February 28 - Joined Hearts - Linked Hearts

Copyright 2007 Esther Paris


This sample is size 40 Anchor thread

Joined Hearts
Shuttle and ball. Work tightly so the hearts are stiff.

Instructions:
Dimpled Ring: 14ds, picot, 7ds, join to picot (makes the dimple), 14ds, close. First heart done.
Reverse work
Chain 7
Reverse work
Dimpled Ring: 7ds, join to previous heart as if the whole thing were a picot, 7ds, picot, 7 ds, join to picot (dimple), 14 ds, close. Second heart done.
Cut and tie off ends.
Make another one the same to use just this motif for earrings.


Linked Hearts
Shuttle only. Work tightly so the hearts are stiff.

Instructions:
Make a dimpled ring as above: 14ds, p, 7ds, join to picot (makes dimple), 14 ds.
Close ring. Cut and tie.
Thread the thread THROUGH the first heart and place first heart at back of left hand before starting second ring. Make a second dimpled heart ring as above: 14-7+14cl.
Cut and tie.
Make another one the same for second earring.

Link two pair of Joined Hearts as shown in the photo if desired. Enjoy!

March 3 - Irish Derby (Hearts) by Ruth

Copyright 2007 Ruth Perry This is a variation on the Feb 28th pattern by Esther

Tat three of the joined hearts from the Feb 28th pattern.

Chain 25 + join to the dimple of the previous heart

Chain 25 - 4 + join to the dimple of the center heart

Chain 4 + 25 + join to previous picot and to the dimple of the other heart

Chain 25 + join at the base of the first heart (see photo)

Chain 8 - 1 - 1 - 8

Tie ends at the base of the third heart. Hide the ends and trim off

If you tat this with green thread it will look like a green derby hat with hearts for the hatband

Enjoy!

February 16 Twelve of Hearts Variations

Carol sent some variations on combining the 12 of hearts motif, and I asked permission to play with it a bit too. Enjoy!!!

Finally, here is a design challenge for you... No time limit. Design the outside row around these three motifs to make the larger heart outlined here... or something similar in nature. Plain, fancy, beaded, your choice. Obviously, any six pointed stars or snowflakes would do for the center. Have some fun with this idea!

February 1 - Variations on Heart Pattern by Gina

Original design [ Posted on January 31st ]

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Variation #1 - Using the same thread and 2 shuttles, I made rings in the center instead of doing the SLT and chaining. The stitch count was the same everywhere. I made the rings 5 ds, p, 5 ds and I added a white bead where I joined at the sides of the hearts.

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Variation #2 In this version, I continue to use 2 shuttles and make rings plus I add picots and more beads. For the sides of the hearts, I chain 5 ds, j with bead, 3 ds, p, 1 ds, larger p, 1 ds, p, 3 ds. Then I rw and made a ring of 3ds, 3 beads, 3 ds, and repeated the 2nd half of the heart.

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Variation #3 Here I did everything the same except I used 2 colors, making the inner chains white as well as the rings within the heart motif.

February 19 - Riet's Daisy Picot Hearts Bookmark

Copyright 2007 Riet Surtel-Smeulders

Is all the same as the pattern posted yesterday, except this; In the first part you tat after the last ring a chain 5 – 5 to go to the point of the heart. Cut the threads , but take care that you leave ends long enough for the tail.

The second part ends after the last big ring.

Then you start the tail

The ends of the first part go on your left hand as a chain thread

Sh1 makes 1 dds Sh 2 makes 1 ds as in the second part of a split ring.

After this 2 ds you make: Sh1 2 dds and Sh2 2ds

Repeat this till you have the length you need make a overhand knot in the 4 ends and cut.

The daisy picot technique goes like this:

Take 2 shuttles with different colors make an overhand knot in the ends. Take the knot in the pinch, Start ring with Shuttle 1 and shuttle 2 is laying over your left hand

After 1 ds. You start making the daisy picot like this

Let Sh 1 hanging down, take Sh 2 and make a ds on the ring thread, but don’t do the flip, so don’t take off the tension. We call this stitch a daisy ds or short a dds.

