True confessions

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.

I also found another December 1 button ornament in my tatting bag. I guess I wasn't too careful about checking on Friday!

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!

Making changes

Today I played with the December 3 button ornament. The first one didn't turn out as nicely as the original, but I think that different thread colors work up differently. With the Lizbeth Blue Ice, I think the chains need to be increased from 15 to 16 or 17 stitches.

Adding picots to the two variations helped the ornaments lie flatter. I actually like the variations better than the original!

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.