By Wally Sosa ©2001
Materials:
Shuttle
Thread size #30
Abbreviations:
ds= double stitch
p= picot
vsp= very small picot
R= ring
Ch= chain
RW= reverse work
Cl= close
Instructions:
With Shuttle and ball.
R: 5 ds, p, 5ds, p, 5ds, p, 5 ds, vsp, 5ds. Cl. RW.
Ch: 6 ds. No RW. Make a shoelace tie.
*R: 3ds, p, 3ds, p, 3ds, p, 3ds. Cl. No RW. Make a shoelace tie.
Ch: 6 ds, p, 6 ds, join to vsm of first ring, 6ds. RW.
R: 3ds, p, 3ds, p, 3ds, p, 3ds. Cl. No RW. Make a shoelace tie.
Ch: 6 ds, p, 6 ds, join to chain's picot, 6 ds, p, 6 ds, join to 1st picot of small ring, 6 ds. RW.
R: 3ds, p, 3ds, p, 3ds, p, 3ds. Cl. No RW. Make a shoelace tie.*
Continue pattern from * to * until you have 3 rings in one side of the heart and 4 rings in the other side. You'll have 7 mesh spaces of 6 ds, p, 6 ds.
Finishing with the 4th ring round, join the last chain to the picot of the small ring. Make a lock join or a shoelace tie and RW.
Ch: Make 10 picots separated by 5 ds. RW.
Clover:
R: 6 picots separated by 3 ds. Cl.
R: 3 ds, join to last picot of ring, make 3 picots separated by 3 ds, skip 1 picot and join to the 2nd picot of the last chain round, 3 ds, 4 picots separated by 3 ds. Cl.
R: 3 ds, join to last picot of previous ring, 5 picots separated by 3 ds. Cl. RW.
Ch: 6 picots separated by 5 ds, skip 1 picot of the chain round and join to the next one, 6 picots separated by 5 ds.
Repeat Clover.
Ch: Make 10 picots separated by 5 ds. Join to the last picot of the small ring. Cut and tie.
