The idea for this motif came from the book TATTING HEARTS by Teri Dusenbury - a Dover needlework Series.



Round 1 seems to be a bit overcrowded. So I have made a few changes.


The pattern requires the use of two shuttles.


Abbreviations:

ds - double stitch
p - picots
sep - seperated
cl - close
R - ring
SR - split ring
LHK - Lark's Head Knot
SC - split chain
rep - repeat
ch - chain
prev - previous
rnd - round

WS1 - Working Shuttle 1
WS2 - Working Shuttle 2

/ - instructions before / represent the first half of the split ring and instructions after the / represent the second half of the split ring.

Instructions:

Round 1:

Wind the two shuttles using the Continuous Thread Method CTM.

R - 5 ds, 2p sep by 5 ds, 3 ds, p, 3 ds, cl ring.

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SR1 - Ring of 3 ds, p, 3 ds / 5 ds, p, 5 ds cl ring.

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SR2 - SR7 - Same as SR1

SR8 - 3 ds, p, 3 ds, join to 2nd p of the first ring, 5 ds / 5 ds close ring.
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Round 2:

SR1 - 5 ds, p, 5 ds, p, 5 ds / 5 ds, close ring.
SR2 - 3 ds, p, 3 ds / 3 ds, p, 3 ds.
SR3 - 5 ds, join to the first p of 2nd ring in Round 1, 5 ds / 5 ds, p, 5 ds.

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From here on rep SR2 and SR3 joining to the corresponding picots in the prev round.
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Last SR - Ch of 5 ds, join to p of 8th ring in prev rnd.

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R of 3 ds, p, 3 ds, join to first p of first SR in rnd 2, 3 ds, p, 3 ds, cl ring.
Now work a split chain as follows.

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Using the shuttle just dropped, work a ch of 5 ds. Drop the shuttle.

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Using the other shuttle, work 5 ds. Make a reef knot.
cut and tie