December 3 button ornament

 

I am having so much fun tatting with buttons!

December 3 Button Ornament

Materials:

5/8" four hole button

size 20 thread

2 shuttles wound continuous thread method

Symbols:

+  join

-  joining picot

Round 1:

Ring 4 + 4 - 8, reverse work (join to button)

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

Repeat ring, chain pattern around button with two joins in each hole

On final ring, join to base of first ring instead of making a picot

Round 2:

Split ring 6/6

Chain 15, reverse work

Ring 6 + 6, join between rings of previous round

Repeat around ending with lock join to top of split ring.

Cut, tie, and hide ends.