Anglican Prayer Beads

For Shuttle Tatters

Pattern designed and tatted by Jeannie French
© July 2003

Shuttle directions by Gale Marshall

This piece is made using beads and half stitches. A half stitch is the first OR second part of the double stitch. As you tat, your work will twist, make sure that the stitches fit snuggle together. This half stitch causes the chain to twist and is called a Josephine Chain or Spiral Stitch.

Take 8" of thread as core thread and add 2 beads

• Secure your thread to the cross. Slide one bead along the core thread and up against the knot at the cross.
• Ch: 30 HS
• Slide one bead along core thread and place against stitches just made.
• Ch: 30 HS
• Connect your thread securely to the center connection of the connector bead. Tie and knot, cut and glue ends. It is very important to make sure all ends are secure.

  Because all the beads will be on the core thread, it is easiest to cut a 24 inch piece of thread and add it to a flat shuttle (or anything that can be unwound easily) since 30 beads will be cumbersome to handle.... it's easier to add the bead (or 2) to the tail when needed.
  

• Secure thread to top right of connector bead. DO NOT CUT!
• *Ch: 15 HS
• Slide one bead along core thread and place against stitches just made.*
• Continue * to * until you have 7 beads added.
• Ch: 30 HS
• Slide one Divider bead along core thread and place against stitches just made
• Ch: 30 HS
• Slide one bead along core thread and place against stitches just made
  
  
• Continue until you have 4 sets of 7 beads and 3 divider beads.
• Tension the chain, making sure the stitches are snug.
• Connect to other side of the connector bead. Tie and knot, cut and glue ends. .Make sure all ends are secure..