12 Starflake Heart
This one started as a snowflake but I used a rather thick gold thread for the zigzag plait and the star became more visible than the snowflake! The thread used for the sparkly plaits is a pair of standard 30wpc cotton worked with a pair of Gutermann Silver Glitter no 41 poly blend thread. I paired these together because the glitter thread on its own doesn't behave very well, the cotton thread helps keep the picots and twists in order. The star was made with an Anchor Metallic crochet thread, around 20wpc.
The worker pair comes out from the edge with twists added to join the points of the star. A windmill crossing with the star point, pin, and work back. On the way back, put 2 twists on the worker, then make a sewing over the twisted worker just worked, a couple more twists, then another sewing, twist to the edge. You can do as many sewings as you feel you need, these keep the two twisted ropes together, making a false plait. You can also leave them as single pair twisted ropes if you prefer.
The silver plaits join a the edge trail, work a windmill through the star and then make a little half stitch bud in the center. An eight pair crossing would also work for the center. The picots are two pair picots and each one needs a cotton and a glitter thread to make the picot.
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