With the gold work 12 Octagon Stars as page 4.
1st STAR, 1st round--With the light green wool and crochet needle
commence in a pearl loop of one of the stars, work 5 chain and 1
plain in each of the 8 pearl loops; fasten off.
2nd round--With the dark green commence in one of the light green
loops, work (7 chain, miss 5 and 1 plain in the next loop 8 times);
fasten off.
Work the other 11 Gold Stars the same.
CENTRE DIAMOND--With the gold commence in the centre of the 1st loop
of chain of one of the stars, work 4 chain, miss 6, 1 plain in the
next loop; take another star, work 1 plain in the first loop of it,
then 4 chain, 1 plain in the next loop; take a third star and work 1
plain in the 1st loop of it, 4 chain, 1 plain in the next loop; take a
4th star and work 1 plain in the 1st loop of it, 4 chain, 1 plain in
the next loop, then join to the 1st stitch to make it round; fasten
off.
JOINING CIRCLE--With the gold commence in one of the loops of a 5th
star, work (6 chain, miss 7 and 1 plain in the next loop 5 times),
then 4 chain, miss 7, 1 plain in the next loop; take one of the four
stars already joined and work 1 plain in the 7th loop of it, 4 chain,
miss 7, 1 plain in the next loop of the 4th star, then 1 plain in the
next loop of the next star of the four centre stars, 4 chain, miss 7,
1 plain in the next loop of the same star. Take a 6th star and work 1
plain in a loop of it, 4 chain, 1 plain in the next loop of the 6th
star, then missing the last 20 gold stitches join to the plain stitch
after the 5th loop of the 5th star; then on the 6th star work (6
chain, miss 7 and 1 plain in the next loop, 5 times), 4 chain, miss 7,
1 plain in the next loop; then 1 plain in the next loop of the 4
centre stars, 4 chain, miss 7, 1 plain in the next loop; take another
star and work 1 plain in a loop of it, 4 chain, miss 7, 1 plain in the
next loop, then miss the last 15 gold stitches and join to the plain
stitch after the 5th loop of the 6th star. Repeat from the
commencement of the circle, and fasten off.
LIGHT GREEN CIRCLE--Commence in the 1st 6 chain of the gold circle,
work 4 chain, miss 4, 1 plain in the next 6 chain, 4 chain, 1 plain in
the same 6 chain as the last; repeat twice more; then 4 chain, miss
4, 1 plain, and between the stars miss 6, 1 plain in the next 6 chain;
repeat from the commencement of the circle, and fasten off.
DARK GREEN CIRCLE--Commence in the 1st loop of the last circle, work
(5 chain, miss 4 and 1 plain in the 4 chain 6 times), then between the
stars miss 6, 1 plain in the next 4 chain; repeat all round, and
fasten off.