Shuttle tatters: Thread beads in this order
Bead sequence 1 (outer picot): metallic, bb, metallic, 12 main, contrast,
5 main, contrast, 12 main, metallic, bb, metallic. Metallic, bb, metallic,
9 main, contrast, 3 main, contrast, 9 main, metallic, bb, metallic.
Bead sequence 2 (inner picot): Metallic, bb, metallic, 6 main, contrast,
main, contrast, 6 main, metallic, bb, metallic. Metallic, bb, metallic, 3
main, contrast, 3 main, metallic, bb, metallic. |
NOTE: Size 9, 10, or 11 seed beads are acceptable for size 20 thread.
3 colors: main, metallic, contrasting |
Needle tatters: Thread beads in this order
Bead sequence 1 (inner picot): metallic, bb, metallic, 3 main, contrast,
3 main, metallic, bb, metallic. Metallic, bb, metallic, 6 main, contrast,
main, contrast, 6 main, metallic, bb, metallic.
Bead sequence 2 (outer picot): metallic, bb, metallic, 9 main, contrast,
3 main, contrast, 9 main, metallic, bb, metallic. Metallic, bb, metallic,
12 main, contrast, 5 main, contrast, 12 main, metallic, bb, metallic. |
ALL TATTERS:
1.
R: 10 — first picot of beads (bead sequence 1, see diagram below), 4
— (bead sequence 2) , 2, cls.
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2.
SR: 1 — 1 — 1 — 1 — 1 / repeat, close. Repeat this SR
once more. (Lay in metallic threads at beg. of these two SR.)
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3.
SR: 2 + (inner picot as diagramed below), 4 + (outer picot as diagramed)
2 / 8, cls.
Prepare the brooch back, by wrapping it w/ the same color thread used for
the broach. This keps the metal of the pin from showing through your rings.
Glue tatting to the pin, hiding the ending threads under the tatting. |
