This pattern is a great beginner pattern; your student will learn rings, chains, picots, simple and multiple joins, and produce a piece of tatting that, with one row only, produces a nice edging, and with both rows, makes a nice bookmark or insertion.
Please feel free to print this out and give to your students.
Materials required: 1 needle/shuttle and 1 thread (2 for learning).
| ABBREVIATIONS | ||
|---|---|---|
| R: Ring | Ch: Chain | j, +: Join |
| p, -: picot | vsp : very small picot | |
| cl: close ring | prev: previous |
| The number in the center column indicates the numbered element in the diagram below.
Make all picots on rings very small EXCEPT for the centre picot. | ||
| Long Description | # | Short Description |
|---|---|---|
| *R: 8ds (p, 2ds)twice, p, 8ds, cl | *R: 8-2-2-8 | |
| Ch: 8ds, p, 8ds. | C: 8-8 | |
| R: 8ds, j to 1st p of prev R, 2ds, j to 2nd p of prev R, 2ds, p, 8ds, cl.* | R: 8+2+2-8 | |
| Ch: 5ds( p, 5ds) 4 times, | C:5-5-5-5-5 | |
| **R: 8ds, j to p on prev r, 2ds, j to p in centre, 2ds, p, 8ds, cl. | R: 8+2+2-8 | |
| Ch: 8ds, p, 8ds. | C: 8-8 | |
| R: 8ds, j to p on prev r, 2ds, j to p in centre, 2ds, j to p on r, 8ds, cl.** | R: 8+2+2+8 | |
| Ch: 5ds(p, 5ds) 4 times, | C: 5-5-5-5-5 | |
