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This is an update on my crocheted starfish. I had a lot of requests so I put together a pattern that includes the starfish brooch, earrings and ring. You can find it at Etsy and also at Craftsy The pattern shows all three starfish designs in turquoise, but I'm now working on some coral/apricot/tangerine starfish and really they look good in so many colors. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. I always love to speak knitting and crochet, even though my patterns are always written in simple English.

My Turquoise Starfish Brooch and Ring are a call to the sea. I've loved poetry from my earliest years, most likely because of the music of its rhythms. I definitely remember learning this poem by heart when I was still quite young: This is meter right out of Homer and moves the spirit for sure! Starfish combine both the sea and the stars and also are wonderful design elements. A year or so ago I made a Turquoise Starfish Ring -- I used Perle cotton #5 to make it and it's been in quite a few Etsy treasuries. Then a few months ago, a customer asked me to make a starfish brooch -- Can you see the starfish impression on the shell? The brooch is made with a DK weight mercerized cotton. On my worktable right now is a starfish earring I've designed. This is made with variegated embroidery floss and the tiniest hook I could get to work with that easily separated thread. I'll mount these on silver plated ear wires. You can find the ring in my Etsy shop and the brooch here. fi