December 24 button ornament

 

My December challenge is winding down! I do have one more for tomorrow. After that, I'm giving my brain a rest!

December 24, 2020

Materials:

7/8" two hole button

size 20 thread

2 shuttles wound continuous thread method

Symbols:

+ join

- joining picot

Round 1:

Ring 4 + 4 - 8, reverse work

Chain 9, lock join to picot on ring, reverse work

Ring 4 + 4 - 8, reverse work

Chain 3 - 3 - 3, lock join to picot on ring, reverse work

Repeat around with 5 joins in each hole, for a total of 10 ring/chain combinations.

Round 2:

Chain 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 (12 ds, 11 picots), lock join between

rings on previous round

Chain 3, lock join to picot on chain of previous round

Chain 3, switch shuttles, do not reverse work

Ring 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 (12 ds, 11 picots), switch shuttles, do not

reverse work

Chain 3, lock join to next picot on chain of previous round

Chain 3, lock join between rings on previous round

Repeat around. Cut, tie, and hide ends.