What am I doing starting another? Damn you inspiration anyways… lol
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May 26
In case people are checking here: Most of the yarn is Caron Simply Soft (though not all). I’ll list colours (and hook swaps) at the end.

The stars are beads. I strung them on, and then crocheted them in. After I fiddled so that they were on the front and so that they didn’t move easy. It’s hard to stitch tight with beads - they don’t bend. :D
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May 29
The stars seem to get everyone. :) Strung on the yarn. I used a random number generator to decide where to place them, because if I did it “random” in my head there would have been a pattern of some sort - or spaced more regularly. I think I did between 5-24 for the petal areas, and where there were fewer stitches it was closer to 2-12. I counted chains, but would fudge it so it was on a stitch. In the trebles, I would make sure it wasn’t the same yarn-over pull-through as the last one. If I was stitching over one (as on a sc), I would make sure it was at the front, and make sure it was still in the front after the stitch was done. I hope that helps!
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June 20
Just layed her out to see if I needed to worry about the part 8 hook increase. Looked fine after row 61, and 62, but after 63, I can see the tightness starting. I also did the hook increase for part 4. So, I’m heading into a bigger hook now.
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July 7
Went to the new Michael’s (there’s one close to me now! Woot!) and took a look through their beading stuff AND FOUND THE BEADS AGAIN! Now I can stop worrying that night will come and I’ll run out of beads :) Just yarn… :D
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July 23
Took pics today - wanted to see how the sunset worked out, and needed a bit of a border, so worked up the next couple of colours and almost finished part 14. I think I’ll be needing to figure out a few more rows after we’re done the universe, because I don’t think I’ll have enough for my ideas. Hmmmmmmmmmm…
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Aug 3
Ran out of black - gotta pause until I get some more. Stopped in the middle of part 18, row 111.
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Aug 24
Stopped on 112 - Want to decide on a border (if a border) and incorporate it in to 113 - especially since I don’t think I want to back post. Hmmm thoughts…
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Colours!
1 - 4 - Off White (Hook H)
5 - 8 - Dark Country Blue
9 -15- Black (with silver beads)
16-18- Dark Country Blue
19-22- Country Blue
23-24- Lavender Blue
25 - Watermelon
26 - Lavender Blue (Hook I)
27 - Lemonade
28 - Neon Pink
29 - Neon Orange
30 - Neon Coral
31 - Neon Orange
32 - Neon Coral
33 - Watermelon
34 - Flamingo
35 - Lilac
36-38 - Soft Blue
39 - Off White
40-49 - Blue Mint
50 - White
51-53 - Blue Mint
54 - White
55 - Blue Mint
56 - White
57 - Blue Mint
58 - EverSoft’s Grey
59 - Mist
60 - Blue Mint
61 - Charcoal
62 - Light Heather
63 - Mist
64 - L&T’s Grey (Hook J)
65 - EverSoft’s Grey
66 - Charcoal
67 - White
68 - L&T’s Grey
69 - Light Heather
70 - L&T’s Grey
71 - Charcoal
72 - Eversoft’s Grey
73 - Mist
74 - Blue Mint
75 - White
76 - Blue Mint
77-78 - Soft Blue
79-80 - Soft Pink
81 - Lilac
82 - Neon Orange
83 - Lavender Blue
84 - Neon Coral
85 - Watermelon
86 - Neon Coral
87 - Watermelon
88 - Neon Pink
89 - Fuchsia
90 - Flamingo
91-92 - Lilac
93-95 - Lavender Blue
96-99 - Country Blue
100-102 - Dark Country Blue
103-106 - Black
107 Neon Green
108-113 - Black
Ended with a shellish border that I half finished because I liked how it looked RIGHT NOW. That I got from the book “Exquisite Trims in Thread Crochet”.