December 23 button ornament

Tatting with buttons has become quite addictive! I decided that it would be fun to have some scattered on the tree skirt to look like the gnomes have snow for Christmas.

I'm almost finished with my self-imposed button challenge! Once I finish on Christmas day, I plan on tatting some with colors, although I really like the way the white thread shows up on the tree. We'll see if I stick to that plan!

December 23 Button Ornament

Materials:

7/8" two hole button

size 20 thread

2 shuttles wound continuous thread method

Symbols:

+ join

- joining picot

-- decorative picot

--- longer decorative picot

Round 1:

Ring 3 + 3 - 6, reverse work

Chain 7, lock join to picot on ring, reverse work

Repeat around with 6 joins in each hole, for a total of 12 ring/chain combinations.

Round 2:

Chain 2 - 2 - 2 - 2, lock join between rings of previous round

Chain 4 - 4, jock join between next set of rings of previous round

Repeat around.

Round 3:

Chain 3, lock join to first picot on previous round, switch shuttles, do not reverse work

Ring 6 - 3, switch shuttles, do not reverse work

Chain 2, lock join to next picot on previous round, switch shuttles, do not reverse work

Ring 3 + 3 - 1 -- 1 --- 1 -- 1 - 3 - 3, joining to previous ring, switch shuttles, do not 

reverse work

Chain 2, lock join to next picot on previous round, switch shuttles, do not reverse work

Ring 3 + 6, joining to previous ring, switch shuttles, do not reverse work

Chain 3, lock join to space between chains of previous round

Chain 4, lock join to picot on previous round, switch shuttles, do not reverse work

Ring 10, switch shuttles, do not reverse work

Chain 4, lock join to space between chains of previous round

Repeat pattern around. Cut, tie, and hide ends.