For the last 5 years I have been posting a pattern on my BD. This is like a thanks you to all my tatting friends who put with my frantic design boosts and strange ideas and challenges.
This year pattern is the Taina Flower and Snowflake. Hope you all enjoy it! It's also attached as a PDF for easier printing.
Taina Flower & Snowflake
©2008 Wally Sosa
Materials:
1 Shuttle (Round 1-2)
2 Shuttles (Round 3)
Instructions:
Round 1: (1 Shuttle)
R: 6 ± 3 - 3 - 6.
Repeat until 6 peta
ls are made. Remember to join petal 6 to the first one.
Cut.
Round 2: (1 Shuttle)
Join to middle picot on ring.
R: 5 ± 3 - 5. Join to the same picot and to the picot between the rings.
R: 6 + 6 (- 6) x 5. Join to the same picot and to the next picot.
Repeat from beginning around, until 6 big rings and 6 small rings are made. Remember to join the last big ring to the first small ring.
Cut.
Round 3: (2 Shuttles)
R: 6 - 3 ± 3 - 3 - 3 - 6.
* Ch: 5.
R: 6 + (to the last picot of previous ring) 3 - 3 - 3 - 6.
R: 6 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 6.
Ch: 5.
SCMR: 6 + (to the last picot of previous ring) 3 - 3 [R: 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3] 3 + (to the last picot of ring) 3 - 6.
CH: 6 + (to 3rd free picot of big ring) 8.
TOR: 3 + (to last picot of same ring) 6 + (to 1st picot of next big ring) 3.
CH: 8 + (to next picot on big ring) 6.
R: 6 - 3 + (to 1st free picot in small ring on SCMR) 3 + (to same ring) 3 - 3 - 6.
Repeat from * around.
Cut.
