An old saying goes that if the only tool you have is a hammer, suddenly everything looks like a nail. In that vein, if the only tool you use is a crochet hook, suddenly everything looks like string.

It’s Christmas time at our house, and that means our dining room has become an impromptu Santa’s workshop for the month of December. Our family has a tradition of making Christmas ornaments to send with our Christmas cards each year, and this year I’ve been eyeing these fairy lights and thinking, “I bet I could crochet that.” And so my idea for light-up crochet star ornaments was born.