I must confess that not all of the tatting I'm posting about today was done today. I finished the Curds & Whey bookmark on Friday, but forgot to take it out of my tatting bag.
However, I did tat the December 2 and December 3 button ornaments today. I think the December 2 in the middle is my favorite of the three!
As requested, I set up a new Facebook page today for Tatted Button Ornaments. The response was overwhelming!
Between working from home and responding to Facebook requests, it took me all day to check my pattern and tat an ornament that didn't look messy. I like this one!
December 2 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 3-3-3, lock join to picot on ring, reverse work
Ring 4 + 4 - 8, reverse work (join to button, same hole as first join)
Chain 9, lock join to picot on ring, reverse work**
Repeat from * to ** 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, do no reverse work
Chain 6, reverse work
Ring 6 + 6 (join to chain in previous round), reverse work
Chain 6, reverse work
Ring 6 + 6 (join to chain in previous round), reverse work
Chain 6, reverse work
Ring 6 + 6 (join to base of ring in previous round), reverse work
Chain 15, reverse work
*Ring 6 + 6 (join to base of ring in previous round), reverse work
Chain 6, reverse work
Ring 6 + 6 (join to chain in previous round), reverse work
Chain 6, reverse work
Ring 6 + 6 (join to chain in previous round), reverse work
Chain 6, reverse work
Ring 6 + 6 (join to base of ring in previous round), reverse work
Chain 15, reverse work**
Repeat from * to ** two more times.
Lock join to top of split ring. Cut, tie, and hide ends.
