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Grandmother's Tatted Heart

This is a versatile motif, which can be used to make a small doily, or placed on a card, or as a bookmark.


Materials: 2 shuttles
#20 Coats thread
5- delica beads #11/0

CTM=continuous thread method
Red= S2 is core flipping ds to S1 thread
Blue= S2 wrapping lark’s head knots over S1 core
SCMR= self closing mock ring
R= ring
SR= split ring
Ch= chain
“-“ or p= small picot
“--“= medium picot
“---“= long picot (length of 2 beads and space to join)
lppr= last picot previous ring
lppch= last picot previous chain

Pattern instructions
CTM adding 3 beads to shuttle 1

SCMR A: 5	Ch a: 3 --- 3
[R B: 6-4=2.]	SR K: 3+ (R B) 3/2-2-2-2
[R C: 2+ (lppr) 6-6=2.]	SR L: 3-3/2-2-2-2-2
[R D: 2+ (lppr) 4=6.]	SR M: 3+ (p of R C) 3/2-2-2-2-2
Push up one bead, 8	SR N: 3-3/2-2-2-2-2
[R E: 4+ (lppr) 6=2.]	SR O: 3-3/3-3
[R F: 2+ (lppr) 5-3-3-5=2.]	SR P: 3-3/3-3
[R G: 2+ (lppr) 6=4.]	SR Q: 3+ (mp of R F) 3/3-3
Push up one bead, 8	SR R: 2+ (s p of R F) 2/2-1-1-1-1-1-2
[R H: 4+ (lppr) 6=2.]	SR S: 3+ (mp of R F) 3/3-3
[R I: 2+ (lppr) 6-6=2.]	SR T: 3-3/-3-3
[R J: 2+ (lppr) 4=6.]	SR U: 3-3/3-3
Push up one bead, 5, cl.	SR V: 3-3/2-2-2-2-2
	SR W: 3+ (p of R I) 3/2-2-2-2-2
	SR X: 3-3/2-2-2-2-2
	SR Y: 3+ (p of R J) 3/2-2-2-2
	Ch b: 3 (place 2 beads over long p) + (lppch) 3






If used alone, fasten off ends with method of choice.
However, if used as a bookmark, one can simply
thread the ends up through the joined picots of the
chain and hide them within a tassel.