Snowdrops

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Lavi has come up with an artistic visualization of the snowdrop flower, ensconcing it in heart-shaped foliage!!!

I already had size 40 white on my shuttles, so got to work right away.

Snowdrops

Lavi Damian-Boja (Dandelion Lace) 

free pattern notes

It is one of those patterns where multiple pathways are available.

Just like in Coretta's Rose with so many alternate ways of working (not to mention all-chains starting with a mock ring).

Going by her comment, the pattern is still in a bit of development stage. She has 2 versions on her blog.  

I decided to work the white flower first, using a single shuttle. At the end of the 3^rd ring, I lock joined to the 1^st ring through a tiny space left before tatting over the tail.

This ensured I had an attachment point for the calyx later.

Loaded 2 shuttles CTM, with green. Changing the sequence a bit, I started with bottom ring, and up the inner chain. Then the next ring (calyx), attaching the flower, and down the outer chain.

One can simply move across the base ring using the under-over or alligator join to work the 2^nd half. However, since the ring is so tiny, I did a lock join, then moved shuttles to other side.

With my tight tatting tension I ended up with 90 to 100 half stitches in the Josephine chain!

This would look great as a pendant in metallic thread! It will give it the strength to hold shape as well.

Other ways to stiffen this piece :

- diluted PVA or fabric starch

- padded tatting (adding additional core thread)

- padding the stitch (pds).

Perhaps some beads in one of the arcs would work, too?

I tremendously enjoyed working this little motif. It has the elegance of Nicola's Kiss Curl heart, yet with more 'story' within it.

And to give an idea of the size of the 3D carnation in an earlier post -

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Many many thanks for sharing the pattern, Lavi.

hope you give it a whirl, too J