Thursday, December 17, 2020

December 17 button ornament

 

December 17 Button Ornament


Materials:

7/8" two hole button

size 20 thread

2 shuttles wound continuous thread method


Symbols:

+ join

- joining picot

-- decorative picot


Round 1:

Ring: 5 - 5 + 5 - 5, join to hole in button, reverse work

Chain: 5 - 5, reverse work


*Ring: 5 + 5 + 5 - 5, joining to previous ring and hole in button, reverse work

Chain: 5 - 5**


Continue around from * to ** with six joins in each button hole. This will give you a total

of 12 rings and 12 chains. Lock join final chain to base of first ring.


Round 2:

Chain 6, lock join to picot on chain from previous round, do not reverse work, switch

shuttles

Ring 2 -- 2 -- 2 -- 2 -- 2 -- 2 -- 2 -- 2 (7 decorative picots), do not reverse work, switch

shuttles

Chain 5, lock join to picot on chain from previous round, do not reverse work, switch

shuttles

Ring 6, do not reverse work, switch shuttles


Repeat pattern around, lock join to base of first ring. Cut, tie, and hide ends.




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