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“THAT’S NO MOON.” It’s Star Wars Day everybody! And look what I created t his past week: Crochet Death Star Cushion!
It was Jason who suggested I make a Death Star cushion and I eagerly accepte the challenge.
The first several attempts at making this crochet space station were frustrating because I couldn’t get the right spherical shape. This is where the internet (as usual) saved me from pulling out my hair. I found this r eally awesome sphere pattern calculator and all I did was enter the circumference in stitches (96) and it came up with a pattern for an ideal sphere. The only difficult part was countin and making sure I had the right number of stitches per round because the formula isn’t like your usual increase every x number of stitches by y number of times. So for this project I followed the calculated pattern and then added slip stitches made single crochet stitches to the back loops of the middle rounds to create the trench.
Pattern PDF is now available for purchase in the shop or shop or you can find the patter below. May the 4th be with you!
*Update* The pattern has been adjusted as I received quite a few questions about what the numbers in the pattern mean. I have also (hopefully) cleared u any confusion on how to start the first round in the Death Star and the super laser. But if there’s still anything that is unclear please send me an email
[email protected] *Another Update* I’ve made a video that explains the first couple of rounds, ho to make the trench, and how to make the surface stitches. Check out the youtube video here.
Size: Approx 24-27” circumference
Materials: -Size 4.50mm and 3.50mm hooks -Worsted yarn in grey, 1 7oz/426yd skein and small amount of lighter grey. I’m using Bernat – True Grey for sphere and Soft Grey for surface stitches. -Fibrefill for stuffing, approx. 5-6oz -Yarn needle for surface stitches.
Notes: Numbers in pattern represent number of single crochet stitches to make. Example: Round 4: 2sc, inc, 3sc, inc, 2sc, inc, 3sc, inc, 2sc, inc (22 sts) Translates to: Round 4: sc in next 2 sts, inc in next st, sc in next 3 sts, inc in next st, sc in next 2 sts, inc in next st, sc in next 3 sts, inc in next st, sc in next 2 sts, inc in next st (22
sts) Unless otherwise stated, this pattern is worked in continuous rounds using stitch markers to locate the beginning/end of a round. Sizes will vary depending on stitch tension and how much stuffing is u sed.
Stitches Used Ch – chain Sc – single crochet Inc – increase (2sc in same stitch) Inc3 – 3sc increase (3sc in same stitch) Dec – decrease (sc2tog) Dec3 – 3sc decrease (sc3tog) BLO – back loop only Dc – double crochet Sl st – slip stitch
Sphere Using 4.50mm hook and True Grey yarn. Use magic ring Round 1: start 5 sc in magic ring or ch 2 and make 5 sc in 2nd ch from hook (5 sts) Round 2: inc, inc, inc, inc, inc3 (11 sts) Round 3: inc, 1sc, inc, 1sc, inc, 1sc, inc, 1sc, inc, 1sc, inc (17 sts) Round 4: 2sc, inc, 3sc, inc, 2sc, inc, 3sc, inc, 2sc, inc (22 sts) Round 5: inc, 2sc, inc, 3sc, inc, 3sc, inc, 2sc, inc, 3sc, inc, 3sc (28 sts) Round 6: 1sc, inc, 4sc, inc, 5sc, inc, 5sc, inc, 4sc, inc, 4sc (33 sts) Round 7: 4sc, inc, 5sc, inc, 6sc, inc, 6sc, inc, 5sc, inc, 2sc (38 sts) Round 8: 1sc, inc, 5sc, inc, 5sc, inc, 6sc, inc, 5sc, inc, 5sc, inc, 5sc (44 sts) Round 9: inc, 8sc, inc, 7sc, inc, 8sc, inc, 8sc, inc, 8sc (49 sts) Round 10: 11sc, inc, 11sc, inc, 12sc, inc, 11sc, inc (53 sts) Round 11: 8sc, inc, 10sc, inc, 9sc, inc, 10sc, inc, 10sc, inc, 1sc (58 sts) Round 12: 7sc, inc, 14sc, inc, 13sc, inc, 14sc, inc, 6sc (62 sts) Round 13: 5sc, inc, 12sc, inc, 11sc, inc, 11sc, inc, 12sc, inc, 6sc (67 sts) Round 14: inc, 16sc, inc, 16sc, inc, 15sc, inc, 16sc (71 sts) Round 15: 15sc, inc, 23sc, inc, 22sc, inc, 8sc (74 sts) Round 16: 16sc, inc, 17sc, inc, 18sc, inc, 17sc, inc, 2sc (78 sts) Round 17: 6sc, inc, 25sc, inc, 25sc, inc, 19sc (81 sts) Round 18: 20sc, inc, 26sc, inc, 26sc, inc, 6sc (84 sts) Round 19: 6sc, inc, 27sc, inc, 27sc, inc, 21sc (87 sts)
