc, 2 sc in each dc at the end and sc in hdc continue sc across the other side until the end, 2 sc in each dc at the end and sc in hdc, sc in each until you get to the start of the red round, slip st at the start.

You can then attach your star to one side of the napkin ring on the outside.  If you want to have a button closure the other side has a button hole. Or you can just sew the ends together for a ring.  I made mine both ways.  

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