This beautiful variation on the pattern presented yesterday has leaves of Roll Tatted Rings, which are "thrown off" the vines so it requires two shuttles or two tatting needles.
Materials:
Two balls of size 20 tatting thread, one in a flower color and one in a leaf color.
Two shuttles or two size 5 tatting needles
Key:
S1 shuttle 1 or tatting needle 1
S2 shuttle 2 or tatting needle 2
R ring
ds double stitch
d first half of ds
s second half of ds
--, p decorative picot
cl r close ring
RW reverse work
Ch chain
SLT shoe lace trick
+ join
Directions:
Fill S1 with flower colored tatting thread and cut from ball. Fill S2 with leaf colored tatting thread. Or cut a comfortable working length of thread for each tatting needle. Tie the two thread ends together
S1: R 3 ds ( --dd -- ss ) 3 times, -- 3ds, cl r. RW.
*S1 is working thread, S2 is ball thread
Ch 3 ds.
S2: Roll tatted ring. R 1 ds, 12 rolls, 1 ds, cl r.
S1 is working shuttle and S2 is ball thread.
Ch 6 ds SLT and RW. Ch 6 ds.
Roll tatted ring. R 1 ds, 12 rolls, 1 ds, cl r.
S1 is working shuttle and S2 is ball thread.
Ch 3 ds. RW.
S1: R 3 ds + ( to last p of previous R. The vine is not encased in the join but floats across the join on the back side of the work.), ( -- ss -- dd ) 3 times, 3 ds.
cl r. RW.
Repeat from * to desired length