Tatting Pattern : Heart patterns

Yeah, yeah, I can see you all groaning … “not another heart?!!!”

Okay, I yield to popular sentiment. So, not another heart, 

…. But THREE Hearts !!! :-D

I took up Dorothea’s Land of Laces Heart Challenge here (click on link for details) & that is how the Trailing Hearts Pattern arose. But even that pattern was Not on my initial sketches. Anyways, the challenge is just an excuse. It served as a good diving board & I am getting more comfortable creating these tiny motifs/medallions/shapes.

Hope you appreciate the patterns … please do leave feedback so that I can improve & become better ….

                  

Neo Vintage Heart

Size 20 crochet cotton in Ecru
Measurements :1-1/2 " wide x 1 " vertically ... round 1.
2-3/4" x 1-1/2" vertically .... round 2.
 Abbreviations :CTM - Continuous Thread method

SCMR – self closing mock ring
Fp – false picot
R – ring
p – picot
sep – separated
ds – double stitch
lp – long picot
sp – small picot
RW – reverse work
Ch – chain
JR – Josephine ring
hs – half stitch
Half Ring or Scallop
LJ – lock join
+ - join (within brackets is mentioned where to join)          

Cl – close

2 shuttles, wound CTM . Refer to images for sequence of working, indicated by numbered rings.

 

Round 1 :  Working anticlockwise ....

SCMR1 : 7 Fp

      R2 : 9 p sep by 1 ds. Alternate p & lp, starting with lp. Cl . Fp.

      6 sp 1 . Cl SCMR .

R3 : 1 + (SCMR1) 5 sp 6. Cl. RW.

Ch : 5 p 5 p 5 p 5 p 5 p 5 . RW.

Centre trefoil

R4 : 5 + (R3) 4 sp 1 . Cl.

SCMR5 : 5 Fp

       JR6 : 7 hs + (p of R2) 7 hs . Cl. Fp

       5 sp 1 . Cl SCMR.

R7 : 1 + (SCMR5) 4 p 5 . Cl. RW.

Ch : 5 p 5 p 5 p 5 p 5 p 5 . RW.

R8 : 6 + (R7) 5 p 1 . Cl.

SCMR9 : 1 + (R8) 6 + (R2) 7 . Cl.

Round 1 complete. Tie & Cut ONLY one shuttle thread & hide it in the next ring, as it is being made, since the next round is rings-only round.

Round 2. Working clockwise ….

Half Ring/Scallop : 5 Close partially such that a scallop is formed. LJ to picot on chain.

Repeat this all around the chains, joining with LJ at each p, such that 12 half rings/scallops are made. Tie and cut. Hide cut end.

Heart is complete .

I deliberately used half rings with the tiny bit of bare thread at their base in Round 2 . The knotted side makes a scalloped edge, while the bare thread gives a lacy, vintage effect. Hence the name ... a timeless heart that incorporates traditional/classic elements with more modern tatting such as self-closing mock rings. And hence, too, the choice of thread & colour …. lending it a kind of old-world look.

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Magic Heart

Derived from the "Magic Square", as outlined in this post here (Fig. 5A) . 

This is such a small & simple heart that it can be made with leftover yarn (as I did for this prototype….didn’t get around to making a better version yet). It can easily be a beginner’s pattern.

Thread : Anchor Mercer Cotton size 20 . Navy Blue w/ White (variegated) : 4054-1210

Abbreviations : As listed above. and JK : Josephine Knot.

R1 : 6 lp 6 . Cl. RW

Ch : 12 p 2 p 2 p 6 . RW

R2 : 6 + (R1) 6 . Cl. RW

Ch : 6 p 2 p 2 p 12 RW

R3 : 6 + (R1) 6 . Cl. RW

Ch : 5 RW

R4 : 6 + (R1) 6 . Cl. RW . Switch Shuttle

JK5 : 7 hs

Ch : 5. Join to base of  R1 or the space between R1 & first Ch.

Tie & cut ends & hide.

Please note :

i)                    Before closing R1, a very small picot can be incorporated in order to anchor the last chain join.

ii)                   All chains can be worked with directional tatting.

iii)                 Since the 2^nd shuttle is required only for the tiny JK, one can do without it …. Simply finger tat this last piece, or make an SLT & single shuttle JK.

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 Hold My Hand Heart

Again, this is just the first trial, using leftover thread in size 10. I had imagined a little more elaborate pattern, with the interlocking rings, but am not too unhappy with the way this turned out. In fact the 2 IRs seem to be hands held together ;-)

The advantage with this pattern is that it can be Easily needle-tatted too !

Thread : South Maid Mercerised Cotton (Coats n Clark , USA) Size 10 . Color : 22 GARLAND

Pattern :

2 shuttles wound CTM

Start with the trefoil.

R1 : 12  Cl

R2 : 16  Cl

R3 : 12  Cl . RW

Ch : 20 Downward picot 20

At this stage, I realized that I hadn’t completely thought this through. So, I simply finger-tatted the last interlocking ring.

Interlocking Ring : 12

Tie & cut. Hide ends. To avoid this step, cut the chain thread & hide end in last ring, & make the last ring a single shuttle split ring (SSSR) !

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That’s it for now. I am also working on another tiny pattern … Hope I get it right in time to share .

Happy Tatting :-)

Motifs 9, 10, 11 / II for 25 Motif Challenge