These are tatted buttons on plastic rings.  I wanted to experiment using tatting as a center to one of my new hobbies, pine needle basket making.  This has opened up a huge arena of possibilities.  Tatting on the rings is good practice for the bridging or split chain technique.  You will use the same movements when tatting this button as you do in making the split chain or bridge. In my opinion it is both.  You can clearly see the pearl tatting, and you can assume that the threads are all encapsulated with the core thread.  As seen below in the pearl tatting the picots are the thread being carried over or above the tatting.  In this example the threads are encapsulated.  There are two purple threads and two green threads in the core relationally. You guessed!  It is pearl tatted and is the base for many of the Mdme. Reigo timeless edges.  Think how this would look with beads as a choker or a metalic thread braid for special projects. For a pattern using this braid, see: Pearl Tatted Shuttle Edging    It's a variation of the Split Ring Bag from, It's in the Bag, by Dianna Stevens.  This variation was created by Lily Morales and features the 4mm turquoise round beads in the center of each split ring.  Lily has also allowed us to share her pattern. Turquoise Split Ring Bag Butterfly designed by Etha Schuette Tatting with Copper Wire. The gauge used 34, and technique was needle tatted.  Copper can also be shuttle tatted, carefully. Snowflake, from Rosemarie Peel's Yultide book done in copper wire, gauge 34. Instructions:   Instructions Interlocked Chains Needle Tatting, designed by Dianna Stevens R. 4 - (very small picot) 4 - 4- 4, cl. C. 10 + to first very small picot on ring, 10 + 10 + 10, join to the base of first chain and ring. End. Four petals are made. Slip one petal onto the ball thread and begin Ring of second motif. Chain as before and slide the first motif up on the chain (still on the needle) before joining. Pull and join in the first very small picot of the second motif. You have just locked in the first motif. Do the same for the third motif and on the fourth motif thread the two corresponding petals on the ball thread. Bring up and join in turn. Shuttle Tatting- Ann Wilson figured this out. Ann Wilson, Deer Lodge, Montana, USA Thank you Ann. R 4-4-4-4. All small picots *Ch 20. RW +. RW. Repeat twice more. Ch 20. Cut the ball and shuttle threads. Do not tie off to the base of the ring. Make another the same. Pass the last chain through the third chain of the first part. Tie the last chain of the second part to the base of the second ring. Make the third and fourth parts the same as the second. Pass the last chain of the first part through the second chain of the fourth part. Tie off the the base of the first ring. These mysteries will be featured in the "Tatting, It's in the Bag" book due out in May 1999 Beaded Picots There were numerous responses to this mystery. Many people suggested that the beading was done first then the tatted as I went. It is a good guess, but wrong. These are 2 inch picots and the beads are slipped over them right before joining. The diamond effect is created when the picots share one copper bead. It is a lovely and delicate design.

Woven Picots These are also 2 inch picots created  on split rings.  Two sides of the split rings will have the two inch picots. The remaining two sides will pick  up and join the corresponding opposite picot . The last side will pick up the remaining picots after they are woven through the previously joined picots. When you are done be sure to block your work.  Tension and consistancy is a must.

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