This is a 5 Point Celtic Christmas Star. A really good picture of what it is supposed to look like is at: http://rozellalinden.blogspot.com/20...n_archive.html (Look at the Nov. 15 post.) I made this for an Outage Challenge on E-Tatters Online Forum (The forum was down for a day and the challenge was to make something from start to finish during that time.)

This piece is fun to make and a bit of a challenge to get the weaving right. It is all chains and, thus, a good piece for beginners. It has 185 stitches.

The ecru star is #20 El Cheapo cotton thread (got a ball that was 1 1/2 miles long) and the white star (round 1) is #20 cotton thread. The glasses are a necessary part of my advanced years. The shuttle is one of the first ones I acquired. The leather pouch holds a pair of sissors, 9 crochet hook sizes 0 to 14 and 2 pins for picking out mistakes. The oak stool usually has a ball of thread and a cup of coffee or tea on it.