February 3 - Angel at Heart Edging from Lynda

Designed & Hand Tatted by Lynda Nelson Klymko

Abbreviations:
- = Picot
# = Number of Double Stitches
+ = Join
rw = reverse work
clr = close ring
R = ring
slt = Shoe Lace Trick
C = chain

First Heart
R: 8 – 8, clr, rw
C: 4 – 4, rw
R: 6 + 6, clr, rw (join in picot of first ring in heart)
C: 4 – 4 – 4 – 4, rwR: 2 + 2, clr, rw
C: 4 – 4 – 4 – 4, rw
R: 6 + 6, clr, rw
C: 4 – 4, rw; join into the base of first ring.
Chain
C: 4 – 4 – 4 – 4, rw

Bow
R: 6 + 8, clr, do not rw; join into base of 4th ring in Heart.
R: 8 – 6, clr, rw
Chain
C: 4 – 4 – 4 – 4, rw

Heart
SLT: the chain thread should be against the chain, and the ring thread is going out to make a ring so that will come out right next to the chain thread,

R: 8 – 8, clr, rw
C: 4 – 4, rw; join to base of 2nd half of Bow before starting ring
R: 6 + 6, clr, rw (join in picot of first ring in heart)
C: 4 – 4 – 4 – 4, rw
R: 2 + 2, clr, rw
C: 4 – 4 – 4 – 4, rw
R: 6 + 6, clr, rw
C: 4 – 4, rw; join into the base of first ring.

Bow

Chain;
Corner Heart Turn: * -- * 5 Hearts with (6) Chains in-between & at either end

*Heart
SLT;
R: 8 – 8, clr, rw
C: 4 – 4, rw; join to picot of 2nd half of Bow before starting ring
R: 6 + 6, clr, rw (join in picot of first ring in heart)
C: 4 – 4 – 4 – 4, rw
R: 2 + 2, clr, rw
C: 4 – 4 – 4 – 4, rw
R: 6 + 6, clr, rw
C: 4 – 4, rw; join into the base of first ring.
Work Chain; then go to
Heart; SLT;
R: 8 – 8, clr, rw
C: 4 – 4, rw
R: 6 + 6, clr, rw (join in picot of first ring in heart)
C: 4 + 4 – 4 – 4, rw; join to 7th picot, just before the 4th ring of the last heart.
R: 2 + 2, clr, rw
C: 4 – 4 – 4 – 4, rw
R: 6 + 6, clr, rw
C: 4 – 4, rw; join into the base of first ring.

Chain; Heart; Chain; Heart; Chain; Heart, Chain*, and corner is turned.
Bow; Chain, Heart; Chain; Bow

(I named each section, so it is easy to just follow the directions for each section, instead of writing it out over and over again).

July 28 Butterfly Wings Heart by Ruth

Copyright Ruth Perry 2003 - 2007
This is a Celtic Heart that hasn't been published yet. There is a slight problem with the design of this knot. Can you see where two chains cross over instead of one over and one under.

I've often thought that butterfly wings often look like hearts... well kind of.
If you tat one of the rings of the wooly worm as the ring here, with this heart added on each side. Front side - Back side tatting will make it look symetrical. Then tat another row around as shown below it solves the Celtic Design problem. This is kind of an advanced pattern, and I didn't give the exact stitch counts. Have some fun with this and see what you come up with. I'm going to be out of town until about Aug, 7th. I should be able to do the calendar posts, but I'm not sure if I'll get them done every day. Guess you'll have to be patient with me again.

Hugs,
Ruth

January 31 - Rosette From Gina (antique pattern)

Thanks to Gina for updating this antique pattern from Beeton's Tatting book. This is the same book where I found the edging we did a couple weeks ago on this site.

We'll show some variations on this pattern tomorrow.

Original chained heart rosette motif:
About ½ yard on shuttle, CTM from ball thread

Paperclip

SLT = shoelace trick

This is made entirely of chains so you will use very little thread from the shuttle.

Hang a paperclip, ch 5 ds, p, 10 ds, p, 1 ds, turn work by flipping up,

SLT

Ch 10 ds, j to last p, turn work again and SLT,

ch 10 ds, p, ch 5, j at base where paperclip is.
*Flip up, SLT,

ch 5 ds, flip up, SLT, hang paperclip – this creates your p to join in with each heart

Ch 5 ds, j to last p of previous heart,

ch 10 ds, p, 1 ds, flip, SLT,

ch 10 ds, j to last p, flip, SLT,

ch 10 ds, p, 5 ds, j at base where paperclip is.

Repeat from * until there are 4 hearts.

