Tatting Pattern Calendar: February 23 - Yellow Heart (easy) by Ruth

This easy heart has the outline of a heart and the inside image is also a heart. There are 2 DS between picots everywhere, and all the rings have 5 picots except the one ring at the point.

- picot
+ join

DS tatting knot or double stitch

SP Small Picot

LP Large Picot

SLT Shoe Lace Trick (see below)

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Instructions:

Wind one tatting shuttle with thread, but do not cut the thread from the ball. This is called CTM or Continuous Thread Method. The sample is tatted with size 20 yellow flora thread, and is about 3" tall by 3" wide.

Ring (2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2)

Ring (2 + 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2)

turn

Chain (2 + 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2) Join to the first picot of the first ring

( 7 picots total in this chain)

turn

Ring (2 - 2 + 2 + 2 - 2 - 2)
Ring (2 + 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2)

turn

Chain (2 + 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2) Join to the last picot of the previous chain

( 7 picots total in this chain )

turn

Ring (2 - 2 + 2 + 2 - 2 - 2)

Ring (2 + 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2)

turn
Chain (2 + 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2) Join to the last picot of the previous chain

( 8 picots total in this chain)
turn

Ring (2 - 2 + 2 + 2 - 2 - 2)
Ring (2 + 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2)

turn

Chain (2 + 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2) Join to the last picot of the previous chain

( 9 picots total in this chain)

turn

Ring (2 - 2 + 2 + 2 - 2 - 2)
Ring (2 + 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2)

turn

Chain (2 + 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2) Join to the last picot of the previous chain

( 8 picots total in this chain)

turn

Continue tatting following the diagram and stitch pattern as before. There are three more repeats of the rings and chains all with 7 picots in each chain section.

Then tat as follows:

Ring (2 - 2 + 2 + 2 - 2 - 2)

Tie an overhand knot in the shuttle and ball threads like the knot you make to tie your shoes. This is called a SLT or Shoe Lace Trick. It switches the place of the two threads.

Ring at the point of the bottom of the heart:

Ring (2 + 2 - 2 SP LP SP 2 - 2 - 2)

SLT

Ring (2 + 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2)

This is the first ring of the second side of the heart. The rest of the heart is the mirror image of what you have already tatted. Follow the instructions in reverse order back to the beginning where the last chain section joins to the first.

Tie the ends together in a square knot, hide the ends and cut them off close to the work, or tie them in a loop to hang the heart for a decoration.

Enjoy