December 20 button ornament

As Christmas gets closer, I'm getting more and more excited about my button ornaments!

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.