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Tatting PatternsBy: Mindy Al-Aaraji ©2004 |
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Grandmother's Tatted Heart |
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This is a versatile motif, which can be used to make a small doily, or placed on a card, or as a bookmark.
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| 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 larks 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 |
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| 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 |
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| If used alone, fasten off ends with method of choice. | |
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However, if used as a bookmark, one can simply |
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thread the ends up through the joined picots of the |
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chain and hide them within a tassel. |
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