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Materials
• Presencia Pearl Cotton, 100% cotton thread, size 12, 10 g/ball, 1 ball of #3556
• Shuttles, 2
Materials are available at needlework stores or from mail order or online resources.
Finished Size: 4 x 3 1/2 inches (10.2 x 8.9 cm)
Abbreviations
R = ring
Ch = chain
- = picot
+ = join
(bl)/(gr) = work with blue or green shuttle, as specified
* = repeat from
rnd(s) = round(s)
Tips for Tatting from a Chart
Use the written instructions as a guide to the number of stitches and picots as well as which shuttle to use. Use the chart as a guide to when and where each join should occur. |
Figures
Tattered Star Pattern  (50 KB)
Instructions
Wind one shuttle with the thread. Do not cut the thread.
Rnd 1:
R 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3
* Ch 3 - 6 - 3
R 3 - 3 + (see chart) 3 - 3 - 3
Repeat from * 3 times
Ch 3 - 6 - 3
R 3 - 3 + 3 + 3 - 3
Ch 3 - 6 - 3
Tie off and cut the threads.
Wind two shuttles with the thread.
Rnd 2:
R (bl) 6 + 6
R (bl) 6 + 6
R (gr) 3 - 3 - 3
R (gr) 3 + 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3
R (gr) 3 + 3 - 3
* Ch (gr) 6 - 3 - 3 - 6
R (gr) 6 + 6
R (gr) 6 - 3 - 3
Ch (gr) 6
R (gr) 6 + 6 - 6
R (gr) 6 + 6 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 6 - 6
R (gr) 6 + 6 - 6
Ch (gr) 6
R (gr) 3 + 3 - 6
R (gr) 6 - 6
Ch (gr) 6 - 3 + 3 - 6
R (bl) 6 + 6
R (bl) 6 + 6
R (gr) 3 - 3 - 3
R (gr) 3 + 3 + 3 - 3 - 3 - 3
R (gr) 3 + 3 - 3
Repeat from * 4 times
Ch (gr) 6 - 3 - 3 - 6
R (gr) 6 + 6
R (gr) 6 - 3 - 3
Ch (gr) 6
R (gr) 6 + 6 - 6
R (gr) 6 + 6 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 6 - 6
R (gr) 6 + 6 - 6
Ch (gr) 6
R (gr) 3 + 3 - 6
R (gr) 6 + 6
Ch (gr) 6 - 3 + 3 - 6
Tie off and cut the threads. Press with a steam iron set on Cotton. If desired, starch before pressing.
About the Designer
Design adapted with permission from Occhi – Tatting – Frovolité: Spitzen-Ideen (Berlin: Susanne Schwenke, 2003) by Susanne Schwenke.
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Occhi – Tatting – Frovolité: Spitzen-Ideen by Susanne Schwenke (ISBN 3-8311-4630-6) is available in the U.S. from Lacis, (510) 843-7178, www.lacis.com or Handy Hands Tatting, (217) 379-3802, www.hhtatting.com. The book is available in Europe from Books on Demand GmbH. |
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