Star of Bethlehem Hexagon Motif

What we checked

• Printed rounds 1 and 2 (round 1 here): 23 sc in the ring, the 23 the pattern prints, with none left over.
• Printed round 3 (round 2 here): the 6 petals the pattern promises, 18 dtr and 12 tr with 12 chain spaces.
• Printed round 4 (round 3 here): 6 V stitches, 12 dc.
• Printed round 5 (round 4 here): 2 V stitches over each, 24 dc.
• Printed rounds 6 to 8 (rounds 5 to 7 here): the 3, 4 and 5 V stitches a side the pattern prints, 36, 48 and 60 dc.
• The chains between the six groups shorten by one each round: 9, 8, 7, 6 and 5.
• Every round closes evenly, and the last round has six matching sides.

How we read the old wording

• Round numbers differ from the magazine. It calls the starting ring "Rnd 1" and the 23 sc "Rnd 2". Krowshea works the ring and the sc as one round, so each round here is one less than the printed number (round 7 here is the printed Rnd 8).
• The ch 1 before the 23 sc is the magazine's own. It is not one of the 23 sc.
• "23 sc" is exact. The first petal puts its ch 5 and a dtr into the same sc, and its closing tr shares the last sc with the sixth petal, so six petals use 23 sc.
• "Sl st into the next dtr" at the start of printed Rnd 4 moves one stitch on from the join, to the middle dtr of the first petal, and is written "sl st in next st".
• "Dc in the center dtr of next petal" passes 7 places without saying so: a dtr, a tr, a ch-3 space, the sl st, a ch-3 space, a tr and a dtr. They are written out as skips.
• Each round's "Ch 6, dc in same place" is written as ch 3 (the first dc), then (ch 3, dc) in the same stitch, and the join to "third ch of ch 6" as a join to the top of that ch 3. The stitches and places are the same.
• "3 V sts" over 4 dc are a V in the first dc, a dc in each of the two middle dc with ch 3 between them, and a V in the last dc, so the middle "V" stands on two stitches. Printed Rnds 7 and 8 add one such pair each.
• The chains between groups are not worked into; each round chains past the one below.
• The magazine ends by sewing the motifs together along the V-stitch sides. This page covers the single motif.

No errors in the original. Its printed counts (23 sc, 6 petals, and 3, 4 and 5 V stitches a side) all check out, and every round closes evenly.