December 20 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 of previous round
Chain 6 - 6, lock join to next picot on chain of previous round
Chain 6, lock join to base of ring on previous round
Repeat around
Round 3:
Chain 7, lock join to small space in join of previous round
Chain 7, lock join to picot on chain of previous round, do not reverse work, switch
shuttles
Ring 10, do not reverse work, switch shuttles
Chain 7, locjoin to small space in join of previous round
Chain 7, lock join to small space at base of ring from previous round
Repeat around.
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