Round 20: 13sc, inc, 42sc, inc, 30sc (89 sts) Round 21: 34sc, inc, 43sc, inc, 10sc (91 sts) Round 22: 10sc, inc, 45sc, inc, 34sc (93 sts) Round 23: 56sc, inc, 36sc (94 sts) Round 24: 9sc, inc, 84sc (95 sts) Round 25: 57sc, inc, 37sc (96 sts) Round 26: B L O sc around (96 sts) Working in both loops again Round 27: sc in each st (96 sts) Round 28: BL O sc around (96 sts) Working in both loops again
Round 29: 9sc, dec, 85sc (95 sts) Round 30: 56sc, dec, 37sc (94 sts) Round 31: 10sc, dec, 82sc (93 sts) Round 32: 32sc, dec, 45sc, dec, 12sc (91 sts) Round 33: 11sc, dec, 43sc, dec, 33sc (89 sts) Round 34: 33sc, dec, 42sc, dec, 10sc (87 sts) Round 35: 6sc, dec, 27sc, dec, 27sc, dec, 21sc (84 sts) Round 36: 20sc, dec, 26sc, dec, 26sc, dec, 6sc (81 sts) Round 37: 7sc, dec, 25sc, dec, 25sc, dec, 18sc (78 sts) Round 38: 5sc, dec, 18sc, dec, 17sc, dec, 18sc, dec, 12sc (74 sts) Round 39: 7sc, dec, 23sc, dec, 22sc, dec, 16sc (71 sts) Round 40: 12sc, dec, 16sc, dec, 16sc, dec, 15sc, dec, 4sc (67 sts) Round 41: 7sc, dec, 12sc, dec, 11sc, dec, 12sc, dec, 11sc, dec, 4sc (62 sts) Round 42: dec, 13sc, dec, 14sc, dec, 13sc, dec, 14sc (58 sts) Round 43: 9sc, dec, 9sc, dec, 10sc, dec, 10sc, dec, 9sc, dec, 1sc (53 sts) Round 44: 1sc, dec, 11sc, dec, 11sc, dec, 12sc, dec, 10sc (49 sts) Start stuffing and continue to stuff with remaining decreases until closed. Round 45: 4sc, dec, 8sc, dec, 8sc, dec, 7sc, dec, 8sc, dec, 4sc (44 sts) Round 46: 2sc, dec, 5sc, dec, 5sc, dec, 6sc, dec, 5sc, dec, 5sc, dec, 4sc (38 sts) Round 47: 3sc, dec, 6sc, dec, 6sc, dec, 5sc, dec, 6sc, dec, 2sc (33 sts) Round 48: 1sc, dec, 4sc, dec, 5sc, dec, 5sc, dec, 4sc, dec, 4sc (28 sts) Round 49: 1sc, dec, 3sc, dec, 2sc, dec, 3sc, dec, 3sc, dec, 2sc, dec, 2sc (22 sts) Round 50: 3sc, dec, 2sc, dec, 2sc, dec, 3sc, dec, 2sc, dec (17 sts) Round 51: 1sc, dec, 1sc, dec, 1sc, dec, 1sc, dec, 1sc, dec, dec (11 sts) Round 52: dec3, dec, dec, dec, dec (5 sts) Fasten off and stitch closed, weave in ends.
Superlaser Using 3.50mm hook and Bernat – True Grey
Round 1: ch 3, 12 dc in 3rd ch from hook, sl st to 2nd starting ch (12 sts) Round 2: ch 2, dc in same st as ch, inc in each st around, sl st to first dc (24 sts) Round 3: ch 2, dc in same st as ch, dc in next st *inc in next, dc in next* repeat around, sl st to first dc (36 sts) Round 4: ch 2, dc in same st as ch, dc in next 2 sts *inc , dc in next 2 sts* repeat around, sl st to first dc (48 sts) Fasten off and leave long tail for sewing. With yarn needle and Soft Grey yarn stitch vertical and horizontal lines around sphere and on superlaser – to help me with some of the line stitch placement I Googled photos of the Death Star and used t hem as guides.
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Lisa says 05/05/2014 at 4:56 am
Very awesome! And thanks for the link to the sphere calculator as well, I think that’s going to save me a lot of time and future headaches! ~____^ Reply
Crochet Lounge (@CrochetLounge (@CrochetLounge)) says 05/06/2014 at 11:07 am squeeeeeeeeee