For the last heart in the motif, flip up, SLT,

ch 5 DS, flip up, SLT, hang paperclip,

ch 5 ds, j to last p of previous heart,

ch 10 ds, p, 1 ds, flip, SLT,

ch 10, j to last p, flip, SLT,

ch 10, j to 1st picot of 1st heart,

ch 5 ds, j to base where paper clip is. Flip, SLT,

ch 5 ds, j to base of 1st heart.

Cut and tie and hide ends.

February 8 - Medallion Heart

This heart was inspired by the medallion on a pair of earrings I bought at Target store a few weeks ago. While I know that it's not exactly the same as the hearts around this medallion, it is close enough.





One Shuttle and ball CTM I used size 8 Pearle Cotton by DMC

Instructions:
*
Clover
Ring1 (3 - 3 - 3 - 3)
Ring2 (3 + 5 - 5 - 3)
Ring3 (3 + 3 - 3 - 3) turn
Chain (8 - 4 - 8 - 8 - 4 + 8 + 20 + 4 + 16) turn
*
Ring (12 + 8 - 12)

Leave ends long enough to hide or wind twisted cord for a bookmark.

Tat the other side, between ** joining to the first half were shown on diagram.

Finish by making twisted cord, or Tie Hide Cut the ends.


You may need to adjust the stitch counts for much smaller threads or tatting that is very loose or very tight.

I tatted a picot every 4 DS in the sample to make it easy to count the stitches. More or less picots and or beads is left to personal preference. Beads on the joining picots might be interesting too!


The easiest way to make twisted cord is with the Crazy Cords Winder (cool tool) that Lily Morales sells.

February 15 Carol's Twelve of Hearts

Copyright 2007 Carol Amich

This heart is made using dimpled rings, simple rings and chains. Two shuttles are required, wound CTM. The model was tatted using crochet cotton sized 10, and the motif is 4"

SS = Switch Shuttles
DimR = Dimpled ring

+ = join

- = picot

Instructions:

1st Center Dimpled ring DimR 8-4-4+ to last p made, 4-8

Ch 12 SS

Clover

R 6-3-3

DimR 3+6-4+ to last p made, 6-3

R 3+3-6 SS

Ch12

*Center DimR 8+(first large DimR to make cnter), 4-4+ to last p, 4-8

Ch 12

Clover

R 6-3-3
DimR 3+6-4+ to last p made, 6-3
R 3+3-6 SS

Ch12*

Continue * to * for 6 center rings and clovers.

Join last center ring to first and last chain to base of first center ring.

February 2 - Rosette bookmark from Gina

Here I’ve used the original but added a repeat so it is 6-sided. I’ve added a small picot mostly for joining. This is for a bookmark but you could continue adding motifs and make it a garter. Beads and more picots would be appropriate in that case.

I’ve added a white ribbon in this sample but you could use a tassel instead. I don’t use buttons or beads on my bookmarks but you could if you like them.



For the bookmark:

About ½ yard on shuttle, CTM from ball thread
Paperclip
SLT = shoelace trick

This is made entirely of chains so you will use very little thread from the shuttle.

Hang a paperclip, ch 5 ds, p, 6 ds, p, 4 ds, p, 1 ds, turn work by flipping up, SLT
Ch 10 ds, j to last p, turn work again and SLT, ch 4 ds, p, ch 6 ds, p, ch 5, j at base where paperclip is.

*Flip up, SLT, ch 5 ds, flip up, SLT, hang paperclip – this creates your p to join in with each heart

Ch 5 ds, j to last p of previous heart, ch 6 ds, p, ch 4 ds, p, 1 ds, flip, SLT, ch 10 ds, j to last p, flip, SLT, ch 4 ds, p, ch 6 ds, p, 5 ds, j at base where paperclip is. Repeat from * until there are 5 hearts.

For the last heart in the motif, flip up, SLT, ch 5 DS, flip up, SLT, hang paperclip, ch 5 ds, j to last p of previous heart, ch 6 ds, p, ch 4 ds, p, 1 ds, flip, SLT, ch 10, j to last p, flip, SLT, ch 4 ds, p, ch 6 ds, j to 1st picot of 1st heart, ch 5 ds, j to base where paper clip is. Flip, SLT, ch 5 ds, j to base of 1st heart. Cut and tie and hide ends.

On subsequent motifs, 1st join on the 2nd hump of the heart and then next heart, join at the first hump p. See photo.